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The iconic Abbey Road photo of the Beatles is 50 years old. The author of one of the most recognizable photographs in the world, Ian Macmillan, took it on August 8, 1969.

The picture shows John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and George Harrison crossing Abbey Road in St. John's Wood. They go to house number 3, where the recording studio is located (in fact, the photographer chose from several shots the one where the musicians are walking in the direction from studios).

Subsequently, the photo became the cover of the album of the same name, which was released in September 1969. The Abbey Road album cover photo was chosen by Paul McCartney. He also came up with the idea for the cover.

Photographer Ian McMillan was allowed only 10 minutes to shoot. He did six takes, balancing on a stepladder while the Beatles crossed the street back and forth on a zebra.

Abbey Road Studios' Instagram features a selection of celebrity photographs taken at the famous crossing.

Many legends are associated with photography, and the pedestrian crossing itself has become a place of pilgrimage for tourists copying the gait of the legendary Liverpool Four.

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According to one of the legends, the album had the working title "Everest", in honor of the cigarettes of the same name, which the studio engineer Jeff Emerick smoked, but during the discussion of the cover of the future record, Paul McCartney said that he would have to go to the mountains for photography and stated that it was easier and safer name the album after the street outside the window. The rest of the Beatles agreed.

McCartney not only came up with the idea for the cover, but also did a pencil sketch. On the appointed day, the band members showed up for the shoot in Tommy Nutter costumes - all except for George Harrison, who opted for a more "hippie" look. At first, Paul McCartney posed in sandals, but then took them off and remained barefoot.

The fact that McCartney has no shoes on, his eyes are closed, and he is out of step with the others, gave impetus to the birth of another urban legend: the message about the recent death of the musician is encrypted on the cover. He is allegedly part of the funeral procession, led by John Lennon - a priest in a white robe, and closes George Harrison - an undertaker in work clothes.

Conspiracy theorists even "read" the registration number of the Volkswagen Beetle, which slowed down at the crossing - LMW 281F, seeing in it the abbreviation meaning "Linda is crying", referring to Linda McCartney, and reading the second part of the number as 28 IF (28 if) Paul would be 28 years old if he were alive. The fact that Paul McCartney was actually 27 years old at the time of recording did not bother conspiracy theorists.

The crossing itself remains to date the only "zebra" that can be observed on the Internet in real time.

I wanted to look at England through a webcam, since I can’t go. Through a webcam search engine, I found an intersection on Abbey Road in London.

Cars scurry back and forth. I feel like my head is spinning. Ah, I guessed - it's because they drive on the left side.
Here are the pedestrians. Grouped and standing at the pedestrian crossing. Drivers in England are polite - they stop, let pedestrians pass, but they do not go. They will come to the road, then they will depart. Or they will cross the transition, and then return back. I think maybe the tourists... They don't know which way to go? Strange behaviour, isn't it? That's where I got interested. I kept watching. Below are screenshots from the computer.

Finally, two pedestrians grew bolder and went. One ran out onto the road and takes a picture of the second one walking along the zebra. Weird, I think. Who has already guessed - shut up!

I was even more surprised when the third flock of pedestrians began to be photographed. This phenomenon excited my brain. I began to look for various options for such behavior, called my husband, daughter. Marvel, I say, how people behave strangely. At the family council, we made two assumptions:
1. This is some kind of English flash mob. People take pictures at pedestrian crossings, then upload the pictures somewhere.
2. On the side where the lens is looking, there is some kind of landmark against which they are photographed, and on the transition - because this is a convenient shooting point, perhaps the center of the frame.
Well, I think I found a couple of explanations and that's enough, I was satisfied. But the camera did not turn off.

On the second day, sorting through the mail, reading my bookmarks, I find this - a webcam on Abbey Road.
This second day just shook me! People are more actively photographed. In sequence. "What is this being done?" - explodes from inexplicable surprise and incomprehensible my brain. A little less, but still surprising behavior of drivers. Cars don't just let pedestrians through: they are patient! are waiting! when the last ones take a photo and no one beeps!!! I feel like imbued with respect for English drivers.

Suddenly I see how another group of pedestrians is evenly distributed along the pedestrian crossing and "freezes" in their procession - as if a freeze frame. Hands in a swing in different directions, legs take a wide step. "STOP! Somewhere I have already seen this, ”I think, and my hands are already typing this strange Abbey Road street in the search engine, but what is it there ?!

Here's what I found about this strange street with strange pedestrians.

Of course, one of the main attractions of Abbey Road is the recording studio of the same name. The studio is known for the fact that such world-famous bands as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Shadows, Mike Oldfield, Duran Duran and others recorded their musical masterpieces within its walls.
Legendary rock band The Beatles named their latest album after the recording studio, which is located on Abbey Road and has the same name. The Abbey Road studio is still in operation today. Keane, Oasis, U2, Leningrad and Patrizio Buanne visit its walls to record their hits.
A large number of fans visit the famous street and recording studio every day, leaving graffiti on the fence and taking pictures at the famous pedestrian crossing, which is depicted on the cover of the Beatles' latest album. Incidentally, the Abbey Road crossing has been awarded Grade II status by English Heritage, which means that the crossing is under government protection.

