London & Liverpool

Back in the early 1960’s, I was a schoolboy in the U.K. – and managed to see the Beatles at the Hammersmith Odeon in London for the amazing price of 10 shillings (i.e., about $1.40). That was at the beginning of Beatlemania, and led to a lifelong interest in their music and work – and a longtime desire to check out such sites as Abbey Road in London, and the Cavern Club, Strawberry Fields, and Penny Lane in Liverpool.

My sister Sue joined me in Paris for the pilgrimage (see posting below), and my cousin Bryan joined in Liverpool – so it became quite a family affair! We all did the ‘Ferry Cross the Mersey’, and then the Irish Sea ferry to Belfast…. and I had yet another delightful stay in Newcastle, Northern Ireland, at Bryan’s home.