Maracy watson
1947 – 1977
Bolan grew up in Hackney, east London, the son of Phyllis Winifred and Simeon Feld, a lorry driver. His father was an Ashkenazi Jew of Russian and Polish ancestry. Later moving to Wimbledon, southwest London, he fell in love with rock and roll and hung around coffee bars. Bolan appeared as an extra in an episode of the television show Orlando, dressed as a mod. At the age of nine, he was given his first guitar and began a skiffle band. While at school, he played guitar in "Susie and the Hula Hoops," a trio whose vocalist was a 12-year-old Helen Shapiro. At 15, he was expelled from school fo
