Something very special announced today
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The Beatles Abbey Road 50th Anniversay Releases
Something very special announced today
How fantastic!!!
I was sincerely hoping that this would happen.
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It's the last recording that the Beatles made together, so of significance to Beatles fans.
My partner lives in London and we often pass the EMI Abbey Road studios, and are amused by the pereninal tourists who visit the address to pay 'homage'.
Today was the 50th anniversary of the issue of 'Abbey Road', and there was a near constant use of the zebra crossing by visitors having their photos taken re-enacting the album cover.
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Pity it's not the original.Originally Posted by Barry
The original was moved more than 30 years ago for traffic management reasons.
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Or was it?
There was a rumor that the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing, seen on the famous Beatles' "Abbey Road" album cover, was no longer in the same place. This rumor was perpetuated by a statement from Westminster Council saying the crossing had been moved several meters for a traffic management scheme about 30 years ago.
An employee at Abbey Road Studios who explained this story was put out by old-time residents to stop so many people going to take photographs. It didn't work and it isn't true, although Westminster Council never retracted the statement.
https://www.tripsavvy.com/abbey-road...london-1582879
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I would have thought it would be pretty easy to verify by anyone that knew the area and was old enough to remember.
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You should be able to tell from all the photographs taken over the years.
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The white gateposts of the house on the left are visible in both pictures (in the original just by the white VW 'Beetle' (which I guess was there just out of happy coincidence). From that I'd say if the crossing has moved it cannot be by more than a few feet.
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