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RSS FeedsLet me take you down: Strawberry Field opens to public
(Artdaily.org)

 
 

19 september 2019 16:40:31

 
Let me take you down: Strawberry Field opens to public
(Artdaily.org)
 


Beatles fans can now take a trip through the childhood sanctuary of John Lennon that inspired the seminal song `Strawberry Fields Forever`, with the former children`s home opening its doors to the public. Lennon used to climb over the fence from his aunt`s house, where he grew up, and play with other children at the Strawberry Field orphanage. Its importance in shaping Lennon`s personality was laid bare in the classic 1967 psychedelic hit. Around 60,000 fans flock each year to the site to have their photographs taken outside the famous red gates, but until now have never been allowed beyond. `The gates are open for good,` Major Allister Versfeld, mission development officer of the Salvation Army charity, told AFP. `This is a unique opportunity for people to come and explore the garden.. and just enjoy what many have said; there`s a real sense


 
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