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Subject: [Leica] Abbey Road
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:42:17 +1000
References: <CA+yJO1CTWtMSCv5NNMFea8JM7yPV4iRChaPcNFmKWese+mRv9g@mail.gmail.com> <70DD664A-80F2-4F6B-8EA3-CE329BF48D15@frozenlight.eu>

And to add a little whimsy, the crossing currently marked on that road is
not actually at the original location. Someone forgot to inform the traffic
authorities of its sacred status. Like someone moved Stonehenge a couple of
kilometres closer to the pilgrimage bus stop!

Cheers
Geoff

*"That's an impossible shot, Batman."
"That's a negative attitude, Robin." *
**
*NO ARCHIVE*



On 15 August 2011 03:09, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Tina, I fully understand those people. For me, this place, and some places
> in Liverpool have a positively religious significance (as does the Dakota
> building in NYC where John Lennon lived and was murdered). Some people go 
> to
> Lourdes, Santiago de Compostella etc. I go to places like Abbey Road.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
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> On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > LUG:
> >
> > I thought there was supposed to be something funny about this - a video
> of
> > the crossing where the Beatles made the Abbey Road photo for their album,
> > but it's not a video.  It's live right now.  Amazing how many people stop
> in
> > the middle of the crosswalk to take photos and it's 9:20 at night there
> now!
> >
> > http://www.abbeyroad.com/visit/
> >
> > Tina
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Abbey Road)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Abbey Road)