The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Wednesday, June 01, 2005  

NOTHING IS FOREVER
Not Even Strawberry Field(s)

A brief item in today’s New York Times:

Strawberry Field, the Liverpool children’s home immortalized by the Beatles in the John Lennon hit “Strawberry Fields Forever,” closed yesterday after 69 years of looking after poor youngsters. The Salvation Army said that all the children had left the home and that child care had ended, though some administrators would stay for a couple of months. No decision has been made on the fate of the home or its iron gates. As a boy, Lennon, who modified its name for the song, used to play with friends on its grounds.

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