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LONDON TRANSPORT WIDGET

As Legal Guardians of Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine, as well as having a duty and responsibility to care for the shrine itself, we also like to help people to find it!

On the left is a widget which you can use to find out the route from any Post Code, main-line or tube station in London.
If you use a Post Code it will even tell you how long it will take you to walk to the station.
The 'results' will also tell you of planned engineering work (usually at weekends) and pick the best route for you.
There are Advanced Options, so you can select a day in the future to travel, or to pick different types of route, such as those with the least changes.

MAPS, DIRECTIONS & OTHER INFO
For more information, Maps, directions and links to the History of the site with Photo Galleries, Click Here.

WHAT'S NEW!      CLICK HERE TO GO TO TAG'S EBAY SHOP      WHAT'S NEW!

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      8th OCTOBER 2019      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST FREE SITE UPDATE
This is a quickish update and there will be a number of other updates to follow (see at the end of this update).
Rather than hold back the completed sections of this update while we do the others, we thought you'd like to enjoy what we have uploaded so far, especially the photos and videos from Marc's 42nd Anniversary weekend at Marc's Shrine ...
So on with that update ...

MARC BOLAN'S ROCK SHRINE - 13th SEPTEMBER 2019 PHOTO GALLERY
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GALLERY
This was TAG's Big Clean, Tidy, Freshen-Up and Repair 'mission' of the year. Club Member Colm visited Marc's Shrine and notified us that the barrel over the tree stump was leaning towards the Bronze. TAG Chairman and main 'hands-on Worker' for TAG took the tools needed to sort out the Barrel.

   

MARC BOLAN'S ROCK SHRINE - 16th SEPTEMBER 2019 PHOTO GALLERY
Marc's 42nd Anniversary saw sunshine and dappled shade on what was a quite lovely Indian Summers' day. Visitors came and went throughout the day and it was lovely to meet fans and be able to have a chat and listen, once again to Billy Sharpe strumming his guitar while singing quite delightfully to the enjoyment of those present. One of the neighbours in Gipsy Lane told us that the earlier visitors included two coach-parties which arrived, enjoyed and then left. Marc's Shrine is well and truly on the 'Tourist Map' as well as being part of the 'Black Cab Knowledge'.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE GALLERY

   

MARC BOLAN'S ROCK SHRINE VIDEOS 13th and 16th SEPTEMBER 2019
We are delighted to be able to add videos to the 2019 Video Player. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEOS
We currently use a 'Fash' based player. Chrome will stop supporting 'Flash' at the end of the year which may 'take out' the players we use. If it does then we will have to go through each of our 'Flash' players and replace it with one which is not 'Flash' based. This will be a hugely time consuming job for TAG Chairman.

BRONZE BUST REPLICAS - NOW WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER VERY SOON
We now have the prices for the Bronze Bust Replicas and are busy creating pages for the Bronze Bust Replicas with 'Pay Pal Add to Cart' buttons.
These are going on sale to members as soon as the page goes 'live'. They will not go on sale here for ten days, so that Club Members have the opportunity to order early to get a better number.
Option 1) Bronze Bust Replica on stand
Option 2) Wall Mountable Bronze Bust Replica
Option 3) Bronze Bust Replica Table Lamp

MEMBERS - DON'T ORDER FROM THE FREE SITE OR EBAY. YOU WILL SAVE 10% ON THE PRICES TO NON-MEMBERS VIA OUR SITE OR EBAY

BRONZE BUST JEWELLERY COMING SOON
We are just waiting for the stock to arrive, although we have received samples. We will be creating pages to you can view and purchase the Jewellery.

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS
Members and potential New Members have experienced problems joining/renewing.
This was down to an error in the Pay Pal code which has now been fixed.

PLEASE SEE ISSUE #46 OF THE MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER FOR INFORMATION ON CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP PACKS ...
... Especially if you want one of the six 'bronze' Heart Pendants.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE OF THESE PLEASE LET US KNOW
We'll let you know when these six have gone.

TAG's 2020 A4 WALL CALENDAR & T.REXMAS CARDS
Our T-Rexmas (Christmas) Cards ...
These have been ordered and will be with us in the next week or so. This year we've gone for smaller cards in three different designs. These will be sold in a pack of 8 with envelopes (3 x 2 designs + 2 x the 3rd design at random).
Retail Price - £3.00 per pack + P&P. Each pack will be sent with one free 4" x 6" photograph.

2020 Wall Calendar
These will be ordered this week and should be on sale before the end of October. They will again be sent in a thick white card envelope with three free 4" x 6" photographs.
Price - £5.99 each + P&P

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
That's all for now. Stay Tuned for our next Free Site updates*

UPDATE 1:Details and Pay Pal 'Buttons' for you to order the Bronze Bust Replicas - Saving 10% on the non-member Retail Price.

UPDATE 2: Details of Marc Bolan Bronze Bust Jewellery.

UPDATE 3: Pay Pal 'Buttons' and details of TAG's T.Rexmas Cards, New Birthday and all occasion cards and our 2020 Wall Calendar - Saving 10% on the non-member Retail Prices.

UPDATE 4: Details and Pay Pal 'Buttons' for you to order Bronze Bust Replica Jewellery - All available to members at a 10% Saving compared to the non-member Retail Price. A New Fanzine for the archive, along with our own Club Members Newsletter for September and October, 2019.
* The Club Site will be updated around ten days after the same information is posted on the Members Site. If you'd like to join simply CLICK HERE

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      16th SEPTEMBER 2019      


PHOTO TAKEN ON FRIDAY 13th SEPTEMBER, 2019

MARC'S 42nd ANNIVERSARY
This is a quick update to remember Marc on his 42nd Anniversary. As usual TAG visited Marc's Shrine for a clean, tidy, plish and repair so that the site looked all lovely and cared for ready for visitors to Marc's Shrine. Details of the work, with photos and videos, together with photos and videos from today, Marc's Anniversary will be coming soon.

BRONZE BUST REPLICAS
We will have Bronze Bust Replicas with us at Marc's Shrine today. We will be letting everyone know the finalised prices as soon as we can.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS QUICK UPDATE
Stay Tuned for our next update which WILL be with you by the end of this month.

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      5th AUGUST 2019      

WELCOME TO OUR UPDATE
Updates with Red Stars are Free Site updates. Those with Yellow Stars are pages for members of our MARC BOLAN & T.REX FAN CLUB. We hope you enjoy the updates. Our sincere apologies for the lack of updates. We've been working 'behind the scenes' with the scanning and design team on the forthcoming Bronze Bust Replicas. More news on that soon. These factors have meant that we have not been able to dedicate the usual amount of our time as usual to maintaining the TAG Web Site as usual.

