RIP David Bowie — The Boy from Beckenham — From the Toby Jug he went on to Conquer the World
Lost in the Kent near-suburbs of the London Borough of Bromley, Beckenham (near the Surrey borders) is a small post town that boasted not only Peter Frampton and David Sylvian but also, perhaps more importantly, the star-man David Bowie. Born David Robert Jones, Bowie was born in Brixton, South London but his family moved to…