Pink Floyd‘s Syd Barrett and David Gilmour first met.Barrett is said to have crossed paths with the band’s future guitarist and co-lead vocalist at The Crown in Cambridge in the late 1950s.
Now called the Flying Pig, the pub and grassroots venue is facing demolition as part of ongoing redevelopment plans.Pace Limited was initially granted permission to tear the building down.
Following an outcry from locals, however, it later revised its plans in a bid to keep parts of the pub, though these were ultimately rejected.Back in June, the Flying Pig’s managers Matt and Justine Hatfield said they had been given six months to vacate the property.
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