BUT NOW WE'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER AND TO MEETING FANS AT MARC'S SHRINE OVER THE ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS
An Astounding number of memberships have auto-renewed recently. You are all entitled to a Members Bonus. It will be helpful to us while we 'catch-up' and 'get-back-up-to-speed' if you can have a LOOK at THIS PAGE and check out the Bonuses. Then EMAIL US with your choice. We can then get it in the post along with this year's Fridge Magnet, Membership Card and Bonus Photos.

PLEASE SEE ISSUE #46 OF THE MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER FOR INFORMATION ON CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP PACKS ...
... Especially if you want one of the six 'bronze' Heart Pendants.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE OF THESE PLEASE LET US KNOW
We'll let you know when these six have gone.

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER
2018 - CLICK HERE TO READ ISSUE NUMBER 46 (58 pages).
The full listing of all our Members PDF's can be found on the NEWSLETTERS INDEX PAGE

TWO NEW PDFS FOR THE FANZINE & PDF ARCHIVES
1) BOLAN COLLECTORS ISSUE #2 21 pages - Bought from eBay by TAG - Scanned by Kevin Warner.
2) DISCO 45 This is a better quality version than previously uploaded to our site. This is just one of the goodies sent in by Chas Johnson. For the others, see our updates below.
As a reminder all Fanzines & other PDF Books, etc. are listed on the main FANZINE & PDF INDEX PAGE.

T.REX BAND SCORE - BEST
T.REX BAND SCORE - BEST There are several versions of this book. This one is 94 fabulous pages in length. TANX Chas :-)
Both the BOLAN COLLECTORS ISSUE #2 and Disco 45 join the existing FANZINE & PDF INDEX PAGE

CALLING ALL DIGITAL IMAGE ARTISTS for TAG's 2020 A4 WALL CALENDAR & T.REXMAS CARDS
If you have any LARGE, good quality images we can use for the 2020 A4 Wall Calendar then please SEND THEM TO US. We can't promise we will use them, but for any we do use you will be fully credited and will receive a Wall Calendar and/or a pack of T-Rexmas Cards free-of-charge too. The images MUST be HIGH QUALITY and at least 1500 x 2000 pixels in size. We generally cannot use straight 'photos' (depending upon copyright), but we can use images which are based on a photo, which has then been manipulated to create a piece of 'Artwork'. FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSION IS - FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST.

STEVE TOOK'S BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY FEE WARNER - SECOND HARD BACK EDITION - COMING SOON
Fee's First Edition sold out like Hot Cakes. It is being reprinted, again as a Full Colour Limited Edition Hardback. You can read reviews of the First Edition here as a 30 page PDF
You can sign up via Facebook to receive notification when the Second Edition is published using the following link: facebook.com/TheTookBook/ - (link will open in a new window/tab)

MEMBERS - DID YOU KNOW ABOUT ALL THE MEMBERS RESOURCES?
Even we forget what is on our own site. This is because the TAG Site as it is now has 'evolved' and developed a life of its own since it's original 'birth'
We recommend all members pop along to TAG'S MEMBERS RESOURCES to see what's there!

HISTORY OF THE TAG WEB SITE - 22 YEARS AND STILL GROWING ... THE OLDEST, THE BIGGEST, THE BEST, DEDICATED UK MARC BOLAN AND T.REX WEB SITE

In 1997 Fee wrote her own web site in HTML because there were no 'What You See is What You Get' Web Page creators back then! This became 'Fee's Marc Bolan & T.Rex Web Site', hosted by 'Freeserve' for those with long memories! It was hosted under Fee's chosen name of 'rarn.freeserve.co.uk' Fee soon used up all the space allowed by freeserve for a web site so she expanded it to 'rarn1.freeserve.co.uk' as well as 'rarn.freeserve.co.uk'. Fee's colour scheme was Black, White and Red, with an emphasis on the Black. This was at the time when everyone used 'Dial-Up' via the phone-line (how quaint) at a penny a minute. Uploads were painfully show and of course worked out at 60p per hour which over 20 years ago was not a small sum given how Fee's web sites was expanding

In 1999 TAG got its very own web site, also using a variation on the same colour-scheme of Black, White and Red, but with more Red. Again this was uploaded at 60p per hour with updates tying up our phone line for so long we had to have a second phone line installed so we had one dedicated to the internet. As we type the current phone line rental is around £18.00 a month - and it was proportionally around the same back then.

At the end of 1999 Fee was contacted with a view to taking over the OMBFC Web Site. As Big Ben sounded out at Midnight on January 1st 2000 Fee launched the All New OMBFC Web Site with Animated Fireworks *. Fee had free rein and so the 21st Century site, for the 20th Century Boy was designed with a different colour scheme to that of the other two sites. It was based on Marc's own record label colours of Blue and Red, with white. Fee continued to maintain her own web site and that of TAG while undertaking the OMBFC Web Site, which was updated on the 1st of each month between the 1st January 2000 and the 1st May 2000. Unique Visitor numbers soared from 300 at the end of 1999 to over 3,000 unique visitors a month by May 2000. Nowadays, those sort of numbers might seem small, but in 1999/2000 that was some going!
The size of Fee's creation to go on the OMBFC Server made her own site and that of TAG's look like Lilliputians (to use a Bolanesque word).
* This wasn't a simple 'gif' it went all over the monitor. In that respect some effects seem to have gone backwards! Maybe it is because they do require some understanding of codes and html? But when correctly installed these 'scripts' allowed Windows 3.1 (remember that? On our 486 machines) to do amazing (at the time) things like fireworks, or hearts, or snow to burst around the screen.

Again, as with the TAG web site and Fee's own web site everything on Fee's OMBFC Web Site was uploaded via our dedicated second phone line at a cost of 60p per hour plus the monthly line-rental for this second line. The entire costs of uploading Fee's own, All-New Web OMBFC Site was funded from 'The Warner Household's own finances. Fee did all the work for-free, just as she does for TAG now. Fans sent in things to add to the site, just as fans like Chas, Pol, Michael T and so many other fans have done since then. The owners of the OMBFC at the time supplied Fee with some scans, photos etc. which she used including a vast array of photos taken by Keith Morris *.

