Stay at home but go to Strawberry Field anyway
Strawberry Field famous red gate in the pre-Christmas period. The Beatles recorded the song, Strawberry Fields Forever , in 1967 and when they became popular again in the late 1990's it became one of the must-see Beatles’ sites in Liverpool. It relates to John Lennon childhood memories when he used to sneak into the Strawberry Field old parkland over the fence behind his childhood home, to play with the boys who resided in the old house. Strawberry Field's original Victorian house was a gift in the 1930s to the Salvation Army which owns it to this day. For nearly 70 years it served as home for destitute and troubled children. The old house is no more. The cost of renovating the old mansion would have been too expensive. It had been better to obliterate its existence, and built a modern pavilion with well-maintained pathways and flower-beds. On these grounds, young John came to play regularly, much to his aunt, Mimi, annoyance, who had thought that it is inappropriate