Liverpool Fridge Magnet Penny Lane. Free UK Shipping. Plastic fridge magnet with a photographic print inside. Liverpool Fridge Magnet Penny Lane L18. The Beatles. City of Liverpool.
Penny Lane is a street situated south off the A562 road in the Mossley Hill suburb of Liverpool, England. The name also applies to the area surrounding the thoroughfare. During the 20th century, it was the location for one of the main bus terminals in Liverpool, and gained international notability in 1967 when the Beatles released their song “Penny Lane” in tribute to their upbringing in Liverpool
The street and bus depot became a place of international interest as a result of the Beatles’ song “Penny Lane”, which was released in February 1967 and was a No. 1 hit around the world. The fireman and fire engine mentioned in the lyrics are the fire station at Mather Avenue, which is close to Penny Lane. The terminus at Penny Lane included a purpose-built bus shelter, with a waiting room and toilets. The shelter is located on its own island, which is “the shelter in the middle of a roundabout” referred to in the song.
Towards the end of the 1970s, businesses in Penny Lane included Penny Lane Records and a wine bar known as Harper’s Bizarre, now called Penny Lane Wine Bar. The latter was formerly a doctors’ surgery operated by doctors Walton, Endbinder, and Partners, which moved to Smithdown Place in the 1980s. Following the privatisation of UK buses, the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive bus depot was demolished and replaced with a shopping precinct, supermarket, and pub. In the 1980s, the bus shelter was bought privately and converted to Sgt. Pepper’s Bistro.
Liverpool Fridge Magnet Penny Lane, the size of the magnet is 76x50mm. The magnet is made from shatterproof plastic here in the UK, each magnet has a pullout stand which clips into a slot in the back, so that it can stand up.Â
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