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Visiting the Fab Four’s Liverpool
RBeatles Territory--the Mersey-
Salvation Army orphanage that lent its
name to “Strawberry Fields Forever” .
Courtesy Eirik Newth from Oslo, Oslo. This vibrant city was designated
“...Brian Epstein, visited
the Cavern Club where
they were performing
to see what the fuss
was all about...”
136 WDT MAGAZINE SPRING 2017
By Sharon Whitley Larsen
ecently I was lucky to visit The rest, as they say, is history. The
Liverpool for the fourth Beatles really put Liverpool on the map.
time, reveling in the midst of
And from staying at the Hard Days
Night Hotel--to taking a ferry ‘cross the
side hometown of John Lennon, Paul
Mersey--to touring the Beatles’ child-
McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo
hood homes and historic sites--this city
Starr.
of 465,000 is Fabulous “Fab Four” Fun.
A “must” for every Beatles fan is to visit
European Capital of Culture 2008;
The Beatles Story on Albert Dock (and
prior to that, in 2004, areas of the city
its smaller counterpart at Pier Head--
center and waterfront were named as
which also includes history and artifacts
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was
on other popular 1960s musical groups).
also declared in 2015 as UNESCO City
The self-guided audio tour entertains
of Music.
with detailed history, interviews and
And no wonder. It was in October 1961 anecdotes about the Fab Four as fans
peruse the costumes, photos, posters,
that a teen strolled into a local record instruments, news clips--and sights and
store and asked for a recording of “My
Bonnie”-- then popular in Germany by a sounds of Beatlemania.
young group of moptop Liverpudlians. There are replicas, including one of
Shortly after, the manager of the family-
John Lennon’s “White Room” with its
owned record shop, Brian Epstein,
grand piano--and of the Cavern Club,
visited the Cavern Club where they
where visitors can rest their feet and en-
were performing to see what the fuss
was all about.