And here, by the way, the morning tourist. Vermya in the lower left corner. The fact that the tourist photographs is precisely the entrance to the record company.

Yeah, and promise me you won't laugh too hard, okay? The inscription above the photo "Webcam on Abbey Road (a street in London). The street became famous after the Beatles' album of the same name" did not tell me anything until I found this picture. what can I say, my thinking is figurative, I think in pictures. And the words ... but what difference does it make what they write there ... the main thing is what I see :)))

That was such an amazing day for me at the beginning of December. My husband said that when we were in London we would also take a picture at the Abbey Road crosswalk.
You can see the street through the webcam

I want to warn you right away that I took all the information from open sources and something from my own memory. I can assume that people from among the real fans of the Beatles are very jealous of the history of the group and the details associated with it. I apologize if I made any inaccuracies.

2. To begin with, I want to show a diagram of how to get to this place in London. You need to take the metro to St. John's Wood station (link to the metro map) and go down about 400 meters to Abbey Road:

3. We leave the subway. This is what the station looks like:

3. We go down the Grove End Road. On the left side drew attention to the hospital of St.John and St.Elizabeth. To the left, the window of the hospital dining room overlooks the planted flowers on the hill. What care for the sick:

4. At the intersection of Abbey Road and Grove End there is a memorial to the famous sculptor Edward Onslow Ford:

5. The memorial offers a view of the very passage where the Beatles and just tourists are constantly crowded:

6. Everyone wants to get themselves in the frame at the transition:

7. And back in 1969, during a photo shoot of the Beatles, everything was different:

8. There are many legends about the history of this cover and photography. Why is Paul barefoot, why is John in white, etc. There is a lot of information on the net, here are a couple of links to these topics and:

9. Well, according to tradition, photos with me are clickable. In order to add my LJ as a friend, you can click on my cool scarf:

10. Let's look at the transition closer. They say (write) that he was slightly shifted from his historical place. Read the details on Wikipedia:

11. Well, we continue to admire the creativity of enthusiastic:

12. Asians have always been famous for plastic:

13. Look, the same guy as in the first photos. Although a lot of time has passed. Everyone walks and walks along the transition. Enjoys and angers car drivers:

14. Let's take a break from the Beatles for a while and go a little further along Abbey Road. Literally 200 meters away is a very beautiful Baptist church Abbey Road Baptist Church:

15. Pay attention to the car behind the fence. The parishioners arrived

16. Well, we'll go back, because we haven't looked at another Abbey Road Studios legend:

17. She continues to work today thanks to her popularity:

Very famous world musicians recorded here. From Russia, in 2006, the group Mashina Vremya recorded their album Time Machine here. Andrei Makarevich spoke very flatteringly about the work on the album at that time.

18. Entrance:

19. The same porch 1969:

20. They didn’t let me inside:

22. A few more places where fans love to leave their footprints here. Brickwork studio fence:

24. And the gate supports:

26. Another attraction is the studio webcam:

It is directed to the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing. If you go to the studio's website, you can see what's happening online. Here is a link to the camera: http://www.abbeyroad.com/Crossing. Picture delay about 2 minutes.

28. And finally, a bench, which indicates in which area of ​​London the famous crossing is located:

In conclusion, I propose to watch my video, the frames of which were shot in parallel with the photos of this post:

That's all. See previous parts

Remember the famous album cover of The Beatles, in which all 4 musicians cross the road at a pedestrian crossing? So, the photo was taken in London:

From February to August 1969, the musicians worked on their last album Abbey Road (“Abby Road”) in a recording studio on Abbey Road. Having chosen the working title of the new disc - Everest - the musicians even planned to fly to the Himalayas to make a cover there, but everything turned out differently. The band members were already in a strained relationship by that time, so the long trip did not arouse much enthusiasm in anyone.

Paul McCartney offered to take a photo right on the street and even sketched a draft.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono found a photographer - Ian Macmillan.

The photo session took place on August 8, 1969 at about 11:30 am right outside the recording studio. Already in those years, Abbey Road was one of the busiest in the city - the police agreed to block traffic for only 10 minutes.

Ian Macmillan filmed the musicians from the stairs. As the photographer recalls, after taking several shots, he let the crowded cars pass, and then quickly photographed again. The photo that made the cover was the 5th of six taken. Only on it the musicians, as the photographer had planned, kept pace.

It even has a webcam installed. Even though this is one of the busiest streets in London, you may be able to take pictures "like the Beatles" - especially if you come with a group.