In May 2000 we discovered that the fan club had been sold and the new owners had their own 'team' so Fee wasn't required. The web site Fee designed for the now-former OMBFC owners was safely stored on Fee's PC at home so it make complete sense to combine the web site Fee designed for the OMBFC, Fee's own personal web site AND the TAG web site into one New Super-Sized Web Site which is what is there today. The culmination of 22 years work. That is why some pages are differently formatted to the more recently created pages. Although it was the youngest of the three sites the final web site Fee wrote had been accelerated by Fee's enthusiasm into being the biggest, which is why we decided to keep this colour scheme.

* After the OMBFC had been sold Fee met Keith Morris to interview him for TAG having already visited him at his home in St. Mary's Mansions, Paddington, London to select some Steve Took photos for her Steve Took Biography. This is when it was discovered that although the former OMBFC owners assured us that they did have permission to use Keith Morris' photos on the web, actually they didn't. We took them down immediately at his request. Later Keith gave TAG permission to use his photos as long as credit was given.

Fee was in contact with Keith regularly due to his connection to both Marc 'n Steve. After discussing and paying Keith Morris the appropriate royalties Fee used two of Keith's photos when she designed the booklet for Steve Took's album 'BLOW IT!!!' and indeed in 2005 Fee was able to assist Keith in getting one of his photographs removed from someone who turned them into a poster for sale on his web site where the seller had badly cropped the image in a way Keith was not happy with.

So, once again, we recommend all members pop along to TAG'S MEMBERS RESOURCES to see what's there!

ALMOST FINALLY ... MARC BOLAN ROSE VEGAN GLYCERINE SOAP
USE THIS LINK TO BUY YOUR MARC BOLAN ROSE VEGAN GLYCERINE SOAP You can find a collage of images on the 'buy' page too.

USE THIS LINK TO BUY YOUR MARC BOLAN ROSE SOAP at £3.00 per 90-100g bar.

UK POSTAGE: Anything thicker than 2.5cm (including packing) classes as a 'SMALL PARCEL'so the P&P is £3.20 for 1 to 4 bars of soap.
Outside the UK: Your order is sent by weight so there are two P&P charges: 1 - 2 Bars and 3 - 4 bars.
There are 'signed for, insured' options for all addresses.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Stay Tuned for our next update.

IF YOU SENT US AN EMAIL AND HAVEN'T HEARD BACK, WE WILL BE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THEM AND SHOULD BE UP TO DATE BY 14th August.
If you haven't had a reply by then - please email us again.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      1st JANUARY 2019      

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST UPDATE OF 2019
We hope you enjoy the updates on New Year's Day:-)

VIDEOS: MARC'S SHRINE - 22nd DECEMBER 2018
These New Video have been added to the 2018 Marc's Shrine Videos Section of the Site. The Members Video is not watermarced, while the one in the Free Site player is. The video shows Marc's Shrine after our recent clean-up which found us having to remove a 'Fire Pit' and a 'Chiminea' as shown in the photo gallery uploaded on T-Rexmas Day (link below).

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER
2018 - CLICK HERE TO READ ISSUE NUMBER 45 (80 Fabulous Pages).

MANY TANX TO CHAS JOHNSON
Chaz has sent us some goodies to add to the Members Site including better quality scans of the Disco 45 Special. We will do our best to include these in the next Members Update.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Stay Tuned.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      25th DECEMBER 2018      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST UPDATE
We hope you enjoy the updates on T-Rexmas Day:-)

PHOTO GALLERY: MARC'S SHRINE -WINTER SOLSTICE (22nd DECEMBER) 2018
There will be video to accompany these photos which will be oploaded when Kevin has had time to edit the footage and add music :-) In the meantime we have just had time to sort through the photos to create a photo gallery of Marc's Shrine from our visit which was a triabular trip from Hove, via Stonehenge for the Sunrise before taking a two-sides of a triangle route home via Marc's Shrine.
2018 Marc's Shrine Photo Gallery.
YOU WILL SEE THAT SOMEONE LEFT A CHIMINEA & A FIRE PIT! (???) Many Tanx to Rita for letting us know about this. They have been removed as you will see from the photo gallery.


RIP - STAN LEE

As you'll have seen from our latest Members PDF Newsletter (#44) Stan Lee passed away recently and as well as our coverage in our Members PDF Newsletter, we've have added a Video to a dedicated Page
Stan Lee and Marc Bolan. You may have seen it already but we have archived it to our own site, should the You Tube one get taken down for any reasons.

FINAL STOCK OF LIMITED EDITION STAMP SHEET SETS

BUY YOUR STAMP SHEETS - CLICK HERE Firstly a Huge 'TANX' to Werner for donating these wonderful stamps to TAG for Fund Raising. Werner has been a TAG Supporter since 1999 - which means he has supported TAG since our creation.

BUY YOUR STAMP SHEETS - CLICK HERE at £15.00 per sheet (with folder). You can order as many sheets as you want for ONE postal charge which must be added to your basket. You can find images of all the sheets on page 41 of our Members Newsletter Issue #43 and on the 'buy' page too.
EACH A4 STAMP SHEET COMES IN THEIR OWN FOLDER & WILL BE SENT IN A THICK ALL-BOARD ENVELOPE
These will be listed on eBay in the New Year.

STAINED GLASS EFFECT WINDOW DECALS, BUMPER STICKERS & DIE-CUT DECAL STICKERS
You'll find an exciting range of Bolan-Tastic Goodies in TAG's EBAY SHOP (link will open in a new tab/window).







THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Stay Tuned for our New Year update.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      16th OCTOBER 2018      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST UPDATE
We hope you enjoy them :-)

TAG ON EBAY - T-REXMAS CARDS, CALENDARS & MORE
Our Ever-Popular A4 Wall Calendars TO VISIT TAG ON EBAY - CLICK HERE where you'll find all our listings for A4 Wall Calendars, Three different types of Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, Our Guide Book to over 60 sites of Marc Bolan interest, A4 Gloss Art Posters, DVD's, Shoulder/Tote bags and more.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT TAG'S EBAY SHOP

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER - NONE MEMBERS - SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING!
SEPTEMBER - EARLY OCTOBER 2018 - CLICK HERE TO READ ISSUE NUMBER 43. Members have had to wait a few days extra so we could add some T-Rextra pages to this Members Newsletter and the total is a staggering 86 Pages - (link will open in a new window/tab

VIDEOS: MARC'S SHRINE -SEPTEMBER 2018
These New Video have been added to the 2018 Marc's Shrine Videos Section of the Site.

