The Pin-Up Boy of the Revolution

Almost all of Syd Barrett’s life was spent here in Queen Edith’s, from his childhood on Hills Road to his long retirement in St Margaret’s Square. It would have been hard to make a film about him without showing a lot of the locality, and the film-makers didn’t disappoint. We saw half a dozen local houses and buildings, even – rather curiously – The Rock pub. Looking around at the audience, I wondered how many of them had a connection to Barrett?

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