Penny Lane

In writing the article about "Eleanor Rigby", I mentioned the "Beatles Walk". There are several guided tours that you can take to see boyhood homes, schools, and early performance spaces of the Beatles. In addition, there is The Beatles Story a touristy but fascinating venue for all things Beatle.

One of the places on the walk is Penny Lane. Recently there was a movement to change all the names of streets in Liverpool that honored the personages and ships that had been involved in the slave trade. This was an early source of wealth for Liverpool, but the city council wanted to excise all city traces of this early history. This included renaming Penny Lane.

Fortunately, mainly through "The Beatles Story" and Beatles fans world wide, Penny lane will remain a fixture both in fact and story, but the early information about its slave trade origins will now be included in the information.