Beatles Everywhere – Liverpool, England – Daily Photo

This week I have been showing photos from Liverpool in the United Kingdom (also in Britain, Great Britain, England, and probably 5 other places that we yanks can’t figure out). The people in Liverpool are not dumb. In addition to the Magical Mystery Tour you can even find references to the Beatles in places like this Starbucks in Albert Dock (under the Beatles Experience).

Liverpool was not always about the Beatles, of course, even during their lifetime. So you can, for instance, go to the Cavern club and see plaques and statues of the Beatles but the original Cavern club was torn down in 1973. Only later was it rebuilt when someone realized “doh!”. The Cavern club was the home of the Beatles and Merseybeat.

Note that near John’s head on the bricks are the names of bands that played at the Cavern Club. Not all of these are rock bands. Some of them are skiffle bands. John Lennon’s original band was a Skiffle band. Paul McCartney met John when John’s Skiffle band was playing at a church function.

In the graveyard of the church where John and Paul met is a grave for Eleanor Rigby. Paul has been reported to be surprised by this as he had no recollection of seeing this grave.