Talk:Strawberry Field

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Why no photo?

Why isn't there a photo of the original building in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.90.217.76 (talk) 11:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had exactly the same thought - 13 years later...! Hopefully by 2035 someone will have sourced an early 1900s postcard photo or something similar. Pete Hobbs (talk) 11:37, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi..on wikimedia theres a pic of what the building might have looked like. I'll paste link here if that works. Its dreamlike appearance may better represent an impressionistic view of the building, even if not architecturally accurate. The interest in Strawberry Fields is mainly because of the song, so perhaps a psychedelic illustration could be acceptable in the main article? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Strawberry_field_01.jpg

P.fletcher 31.94.1.152 (talk) 12:22, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Strawberries once grown there

Davies in The Beatles Book states under Strawberry Field, Woolton, "Originally it was a field where strawberries were grown." --Jbergquist (talk) 00:07, 4 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Whats left of the grounds John Lennon played in?

Hi. Looking at the satellite photo of Strawberry Fields for the first time, I was surprised to see not not much in the way of 'grounds' and a large modern building occupying much of the site. There is a flattened area that seems to be a temporary building site. The visitor centre/cafe looks like a typical characterless tourist 'attraction' going by photos on Wikimedia. There appears to be extensive modern landscaping around the building that may have eradicated the original grounds, and photos on the visitor centre website and Wikimedia illustrate this. The fascination with seeing Strawberry Fields is because of what it meant to John Lennon. The song was "Strawberry Fields Forever" (evocative of a mysterious paradise that the visitor website says was how John regarded it), not "Strawberry Fields Merchandising". Anyway, given how culturally important the song, John and the Beatles are, any records of how Strawberry Fields was when John played there would be of great interest, though the best recollection may always be the song itself. P.Fletcher31.94.1.152 (talk) 12:04, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]