Friday, 16 December 2016

NW1 calling: blue plaque marks site of former squat where The Clash singer Joe Strummer lived

The new plaque at 33 Daventry Street marks the site of the squat where Joe Strummer lived between 1978-79

The new plaque at 33 Daventry Street marks the site of the squat where Joe Strummer lived between 1978-79
 
Murad Qureshi via Twitter
New sign celebrates the musician’s connection with NW1 during the height of the London punk scene.
British punk rockers from the band The Clash, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon pose for a photo in 1978. Photo credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images

British punk rockers from the band The Clash, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon pose for a photo in 1978. Photo credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images
The Seymour Housing Co-Operative has unveiled a blue plaque at the site of a former squat occupied by Joe Strummer.
The Clash singer lived at 33 Daventry Street in NW1 between 1978 and 1979, a period widely regarded as the punk rocker’s most creatively fecund.
As Strummer passed away in 2002, so he’s still not eligible for an official English Heritage blue plaque.
According to the blue plaque scheme at least 20 years must have elapsed since the candidate’s death.