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A campaigner who battled to get Cambridge music legend Syd Barrett honoured in his home city is disappointed by a Blue Plaque unveiled in his name.

The metal tribute has been fixed to a wall of Anglia Ruskin University’s School of Art, where the Pink Floyd founder was a student in the 1960s.

Created as part of BBC Music Day, which honoured nearly 50 famous musicians nationwide, it says: “Roger Keith ‘Syd’ Barrett, 1946-2006, musician, songwriter, painter and founder member of Pink Floyd studied and performed here.”

But Cambridge music historian Fonz Chamberlain reckons there should be a ‘The’ before the words ‘Pink Floyd’.

He said: “I think the plaque needs to be re-done. Syd formed the band as The Pink Floyd, and it only lost the ‘The’ later.

On his Facebook site he has posted a photo of the band’s first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn , in which they are named as The Pink Floyd.

One person commented: “The band were quick to drop the ‘The’ but the newspapers carried on using it for years, even though it grates on your nerves.”

A BBC spokeswoman said: “We are satisfied the plaque is accurate.”

Syd’s sister Rosemary Breen, who unveiled the plaque at a ceremony less than a fortnight ago, said it was “silly” to make a fuss about whether the plaque should have the word ‘The’ inserted.

She said: “It’s ludicrous.”