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The narrative follows how a rebellious group brought enchantment into a conservative community, spreading influence across south London and resonating decades later. It also frames the local setting through Beckenham’s background, from early records to suburban development, to show why the community was ready for change.","PSYCHEDELIC SUBURBIA  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nMARY FINNIGAN PSYCHEDELIC SUBURBIA  \nDavid Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab  \nCopyright © 2016 Mary Finnigan All rights reserved.  \nISBN-10: 0986377023 ISBN-13: 978-0-9863770-2-0  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2015944966  \nCover photo: Ray Stevenson David Bowie at Flat 1, 24 Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, August 1969  \nCover design: Keith Carlson  \nFirst edition  \nJorvik Press  \nPMB 424, 5331 SW Macadam Ave., Ste 258, Portland OR 97239 [JorvikPress.com](JorvikPress.com)  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR  \nMary Finnigan was born in Manchester, England just before the start of World War II. Her earliest memories revolve around air raid sirens howling in the night, being dragged out of bed and carried into a shelter in the family dining room. This disturbed start probably contributed to her rebellious nature and the fact that she failed to live up to the expectations loaded onto a young woman in the 1950s.  \nMarrying an older man at eighteen as an escape route from a controlling mother, she produced two children before bolting from Manchester to London, deserting her husband and landing a job as a fashion writer on the Daily Mirror. Her print journalism career included feature writing at the Daily Sketch, Daily Express and freelance work at the Sunday Times.  \nDuring a five-year holiday from the five-day week she met David Bowie. This book tells the story of their adventures together and the legacy from them which is vibrantly alive almost half a century later.  \nReturning to her journalism career, she worked as a reporter, editor and producer at Visnews, Independent Radio News and the London Broadcasting Company. She now contributes to national newspapers, online publications and BBC radio.  \nMary lives in Bristol in the west of England with her partner, Chris Gilchrist. She has three adult offspring and three granddaughters, is a practising Tibetan Buddhist in the Dzogchen tradition, an active feminist campaigner and an unreconstructed hippie.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nThe list of people who supported and helped me is long and I apologise for the ones I miss here. For starters there’s Chris, who nagged me to get on with it gently and persistently over several years. Then there’s my lama, Choegyal Namkhai Norbu, for whom I have deep respect and gratitude – and Peter Stansill, who is both my publisher/editor and long-time friend. This story was written nearly half a century after the events. Mostly I relied on my memory, which is by no means reliable. So if I got anything wrong, misinterpreted situations and forgot things that happened it’s entirely my fault and I apologise.  \nLots of kind people shared their photos, memories, reminiscences and points of view, including Christina Ostrom, Keith Christmas, Richard Raven, Tony Visconti, Natasha Ryzhova Lau, Dave Walkling, James Plummer, David Bebbington, Ian Anderson, Roger Bacardy, Mark Adams, Craig Hamlin, Chantal Cooke, Lynn Evans Davidson, Alison Fraser Black, Angie Bowie, Lara Owen, Catriona Mundle, Peter Culshaw and Cliff Watkins. Special thanks to Wendy Leigh, Jack (Amory), Iris and Aurora Kane, Bill Liesegang, Ray Stevenson, Caroline Finnigan, Richard Finnigan, the late Peter Finnigan, Daniel Taghioff, Alva Taghioff and (of course) David Bowie. Very special thanks to Wendy Faulkner, whose research skills and enthusiasm were invaluable, and to Paul Kinder for his expert proofing and fact-checking.  \nBristol, England and  \nValle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Canary Islands 2015  \nPHOTO CREDITS: DAVID BEBBINGTON (47, 51, 70, 102, 111, 114, 116); THE FRANCIS FRITH COLLECTION (4); GAZ DE VERE (173); RAY STEVENSON (COVER, 8, 22); ALVA TAGHIOFF (164); DAVE WALKLING (66, 67); ALLAN WARREN (36); CLIFF WATKINS (159) .  \nFor Chris  \nWith thanks foryour love and the profound pleasure of your company  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nFOREWORDS  \nBACKGROUND  \nFOREGROUND  \nTURBULENCE  \nTHE FREE FESTIVAL  \nSAMYE ","cbCaiixqxsUaZB9I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiixqxsUaZB9I","pdf",2689228,3,1,112,"English","en",105,"# Forewords\n# Background\n# Foreground\n# Turbulence\n# The Free Festival\n# Samye Ling and Beyond\n# Homecoming\n# Enter Ziggy\n# Aftermath\n# A Bankable Bowie\n# Angie Returns\n# Memory of a Free Festival","[{\"question\":\"What period and place does Psychedelic Suburbia focus on?\",\"answer\":\"It focuses on a London suburb during the tail end of the 1960s, exploring how events in Beckenham shaped lives and memories.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is central to the book’s story?\",\"answer\":\"David Bowie is a key figure, alongside Mary Finnigan and a community of people who brought creativity and “enchantment” to a conservative area.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book introduce the setting of Beckenham?\",\"answer\":\"It provides background on Beckenham’s development and history, including its inclusion in local government structures and earlier historical references, to explain the suburb’s context.\"}]","Psychedelic Suburbia - 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