The children's home which inspired John Lennon to write "Strawberry Fields Forever" is to be closed.
The Salvation Army, which owns and runs it, plans to shutter it in 2007.
The institution opened in 1936; its grounds were a favorite haunt of Lennon when he was a boy.
He enjoyed playing there along with the orphans who resided at the home.
Today the home is visited by thousands of Beatles fans every year when they make a pilgrimage to the group's home city.
Members of the British Beatles Fan Club have asked Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, to intervene in order to save it from closing.
The classic song named after the home reached number two on the singles chart in February, 1967.
Article comments
1 - Al Barger
Geez, if there was ever a decent excuse for pop singers to be do-gooding, it would be to preserve a children's home that inspired one of the greatest and most well known songs in the history of pop music.
Perhaps a charity recording of the song, or even an album of multiple covers of this song would be in order. [Please G-d, don't strike me dead for inviting another cheesy charity album.]
Have you ever heard the Mexican version by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs?