Strawberry Fields, the English orphanage immortalised in the famous Beatles song Strawberry Fields Forever, is to close soon.
The facility in the Woolton district of Liverpool in north-west England, where John Lennon played as a child in the wooded park, has been ordered to close, the Salvation Army said on Wednesday.
The site inspired the words of Strawberry Fields Forever, written by John Lennon in 1966 and released as a single on February 17 1967.
On Wednesday, the British Beatles Fan Club called for Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, to intervene to save what it said has become “a pilgrimage site for many Beatles fans”.
In 1984, Ono had donated £50 000 to keep it open.
However, the fate of the orphanage, where only three children are currently housed, appears to have been decided.
Liverpool’s city council and British National Heritage have said they will not save Strawberry Fields this time. — AFP