WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE SUMMER 2017

joy a video documentary. You’re allowed to take photos, and
several tourists snapped away. I spent nearly three hours
on my recent tour here, stopping in the cafe for a bite to eat
afterwards--and browsing through the gift shop that sells
Beatles T-shirts galore.
During my visits here, I have worked in a Beatles-themed
tour, whether joining other fans on a van to visit the childhood
homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney--or to have
a private driver/guide show me the sites of their Liverpool
lifestyle and inspiration for the famous songs--such as Penny
Lane, Eleanor Rigby, and Strawberry Field.
I’ve sipped wine at the Jacaranda Club and The Grapes pub
(and the reconstructed Cavern Club), where the Beatles performed
or hung out. Near St. Peter’s Anglican Church, where
Bronze scupture of Eleanor Rigby in
Liverpool.a gift from Britain’s 1950s rock
‘n’ roll idol Tommy Steele, “for all the lonely
people.” Center: The sculpture of John Lennon
outside The Cavern Pub was unveiled
on 16 January 1997. Photo courtesy George
Groutas from Idalion, Cyprus. Right: A view
down Penny Lane at the opposite end from
the roundabout, approaching the junction
with Greenbank Road near to Sefton Park..
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