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 13th SEPTEMBER, 2018
The Photo Gallery from TAG's Visit to Clean, Tidy and Polish Marc's Shrine Gallery and the Shocking Vandalism at the site can be viewed by clicking HERE. We have included some of the photos of the vandalism in the new Issue of the Club Members PDF (Issue #43).

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON MARC'S 41st ANNIVERSARY - THE 16th SEPTEMBER, 2018
It's always lovely for us to be able to share the experience of Marc's Anniversaries at Marc's Shrine with fans from around the world who can't make it. Some fans have Marc's Shrine on their 'Bucket List' of places they want to visit - at least once. In that respect it is very like Mecca for followers of Islam, and many fans talk about it as their "Pilgrimage" to the site. But we know so many fans can't make it more than once and especially for those who haven't made the trip yet, you can still experience the ambiance via our Photo Galleries and Videos.
VIEW THE 41st ANNIVERSARY PHOTO GALLERY HERE.

MARC BOLAN COSMIC DANCER PENS - SORRY - ONLY FOR MEMBERS
These are available as part of the Members Bonus Pack. We were asked if we planned to sell them separately so we are. You can order up to six pens to fit into a 100g 'Large Letter' package. That is the cheapest Postage Option due to the thickness of the package being taken into account by Royal Snail. Below you can select the option to buy any number of pens from one to six with one postage charge already included. There are three different areas: The UK; Europe and ROTW (Rest of the World). Please use the correct one for where you live. Many Tanx.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
There aren't so many listings here on the Main Page, because so much of our News is contained with the Members PDF.
Stay Tuned for the next update around Samhain/Halloween (spooky). We're pleased to say that work on the next Members PDF Newsletter (Issue #44) is already underway with News that we couldn't fit into our 86 page Members PDF Newsletter Issue #43!!!
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      16th SEPTEMBER 2018      




      18th AUGUST 2018      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST UPDATE
We hope you enjoy the updates :-)
If it is a YELLOW STAR - It's for MEMBERS ONLY.
If it's a RED STAR it's an update for everyone.

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER
JULY TO JULY 2018 - CLICK HERE TO READ ISSUE NUMBER 42 - 71 Fabulous Pages - (link will open in a new window/tab)
And do feel free to visit the full listing of all our 41 PDF Members Newsletters produced todate by simply visiting The Newsletter Archives - Click Here

NEW FANZINE
We used some of our funds to buy in some more fanzines so that they can be scanned and converted into PDFs for the Members Fanzine Archive. We're pleased to add the second of these to the Fanzine Section and we will be scanning and converting another fanzine for the next update. The quality is limited because of the technology available to us 'Bolanites' back in the day. No scanners, or printers then. Everything had to be handwritten, or typed and the images were photocopied to use for the collages seen in this fanzine. Then of course the photocopy-collages were photocopied a second time to make them into the pages of the fanzine. At the time, us 'Bolanites' were all simply happy to get any news at all, and to feel less 'all alone'.
EXPLOSIVE MOUTH ISSUE ONE - 22 PAGES - (link will open in a new window/tab)
This fanzine was produced by Ray Sullivan.
To see the listing of all our Fanzines simply Click Here to visit The Fanzine Archive Main Page

A NEW PHOTO GALLERY
Gallery 40) PHOTO GALLERY (31 Photos plus one contact sheet)
All the galleries will be listed in the MAIN PHOTO GALLERIES PAGE

VIDEOS: MARC'S SHRINE - JULY 2018
This New Video has been added to the 2018 Marc's Shrine Videos

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 24th APRIL, 2018
The Photo Gallery from TAG's Visit to Clean, Tidy and Polish Marc's Shrine Gallery can be viewed by clicking HERE.

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 28th JULY, 2018
CLICK HERE to view the Photo Gallery from TAG's Visit to care for Marc's Rock Shrine on the 28th July, 2018. This date may sound familiar to some people - It was also Steve Peregrin Took's 69th Birthday and before Kevin and Fee Warner visited Marc's Shrine they went to Steve Took's Grave at Kensal Green Cemetery where they gave his grave a clean, tidy and polish too. One photo of Steve Took's Grave is included in our Photo Gallery showing the sold-out First Edition of Fee Warner's Steve Took Biography.

    

If you would like to know more about Steve Peregrin Took with directions to his Grave at Kensal Green Cemetery visit STEVE TOOK'S DOMAIN

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Stay Tuned for the next update.

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      23rd JULY 2018      

NOW THERE ARE TEN REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO TAG's MARC BOLAN AND T.REX FAN CLUB
Membership still costs just £6.00 a year (plus post and packing - which has not gone up for three years), you can also choose from one of TEN Renewal Gifts, to go with your membership pack which includes your membership card, Exclusive Fridge Magnet and Welcome Photographic prints.
TO VIEW THE TEN BONUS GIFTS YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM - SIMPLY CLICK HERE (link opens in a new window/tab)
They include Three New Square Pendants, each with chain and gift bag and a FAB Pen + Keyring + Square Button Badge Set





CLICK HERE TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO TAG's MARC BOLAN AND T.REX FAN CLUB (link opens in a new window/tab)

The next Members Update will be with you within a week.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      20th JUNE 2018      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST FREE SITE UPDATE
We hope you enjoy the updates :-)

WANT MORE NEWS & UPDATES? WHY NOT JOIN THE CLUB ...
We have updated the JOIN / RENEW PAGE to make it easier to use. (link opens in a new window/tab)
Please use this to join (and also for expired members to re-join). Simply enter your chosen Username and Password into the boxes and select which Bonus Goody you would like for this year.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE CORRECT OPTION FOR P&P ...
... because sometimes people apply to join who have paid the £8.00 membership, but live outside the UK. Membership is £6.00 PLUS P&P. It is the postage and packing element which makes the prices different because it costs more to send your Bonus Goody, fridge magnet, membership card and 'Welcome Photos' to you if you are outside the UK.

MEMBERS ONLY UPDATE: NEW ISSUES OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER
We're pleased to say that we are adding TWO New issues of our Members Newsletter PDF for you to read/download.
JANUARY to MARCH 2018 - ISSUE NUMBER 40 - 25 pages
APRIL to JUNE 2018 - ISSUE NUMBER 41 - 24 pages
ALL previous Members PDF Newsletters are available in the Members Site which all Members (old and new) can read
We have Lots of News Snippets, and other things of interest, which we haven't used yet and which we aim to bring into Issue 42 of our Members Newsletters.

