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Sort file:- Beckenham, July, 2021.

Page Updated:- Monday, 19 July, 2021.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest late 1990s

(Name from)

Rat and Parrot

Latest 2013-

(Name to)

High Street

Beckenham

Rat and Parrot

Above photo, date unknown.

Rat and Parrot bar staff

Above showing bar staff, date unknown.

 

Originally called the "Three Tuns," but later changed name to "Zizzi." Dates of change at present before 2013.

An early haunt of David Bowie who went on to fame and fortune but it was not until 2001 that a plaque commemorating his involvement with the town was hung outside the pub.

 

David Bowie plaque 2015

Above plaque, 2015.

 

The pub changed it's name to The Rat and Parrot in the late 90s then changing back to the "Three Tuns" just before it shut again and became a Pizza Restaurant. During the development the plaque was taken down and it took another four years to get it reinstated.

 

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