The iconic painted floorboards that graced the cover of Syd Barrett's debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, are to go on display at The Piper in St. Leonards, near Hastings on the East Sussex coast in July as part of the venue's celebration of Barrett, who would have turned 80 this year. The venue was named in honour of Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Barrett legendarily painted the floorboards of his bedroom in Wetherby Mansions in London's Earl's Court orange and purple and they featured in Mick Rock's photoshoot that was used for the cover of 1970's The Madcap Laughs.