MEMBERS ONLY: NEW FANZINE
We used some of our Membership funds to buy in some more fanzines so that they can be scanned and converted into PDFs for the Members Fanzine Archive.
We're pleased to add the first of these to the Fanzine Section.
ELEMENTAL CHILD - A TRIBUTE - 28 PAGES
We will be scanning and converting a second fanzine for our next Members Update :-) Members can access ALL the Fanzine PDFs we have in our members’ site :-)

MEMBERS ONLY: NEW PDF
DISCO 45 - 14 PAGES. This has also been added to the MEMBERS PDF ARCHIVES

VIDEOS: MARC'S SHRINE - SEPTEMBER 2017 - MARC'S 40th ANNIVERSARY
This follows on from the Photo Gallery we uploaded in the last Members Update and is included below in this Free Site Update
Video: Marc Rock Shrine on his 40th Anniversary

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE DURING MARC'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY
The photo gallery from the Marc's 40th Anniversary Photo Gallery can be viewed by clicking the HERE.

VIDEOS: MARC'S SHRINE - APRIL 2018
Video: Marc Rock Shrine in April 2018
We have photos from this visit, which will be converted into a Photo Gallery for the next update.

STEVE TOOK'S BIOGRAPHY - WRITTEN BY FEE WARNER
The Limited Edition, hand numbered edition of Fee's Steve Took Biography 'A TRIP THROUGH LADBROKE GROVE: The Life and Times of Underground 'Hero' Steve Peregrin Took has sold out. Fee has created a Summary PDF of Reviews and comments received about her Biography ... The First Ever Biography of Marc Bolan's original partner in Tyrannosaurus Rex - The man who converted Marc's song into the 'language' of the 'Underground'.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE STEVE TOOK PDF - 30 PAGES - (link will open in a new window/tab)
There will be a second edition, which will be published, probably in 2019.
SIGN UP TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN THE SECOND EDITION IS PUBLISHED - facebook.com/TheTookBook/ - (link will open in a new window/tab)

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Stay Tuned for the next update.

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      15th SEPTEMBER 2017      

WELCOME TO OUR MARC'S 40th ANNIVERSARY UPDATE

KEY: - FREE UPDATES. - MEMBERS UPDATES

We hope you enjoy the updates :-) So on with the update ...

JOIN US AT MARC'S SHRINE ON SATURDAY 16th SEPTEMBER, 2017.We are looking forward to Bolan Fans old and New at Marc's Shrine from around 1:00pm onwards.
TAG's EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK
Spend the afternoon at Marc's Shrine before a gentle walk 0.8 miles to The Half Moon, Putney to see the Tribute Band Too Rex. Doors open at 7:00pm and the event ends at 1:00am though tickets are now sold out.

RADIO INTERVIEWS
Fee was interviewed a couple of days ago for a radio show which has been broadcast. Not sure when. She is being interviewed for BBC Radio at Marc's Shrine on the 16th September to be broadcast on Saturday evening and parts of it to be used on Sunday Morning.

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER - NUMBER 39 - 43 PAGES
We're please to say that our New 43 page Members Newsletter PDF is now online for you to read/download. This focusses on photos of Marc's Shrine at the time of the accident plus some news and articles featuring Marc's Shrine.
MEMBERS - CLICK HERE TO READ THE PDF NEWSLETTER (link will open in a new window/tab)
Visit the Newsletter Archives Here

SPECIAL MEMBERS MEMORIAL PDF - 42 PAGES
This is a 'Sprecial Issue' remembering the 40th Anniversary and Funeral with Newspaper clippings and photos.
Newsletter Archives Here

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 28th July, 2017
The photo gallery from the 28th July, 2017 can be viewed by clicking the HERE. There are also three photos from Steve Took's Grave in Kensal Green.

COMING SOON - 2018 CALENDARS & OUR T.REXMAS CARDS
TAG's 2018 Calendars will be listed on eBay around mid-October, along with T-Rexmas Cardsa and other Bolan-Tastic Goodies. Stay Tuned for those. You will be able to 'pre-order' these from the end of September so save money. We'll be adding Pay Pal buttons for those with our short members update on Marc's Birthday.

RIP FREDDIE CANWELL
Freddie was a HUGE Bolan Fan and supporter of TAG from it's inception. There is a fund raiser via 'GoFundMe' to help pay for his funeral. Simply click the image below to go to it. The link will open in a new window/tab for eace of use.

Click here to go to www.gofundme.com/freddie-canwell-funeral

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
We will upload Photo Galleries and Videos of Marc's 40th Anniversary at Marc's Shrine on Marc's Birthday as a Short Update. The next Full Members Update will be around Halloween.

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      8th AUGUST 2017      

JOIN US AT MARC'S SHRINE ON SATURDAY 16th SEPTEMBER, 2017.
 We are looking forward to Bolan Fans old and New at Marc's Shrine from around 1:00pm onwards.
TAG's EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK
Spend the afternoon at Marc's Shrine before a gentle walk 0.8 miles to The Half Moon, Putney to see the Tribute Band Too Rex. Doors open at 7:00pm and the event ends at 1:00am.
BUY TICKETS
VENUE INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK
THE TOO REX EVENT PAGE ON FACEBOOK

WELCOME TO OUR PENULTIMATE FREES UPDATE BEFORE MARC'S 40th ANNIVERSARY ...
We were hoping to include Photo Galleries from our two visits to Marc's Shrine. We have not been able to convert into Photo Galleries, due to several factors which are detailed below.

APOLOGIES TO ANYONE WHO HAD EMAILED US AND NOT RECEIVED A REPLY ...
Please resend your Email to Us because we were hit by a hard drive breakdown which took our our Email Client along with our Emails. They are backed-up so we are getting them restored, but with the work on this update and the server move (see below). Do bear with us.
TAG ON THE MOVE ... WE ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THE ENTIRE TAG SITE ...
Fom The Mercury Moon Server to it's own server on www.Marc-Bolan.net. This is not quite complete because the entire TAG website (Members and Free) totals a staggering 80 GIG consisting of 62,794 files.
WE ARE HOWEVER PLEASED TO SAY ...
with the exception of some of the many files that make up the Members Section 'Marc's Musical Museum', the entire site has now been moved accress and is now available on TAG's dedicated server ... WWW.MARC-BOLAN.NET
So, without further ado ... on with the update ...

