Strawberry Field
Former Salvation Army children's home behind red gates, the garden that inspired a Beatles classic.
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This guide to Strawberry Field in Liverpool follows a Woolton boy raised by his Aunt Mimi, and the Salvation Army children's home over the wall that became his playground in the years after the war. It touches on the stolen red gates, the Victorian house that no longer stands, and a summer garden party one boy waited for all year. Stand at the gates on Beaconsfield Road and look through toward the trees.
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