Wednesday, April 9, 2014

More 'Beatles' Experience' in Liverpool...

We ended up going back to the Beatles Museum gift shop the day after we had visited the museum...we had thought of other people who would love a little memento from the shop...


According to DH, our visit to Liverpool wouldn't be complete until we had visited Mathew Street where the Cavern night club was. The Beatles performed there 292 times....this was the figure quoted in the Beatles Story Museum. So we set the GPS and off we went and were lucky enough to score a park not far from the street.
We were still a street away from Mathew St, but I noticed that businesses were trading on the Beatles' name...






The original Cavern's entrance...

Just along from there is the present day Cavern Club...



We saw this statue opposite the club...


So 2 'groupies' decided it was a perfect photo opportunity....lol



The hotel where we stayed in Liverpool also was full of 'Beatles' Touches'...it was called the Penny Lane hotel and had obviously undergone quite extensive refurbishments and was really lovely. The staff were very helpful and insisted on helping DH bring in our luggage even though our car was parked a few streets away.


On the walls of the hotel, including in the guest bedrooms were framed photos of the Beatles...



The lovely bathroom didn't have any framed photos in though! Lol...


In the hotel lobby I was rather taken by an old photo of Paul...wearing a granny square vest! 


The view out of our hotel room window showed the more humble dwellings of the Penny Lane area...it has a real Coronation Street look about it, doesn't it?

So that's a bit more about our visit to Liverpool which turned out to be a a lovely trip down Memory Lane.
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4 comments:

  1. Bev CApril 10, 2014 at 4:20 PM

    Hello Maria,

    I have enjoyed seeing all the Beatles memorabilia.You will have me singing the songs again today.

    Happy travelling.
    Bev.

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  2. JaniceApril 11, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    That back alley ( or ginnel) as we call them in Yorkshire, really does have the Corrie look about it....just the sort of place for Peter and Tina, or Fiz and Tyrone, or even deidre and Mike Baldwin all those years ago, to meet up.
    Its great to see snippets of your travels like this...love to you both. Jx

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  3. SusanApril 11, 2014 at 3:23 AM

    Hi Maria, so good to see a bit more of The Beatles during your visit to Liverpool. Loved all the business names and I especially loved the statue... lol, who wouldn't use it as a photo opp ;D)
    Also, that hotel did a good job - it'd be easy for it to be a bit tacky in its decor, but it looks very nice.
    Wonder if those pictures stay on the wall or if they have to be replaced regularly! Cheers and enjoy your weekend.

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  4. Marit JohanneMay 6, 2014 at 8:36 AM

    I am a bit behind on following your travel, but now I have enjoyed the memory lane about Beatles :)

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