ROLAN BOLAN - CLAIMING HIS BIRTHRIGHT
 2017 ... ROLAN BOLAN V BABYDRIVER COMPANIES
"Marc Bolan's Son Files Lawsuit Over Baby Driver Soundtrack Baby Driver is one of the more acclaimed films of the year, and more than a few critics have singled out its soundtrack for particular praise. But director Edgar Wright's song selection - and the way the studio went about using the music - are now the focus of a lawsuit filed by Marc Bolan's son Rolan Feld. The suit was prompted by Baby Driver's use of the T. Rex track Debora, which serves as a major plot point in the movie when its protagonist (played by Ansel Elgort) shares it with a love interest (Lily James) who happens to share the same name. It's all the more surprising, then, that Sony Pictures allegedly neglected to secure a license to use the track.
Inexplicably, Defendants failed to obtain - or even seek - the permission of the composition's U.S. copyright holder, Rolan Feld, reads a portion of Feld's filing complaint. In the six weeks since Feld brought this infringement to Defendant Sony's attention, Defendants have done little more than point fingers at one another - and they have neither apologized nor offered to pay Feld a reasonable license fee.
More perplexing still is Feld's assertion that he only found out about Debora being used in Baby Driver after a Sony rep reached out to his lawyer - a surreal example of the way different divisions of the same giant company can operate independently in ignorance of each other. Even before the movie was at Sony, we had sort of quietly started clearing the tracks. Because, you know, if you're going to do a movie called Baby Driver and try and use that song, you should approach them way ahead of time to make sure that that's okay, Wright pointed out."

ONLINE REPORTS - All links will open in a new tab/window for ease of viewing.
The Radio Times
NME (New Musical Express)
Ultimate Classic Rock
Hollywood Reporter
The Independent UK Newspaper
SKY News
9 Page Court Document (PDF) - ON OUR SERVER

This follows on from the 2013 court case and 2014 ruling ...

2013 and 2014 ... ... ROLAN BOLAN V WESTMINSTER MUSIC
Marc Bolan's son has brought a lawsuit that will be the first of a series of challenges over who has the rights to exploit classic songs. As the fathers of rock music have bowed to the inevitability of mortality, their sons, daughters and other statutory heirs could soon be sending jarring vibes across the music industry. Last week, Rolan Feld, the son of T Rex frontman Marc Bolan, filed a lawsuit in California federal court that seeks a declaration that he is now the sole owner of many of Bolan's famous songs like Bang a Gong (Get It On)) and Ride a White Swan. Feld was a few days short of his second birthday when his father died in a 1977 car accident. He's now seeking at least $2 million in damages over a music publisher's continued exploitation of songs."
 Rolan Bolan V Westminster Music (PDF) - ON OUR SERVER
The official court document which is mentioned in the BBC News report we have included in our Members PDF Newsletter (dated August 2013). It is archived here. Its a long document at 43 pages, but well worth reading.
Hollywood Reporter - Article dated 18th July, 2013.
Both links will open in a new tab/window for ease of viewing.

2014 ... ROLAN WAS AWARDED OWNERSHIP OF 144 SONGS
"Rolan Feld, the son of T Rex frontman Marc Bolan, has obtained 144 copyrights connected to the band's songs, including those on the album Electric Warrior like Get It On (Bang A Gong). In July 2013, Feld sued publisher Westminster Music Ltd. for ownership, on the basis that rights revert to an author's heirs when the author dies during the initial copyright term. Feld's case then got a big boost when the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year addressed another reversion case involving the classic film Raging Bull, and limited the application of laches (a defense based upon the prejudicial effect of a plaintiff's delayed filing) in intellectual property cases. The parties then worked out a settlement with the result leading to the return of copyrights to the Feld family. "
 Hollywood Reporter - Article dated 10th October, 2014 - link will open in a new tab/window for ease of viewing.

NEW ISSUE OF OUR MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER - NUMBER 38
We're please to say that our New 36 page Members Newsletter PDF is now online for you to read/download. This along with the other 37 Members Newsletter PDF's are available in the Members Section dating back to 2012 to date. Join Now for just £6.00 a pear (plus P and P) with a choice of eight bonuses when you join. See our Update dated 17th May, 2017 for the eight Bonuses available.

NEW ADDITION TO THE FANZINE ARCHIVE - GYPSY EXPLORER ISSUE FOUR.
As with the 36 page PDF Newsletter, this Fanzine has been added to our Extensive PDF Magazine and Fanzines Section.
Join Now information as above.

DO YOU WANT YOUR NAME ON THE SPONSORS PAGE OF THE STEVE TOOK BIOGRAPHY?
You have until the 13th August to pr-Order your copy of Steve Peregrin Took's Biography "A Trip Through Ladbroke Grove" and get your name in the list of sponsors at the back of both versions of the book. You can also pre-order the book with ticket(s) to the London Launch Party and there is also the option to buy the book with a 'Goody Bag'. The aim of the Crowdfunder is to raise money for the instillation of a Memorial Bench near Steve Peregrin Took's Grave in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.

Steve Took's life was interwoven with the Underground counter-culture of the area around Ladbroke Grove. He knew a wealth of musicians and influenced more people than you might imagine. This book is of interest to fans of Tyrannosaurus Rex and underground Musicians including, but not exclusive to, a number of Hawkwind members including Nik Turner and Lemmy, plus Twink, The Pink Fairies, Syd Barrett and many more.

As well as featuring the Story of Steve Took's Life there are a number of previously unpublished photos including live photographs of Tyrannosaurus Rex (with Marc Bolan), plus professional photographs taken by the late Keith Morris during the period 1972 to 1974 and previously unseen photographs taken by friends and family. Gig flyers and reviews, some not previously seen, are also included.

Whatever your interest in the man described as too fragile for the music industry, strange and unique and a talented singer-songwriter, this is a Must Have book.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
There will be another Members Club update before Marc's 40th Anniversary and we hope to be able to update the free site again too.
AS ALWAYS ... IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LAMINATE A TRIBUTE FOR YOU TO ADD TO MARC'S SHRINE. ... Please email it to us so we can take it with us on our next visit :-)
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.

If you do send us something to laminate it would be appreciated if you would make a donation (no matter how small) to cover our expenses.

