Techlife News – August 10, 2019

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striding single-file across the black-and-white
“zebra” crossing outside Abbey Road Studios
while a police officer stopped traffic.
Used as the cover of the band’s penultimate
studio album, it became one of the most famous
images in music history.
On Thursday spectators snapped photos on
cellphones and lookalikes from a Beatles
cover band crossed the street in tribute to the
original image.
The spot remains a place of pilgrimage for
Beatles fans from around the world.
“Every hour of every day there are fans on the
crossing,” said Beatles tour guide Richard Porter,
who organized Thursday’s commemoration.
“I’ve seen lots of different sights on the crossing,
too, from couples having their wedding photos
taken to people going across naked.”

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