Liverpool

I’m a Liver bird, verdigris and aloof.

Ben Johnson's The Liverpool Cityscape, Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3

They made me their emblem…

Queensway Tunnel ventilation tower, The Strand, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2

They made me rustproof.

Sheppard Robson's University of Liverpool Engineering Campus, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3

And I’ll not leave this city, cos I’m tied to the roof.

Cavern Club, Matthew Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2

From Roger McGough, Sylvia Hikins and Dave Ward’s Liverpool Saga (2007)

Abbey Road (1969)

There are faces at windows up and down the street, faces in frames like portraits in a gallery…

The Beatles' Abbey Road, Abbey Road, Westminster, NW8

…They might ask people living in the street what they saw this afternoon, what exactly did they see please.

From Jon McGregor’s If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things (2002)

EMI House (1963 and 1969)

All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until we’re about eighteen, but most drop off at about twelve when some guy comes up and says, “You’re no good”.

The Beatles 1962-1966, EMI House (1963), Manchester Square, Westminster, W1U

That’s all we get told all our lives. “You haven’t got the ability. You’re a cobbler”.

The Beatles 1967-1970, EMI House (1969), Manchester Square, Westminster, W1U

It happened to all of us, but if somebody had told me all my life, “Yeah, you’re a great artist,” I would have been a more secure person.

John Lennon in The Beatles Anthology (2000)