DONATE - ANY AMOUNTED WELCOMED


      26th JUNE 2017      

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FREE SITES UPDATE
Time Marches on and already we are looking towards Marc's 40th Anniversary this September. We look forward to meeting fans on the 15th September, when we'll be there doing work to make the site look lovely for all the visitors we expect over the anniversary period. The main day for our Main Man is obviously the 16th September and we look forward to seeing fans at the shrine and then continuing on to the Half Moon Putney to see Too Rex at the second of their two 40th Anniversary gigs.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE

AS ALWAYS ... IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LAMINATE A TRIBUTE FOR YOU TO ADD TO MARC'S SHRINE. ... Please email it to us so we can take it with us on our next visit :-)

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      17th MAY 2017      

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION WELCOME TO OUR NEW FREE SITE UPDATE

For the latest News please JOIN because this update is the collected 'parts' of Three Members Club Updates!

NEW 'T-REXTRAS' WHEN YOU JOIN THE MEMBERS CLUB
We are delighted to be able to add more 'T-Rextras' for you to choose from. Club Membership costs just £6.00 a year (+ P&P).
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

SAMPLE ISSUE OF THE MEMBERS PDF NEWSLETTER
This is a sample of the Members Newsletter PDF (Issue Number 33 with 42 pages) which are available to all members to read/download and the Members Site contains an archive of all Members PDF Newsletters right back to Issue Number One. The latest Edition is already online for members with another Members PDF Newsletter (Number 36) to be published by the end of May, 2017.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE SAMPLE PDF NEWSLETTER (link will open in a new window/tab)

VIDEO - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 24th APRIL, 2017
A video filmed by Kevin Warner. This Video has been loaded into the 2017 Marc's Shrine Player.

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 24th APRIL, 2017
The photo gallery from the 24th April, 2017 can be viewed by clicking the HERE. The work not only included the usual clean, tidy and polish or the Bronze, The Memory Board and the PRS Memorial, it also included topping up the steps, top and bottom platforms with 'Play Bark' which is more expensive, but superior to 'bark chippings'. We also added new chippings around the PRS. We decided to 'ring the changes' by using 'Pink Staffordshire Pebbles' rather than the 'purple slate' we used last time.
One thing we did find was another cremation had been scattered on the earth just in front of the Bronze which can be seen in two photographs.
At least this one wasn't tipped over the Bronze itself so that when it rained the ash became a caustic, corrosive 'cement' which was extremely hard to remove.

VIDEO - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 21st JANUARY, 2017
A video filmed by Fee on the 21st January, 2017. This Video has been loaded into the 2017 Marc's Shrine Player.

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON THE 21st JANUARY, 2017 (plus a few from Steve Took's Grave)
The photo gallery from the 21st January, 2017 can be viewed by clicking HERE

'LIKE' US ON FACEBOOK

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE

AS ALWAYS ... IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LAMINATE A TRIBUTE FOR YOU TO ADD TO MARC'S SHRINE. ... Please email it to us so we can take it with us on our next visit :-)

KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman)
Typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      28th OCTOBER 2016      

WELCOME TO OUR LATEST FREE SITE UPDATE
If you visited on the 30th September, you'd have seen our Birthday image for Marc who would have been 69 on the 30th September, 2016! How time flies. So on with the update.

VIDEO - MARC'S SHRINE ON HIS 39th ANNIVERSARY
A video filmed by Kevin on the 16th September, 2016. This Video has been loaded into the 2016 Marc's Shrine Player.
Again, we are delighted to include Music by the talented Jason Luke Bolan Rushby.
You can find out more about him and his music on his Face Book Page.

PHOTO GALLERY - MARC'S SHRINE ON HIS 39th ANNIVERSARY
We hope you enjoy the photo gallery from the 16th September, 2016

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
The next update Free Site Update will be in 2017, though the Members site is updated more often than the Free Site.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      16th SEPTEMBER 2016      

WELCOME TO OUR ANNIVERSARY FREE SITE UPDATE
We've been tremendously busy since the last Members Update. As well as visiting Marc's Shrine to clean, tidy and polish we've been busy in the "Design Department" with New Design Rexmas Cards, 2017 Calendars, and other T-Rextra Special Goodies! All of a sudden, it was time for our annual big clean, tidy and polish ready for the 39th Anniversary of Marc's Anniversary. So rather than put this update up just before we visited the Shrine on the 9th September, we thought we'd wait until we had time to edit the videos and sort the photos so we could include them in this update.
You will find we have a number of things for sale on eBay. We hoped to update our 'Members Exclusives' page, but didn't have time. Members will find news of the fundraisers we have designed in the Members Newsletter PDF, though not everything is listed on eBay or on the 'Members Exclusives' page. This will be done ASAP. They new items include two types of bag, gift tags, photo sets, A4 posters (a set of three which are free to members who buy a calendar), and other items.

VIDEO - MARC'S SHRINE IN JULY
A video filmed by Fee on her July, 2016 visit to Marc's Shrine. This Video has been loaded into the 2016 Marc's Shrine Player.
No music has been overlaid on top of this video. It has Fee's own reaction to what she found on this July day.

VIDEO - WORK AT MARC'S SHRINE READY FOR THE ANNIVERSARY

The Video was filmed after the work was completed.
This Video has also been loaded into the 2016 Marc's Shrine Player.
We are delighted to include Music by the talented Jason Luke Bolan Rushby.
You can find out more about him and his music on his Face Book Page.

We will be posting at least one video of Marc's Shrine on the anniversary for those of you who are unable to visit but can feel 'there' via the video :-)

PHOTO GALLERY - WORK AT MARC'S SHRINE READY FOR THE ANNIVERSARY
The Photo Gallery gives a hint of the work TAG do to keep the site looking as it should for visitor's and as a Tribute to Marc Bolan and his band T.Rex. 9th September, 2016 Photo Gallery.
The first photos show what the site looked like when we arrived. The bark chippings, or to name them correctly the 'Play Bark' was dug out of the steps and platform at the top of the steps by Kevin Warner, while Fee Warner went to the Garden Centre, ironically opposite Marc and Gloria's Last Home. Kevin then cleared away as many of the dead leaves from the site, especially from the purple slate chippings that surround the PRS Base. These were then topped up with another bag of Slate Chippings (40mm), this time in 'blue'. The colours are relative and the main 'blue' or 'purple' of the chips shows up better when they are wet. When dry they change to a not unpleasant shade of grey.

Then it was on to painting the steps, viewing platform and the edging across the front of the PRS Memorial. This darkened as it dried and only once it had dried could the steps and viewing platform be topped up with the new 'Play Bark'. We use 'Play Bark' because it does not contain any of the recycled rubbish, which can be found in 'Bark Chips'. 'Play Bark' also contains larger pieces of bark so they are not broken down so quickly. The 'Play Bark' needs to be tipped in, levelled and then, stamped down ready for visitors.

