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And Finally
Beatles crossing could be lost forever
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 11 August 2009
Just days after the 40th anniversary of The Beatles being photographed crossing the zebra crossing on Abbey Road in north London, for the cover of their ‘Abbey Road’ album, news comes that the famous crossing may be painted over.
The issue seems to be that a high number of accidents have happened at the crossing, presumably because stupid people pause on the crossing to try and re-create the aforementioned album cover. Local councillor Lindsey Hall told The Sun that there had been 22 accidents at the crossing in the last ten years, saying: “Maybe it’s time to end this once and for all and move the zebra crossing”.
However, a spokesman for Westminster City Council said that no decisions had yet been made, telling the tabloid: “There is nothing to indicate any more cause for concern than on any other road”.
This has, of course, sparked some into declaring the crossing a national icon that should be saved – what the hell if a few people have been run over hey? Just remove it I say. Who cares if a zebra crossing gets painted over? It doesn’t matter. The iconic thing is the picture, not the bloody zebra crossing…
Anyway… back to the Daily.
