Talk:Abbey Road, London

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Untitled[edit]

Removed beatles album cover. Unfortunately, although a great illustration of the street, the cover is copyrighted. Fair use only applies on articles about the album itself. -Lanoitarus _^(talk) .:. 04:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Google Maps WRONG LOCATION[edit]

The current Google Maps link points to a "crosswalk" - "zebra crossing" in UK English - that is outside the M25! Abbey Road is in St Johns Wood. Can someone correct the link.

Fixed.

Squiggly lines[edit]

Why were the lines on the road changed? They're so squiggly now!Havl 20:51, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't 'squiggly', they are worn away. In fact, the original lines have been replaced since 1969, and they appear to have moved a yard or two further along the road.

The "squiggly lines" were added later to signify that a zebra crossing was approaching and that drivers would have to slow down.--Gg53000 (talk) 12:52, 12 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Name plate[edit]

I am sure that the tiled name plate, as featured on the back cover, is still there. The article says it was removed in the 1970s. I remember seeing it a few years back, located on the eastern side, but further north, at the top end of the street.

There was definitely one there the last time I was there, in 2004. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department} 06:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And here it is:

A little different from the back cover, but obviously still extant. Kafziel ^{Complaint Department} 04:54, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I beg to differ[edit]

Look harder at this picture and the rear photo on the album...this is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT wall. The bricks are different, (there is not one brick that is the same) and on the album, "Abbey Road" is spelled out, on this image it says "Abbey Rd." (Although that could have been changed over the years, but not EVERY brick in the wall). It's not the same wall. At one time there were numerous walls like this (with street signs) along the street, usually at or near the intersection of Abbey Road and the numerous roads that cross it.Misterweiss (talk) 14:16, 12 September 2009 (UTC)Misterweiss[reply]

"Abbey"?[edit]

Is there a particular abbey, standing or historical, that Abbey Road gets its name from?John ISEM (talk) 20:49, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Street?[edit]

Shouldn't it be Abbey Road (road)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.9.15.119 (talk) 23:19, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is no evidence that the crossing has moved[edit]

I have undone the claim made today based on the BBC news report of the listing.

This has been fairly comprehensively rebutted by Galen Fott with photos on his website

This appears to have started as an April Fool from 2008 in related articles introduced by user 151.201.156.180

Lang rabbie 19:38, 22 December 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, the BBC has updated the article again.

A spokesman for Westminster City Council said: "The detail of exactly when and why the crossing was moved from its original location have been lost in the annuls of time.

"But by comparing photographs with the Ordnance Survey maps, we believe that the crossing might have been further north nearer 3 Abbey Road, which was the front house of the EMI Studios, because the steps of Neville Court appear to the right of the crossing in original photographs of the crossing, whereas the present crossing is near the junction of Abbey Road and Grove End Road."

I have to say I still find the galen fott evidence pretty compelling, but as it stands I can't see how the article can reflect that as this is a pretty definite source for the moved argument. --ThePaintedOne (talk) 19:50, 22 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]