Penny Lane - the street made famous by the Beatles' song - faced being wiped from the map because of its associations with the slave trade. Councillors in Liverpool are considering plans to rename ...

Road signs for Penny Lane in Liverpool, which was immortalized by the Beatles’ 1967 song, were recently vandalized due to claims that the street was named after 18 th century slave trader James ...

Every road sign on Penny Lane in Liverpool has been vandalised after speculation over whether the street was named after a slave trader. The signs on the road, made famous by The Beatles song of ...

Road signs on Penny Lane in Liverpool have been defaced over claims they are linked to slave merchant James Penny. The markers had the word Penny blacked out and the word racist written above them ...

LONDON – Penny Lane will keep its name. Liverpool officials said Saturday they would modify a proposal to rename streets linked to the slave trade when they realized the road made famous by the ...

Penny Lane is in our ears and in our eyes – and this time it’s for keeps Steve Rotheram, Liverpool City Region mayor The sign is on display in the museum on Liverpool’s Albert Dock.

Liverpool's Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles, is "in danger of being renamed" if links to slavery are found, the city's regional mayor has told Sky News. Road signs on Penny Lane were last ...

Road signs in Liverpool’s Penny Lane have been vandalised after speculation over whether it was named after a slave trader. Four signs on the road, made famous by The Beatles song of the same ...

Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram said: “Penny Lane is so much more than a simple street that inspired a song all those years ago – it’s a music time capsule immortalised by ...