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The signs for Liverpool’s Penny Lane are often decorated with graffiti: names, dates, well wishes to the Beatles who immortalized the street in their 1967 hit. This month, though, the scrawlings ...
Earlier this month, Liverpool's Penny Lane, which inspired the Beatles song of the same name, was vandalized with the perpetrators suggesting that the landmark had ties to 18th century slave trader ...
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Joan Vickers heard about a little museum while visiting Dunedin from upstate New York and knew she had to check it out. “Never met them. Wish I had,” she said. The New Yorker found ...
Road signs for Penny Lane in Liverpool, which was immortalized by the Beatles’ 1967 song, were recently vandalized due to claims that the street was named after 18 th century slave trader James Penny.
Update: The International Slavery Museum has concluded its investigation into the naming origins of Penny Lane and have stated that they have found "no historical evidence linking Penny Lane to James ...
An artist said he wanted to create an art trail along Penny Lane to breathe new life into Liverpool's best-known street. The trail, designed to encourage tourists to spend more time in the area, would ...
John Lennon said The Beatles’ “Penny Lane” was one of his more personal songs. He explained the setting of “Penny Lane” and his connection to it. He was more connected to the actual Penny Lane than ...
UPDATE (6/19): The International Slavery Museum has deduced that Penny Lane’s name is not connected to the slave trade. Liverpool’s Penny Lane — of Beatles fame — might be renamed, according to Steve ...
Road signs for Penny Lane in Liverpool, which was immortalized by the Beatles’ 1967 song, were recently vandalized due to claims that the street was named after 18 th century slave trader James Penny.