Of course - as we were in the pub only one tube stop down from it, we had to go to Abbey Road. There was a deal of confusion about which zebra crossing the Beatles were actually pictured on, there are two on Abbey Road! But we thought we sussed it eventually, and took some pics of ourselves crossing it - none of which came out well though. Counter to normal zebra crossing methodology, we waited until there were no cars around (not easy in London!) before we crossed it. We reckoned that it must get annoying for most people who drive in the area, as Beatles fans must do that all the time.
It was very strange to see the Abbey Road building in real life. I had seen it so often in Beatles film clips and there is some great super 8 film footage of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd hanging around the area, on the day they were signed to EMI.
There is also loads of Beatles related graffiti on the wall outside Abbey Road recording studios. that must get annoying for the people that worked there. Some people are so thoughtless, writing on walls, and we even waited until there were no cars until we stood on the special zebra crossing! When we got back to the Tube station, we saw that there were pics of the classic album cover, that so we realised we were on the right one. The classic "Abbey Road" roadsign that was on the cover too must have been nicked years ago, this one is a pretty poor modern replacement.
And we did see a Beatle (Beetle) at Abbey Road.......
OK, well near it.....
Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland - April 19 2007
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