Meanwhile, Fee had cleaned and polished the PRS Memorial, and once the steps were painted and filled she was able to work at cleaning the bronze. This included cleaning out the thick pockets of 'matter' which had been scattered over the bronze and while, after rain, had set into something akin to mortar. You can see some of the greyish chunks as they are washed down the bronze from the top of the head. Even now a few bits remain.

Finally, the work was done, though not quickly enough for us to get stuck in the start of the rush hour of people trying to leave London for the weekend. We now keep our fingers crossed it still looks like that when we return on the 16th September, 2016.

We will of course be adding another Photo Gallery after the 16th September, 2016.

FIND US ON FACEBOOK
FACEBOOK SHRINE MAPS & DIRECTIONS

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
For those who are visiting Marc's Shrine on his anniversary we look forward to seeing you in the afternoon.
The next update will be ASAP and hopefully before the end of September.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      18th JUNE 2016      

WELCOME TO THE LATEST UPDATE

MARC'S SHRINE - PHOTO GALLERY FROM APRIL 2016
Photo Gallery of some of the work TAG Members Kevin and Fee do on a regular basis at Marc's Shrine to keep the site looking lovely. This included digging out all the pebbles from around the PRS Memorial to replace them with new, clean ones. TAG does this every 12 months. Other work TAG does at least once a year is to dig out the old Bark chippings from the steps and top platform to replacethem with new Bark Chippings. This photo Gallery also includes a few photos of Marc's last house taken while Fee was visiting Adrian Hall Garden Centre opposite Marc's Last House to collect the pebbles and Bark Chippings.
Marc's Shrine on the April, 2016 Photo Gallery

    

MARC'S SHRINE - PHOTOS FROM 20th MAY 2016
After driving to London from Hove, before heading off for the centre of London Fee stopped by at the Shrine and took a few photos at Marc's Shrine. The photo Gallery includes photos of the Tony Visconti Q&A. Members can view the first of two videos of parts of the Q&A Session with more to follow :-)
Marc's Shrine on the 20th May, 2016 Photo Gallery

    

MARC'S SHRINE - VIDEOS FROM MAY 2016
We're including two new videos filmed in May 2016.
1) Upon Arrival - Problems we face
2) Tidied, and Clean.
Both videos have been added to the 2016 Video Player.

THE WINNER

Well Done to John Wass for winning the second copy of

The secular religion of fandom (The Hardback priced at £45.00)

THE CATCH IS - PLEASE READ IT AND WRITE A REVIEW FOR THE SITE. TANX.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Another Members update will be coming within the next two weeks. The next Free Site update will follow as soon as we have time.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      22nd MARCh 2016     


Welcome to another Free Site Update. The Members Site has also been updated with lots of new goodies and info :-)
This is a smaller Free Site Update than we had hoped. The rest will have to wait for a time, we're afraid. Fee is going into hospital today (22nd March) for a Major Operation, which will keep her tied up either in hospital or in bed rest at home for some time.

We never like to dwell or broadcast ill health , however, since the last update, we have been travelling between Chichester Hospital and home in Hove quite a lot recently. We did manage a trip to Stonehenge which was so needed to reinvigorate us both ready for the final 'push'.

Unfortunately Fee had already sprained her ankle before this and she was in complete agony by the time we got home. Fee has had problems with her ankles, feet and one knee since a car accident last August, which has made quite a few things difficult. A lot of our time has taken up, with hospital visits including all the travelling, along with the worry has given us a lot less time to spend on TAG than we would have liked to have done. It has meant that in some cases Emails haven't been answered as quickly as we would have hoped and some Tweets didn't even get looked at for a couple of weeks.

For Members, the things we can't include in Newsletter #30 (March 2016) will be carried forward for the next Members Newsletter (#31) which we hope to be able to bring Members in May assuming that five or six weeks from now Fee is feeling up to being my secretary. Being dyslexic is so frustrating because what Fee could write for me in half an hour can take me all day to write.
That's it for now.
On with the brief Free Site Update ...

WIN A NEW BOOK WHICH INCLUDES MARC BOLAN'S SHRINE
Before Rexmas we ran a competition for members. We are delighted we have a second copy to give away of the new 'academic' book The secular religion of fandom. The Hardback is priced at a weighty £45.00, however you can win a copy, if you would like to own your own copy of The secular religion of fandom, you don't need to spend £45.00 because you can simply answer the following (easy) questions and email them to us at TAG@Marc-Bolan.net with the subject line of "BOOK COMPETITION". Entries to be in by the 31st March, 2016.
THE QUESTIONS
1) What was the name of Marc Bolan's original partner in Tyrannosaurus Rex?
2) Marc's wife June had a sister. What was her name?
3) Who was the 'Wizard' Marc went to France with?
You can read more in the Two Page TAG-BOOK-COMPETITION.pdf (link will open in a new window/tab)

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Another update as soon as Fee is feeling well enough. Friends have popped round to the shrine to make sure it is tidy and we'd like to save a huge TANX for that. YKWYA
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      18th February 2016     

MARC'S SHRINE - FIRST PHOTOS FROM 2016
This Gallery of Marc's Shrine Photos taken on Saturday 9th January, 2016. A Photographic Inspection of the damage done by the heavy rain ready for when we return later this month
Simply click the link. Marc's Shrine on the 9th January, 2016

MARC'S SHRINE - FIRST VIDEO FROM 2016
We're pleased to be able to bring you two new Videos from Marc's Shrine. One is from our first visit on Saturday 9th January, 2016. The second is from a fan's visit to Marc's Shrine.
Simply click the link. Marc's Shrine in 2016. The Video has been added to a New player for 2016.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Another update soon.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.


      14th FEBRUARY 2016      

Welcome to the first Free Site update of 2016. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

MARC'S SHRINE - FIRST PHOTOS FROM 2016
This Gallery of Marc's Shrine Photos taken on Saturday 9th January, 2016. A Photographic Inspection of the damage done by the heavy rain ready for when we return later this month
Simply click the link. Marc's Shrine on the 9th January, 2016

MARC'S SHRINE - FIRST VIDEO FROM 2016
We're pleased to be able to bring you two new Videos from Marc's Shrine. One is from our first visit on Saturday 9th January, 2016. The second is from a fan's visit to Marc's Shrine.
Simply click the link. Marc's Shrine in 2016. The Video has been added to a New player for 2016.

THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
Another update soon.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner.







 
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