Strawberry Field

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Entrance gate to Strawberry Field

Strawberry Field is the name of a building in the Woolton district of Liverpool . The villa, which had existed since at least the 1870s, was sold to the Salvation Army in 1934 . They used the building as an orphanage from 1936 , initially only for girls, from the 1950s also for boys. In the early 1970s, the villa was demolished and a smaller building was built in its place. In 2005 the orphanage was closed. In 2011 the entrance gate to the site was replaced by a replica.

There are plans to establish a training center for people with learning disabilities in the building. In addition, a pavilion with a café and rooms for an exhibition on the history of the building are to be built on the site.

John Lennon played with his friends on the grounds as a child. In 1966 he processed his childhood memories in the song Strawberry Fields Forever .

Web links

Commons : Strawberry Field  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Strawberry Field History , Strawberry Fields Art. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ Strawberry Fields is not forever , CNN , January 12, 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Beatles' Strawberry Fields gates removed. In: BBC News , May 10, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Eleanor Barlow: Liverpool's iconic Strawberry Field gates are set to be opened to the public. In: Liverpool Echo , March 14, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  5. ^ Larry Neild: New home for Strawberry Field gates. ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.liverpoolconfidential.co.uk archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Liverpool Confidential , October 2, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ Plans to open Strawberry Field site to public , BBC News, March 14, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Pete Shotton and Nicholas Shaffner: The Beatles, Lennon and Me . New York: Stein and Day, 1984. p. 38.
  8. ↑ Pete Shotton and Nicholas Shaffner: The Beatles, Lennon and Me . New York: Stein and Day, 1984. p. 243.
  9. ↑ David Sheff: The Ballad of John and Yoko. The last big interview. Höfen: Hannibal, 2002. p. 163.

Coordinates: 53 ° 22 '49.7 "  N , 2 ° 52' 57.1"  W.