Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveler

1. Starts with "A"
2. A Favorite
3. ACROSS - Chosen by Tom

Starts with A (BIGGEST/SMALLEST/LONGEST/SHORTEST/OLDEST/FIRST)

ANTIQUE ASHTRAY ATROCIOUS

FAVOURITE

APRON or AMPARITO Dolores Hidalgo Mexico

ACROSS

Walking ACROSS Tower of London Bridge London England

John Lennon and The Beatles

December 8 - Today is the anniversary of John Lennon's death.

Photo taken in 1986 in London after seeing this play.

I need to make this my motto.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
– John Lennon

I need to make this my motto.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
– John Lennon

June 2026 - Paul McCartney Photos AGO click on link

October 2025 - Lennon and Ono's Bed-In Montreal QC click link

March 2025 - Candlelight Tribute to Beatles and Queen click link

February 2015 - Singapore

May 2010 - Liverpool England click on link, Includes many photos of The Beatles Story and the Magic Bus Tour.

Taken at The Beatles Story Museum at Albert Dock

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Cavern Club, Liverpool

The Quarrymen Skiffle Group, featuring John Lennon, made their first appearance at the Cavern on Wednesday 7th August 1957. A week earlier Ringo Starr is thought to have made his debut with the Eddie Clayton Skiffle group. Paul McCartney did not made his debut until 24th January 1958 with the Quarrymen. George Harrison had to wait until the Beatles made their first appearance at a lunchtime session on 9th February 1961.

New York NY

Imagine

Photo taken 2011 at St. John the Divine in NYC click on link.

Photo taken at Central Park in August 2013 when visiting with friends.

Strawberry Fields Forever

The Dakota where John lived and was shot on December 8 1980. The building is just across from Central Park.

And yes, we watched as a car was driven through the gates with a little Asian woman in the back seat. It dawned on us that it was Yoko and the doorman more or less confirmed it with a smile when asked.

2019 Toronto Mural

2019 Mazatlan Mexico

2017 Firkin Pub Toronto ON now closed.

 

2015 las Vegas NV

Mural

2008 Toronto ON

The acclaimed Beatles concert and multimedia theatrical show Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles played a limited engagement in March/April 2008 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (then newly renamed from the Hummingbird Centre).  A note-for-note live musical and visual journey spanning the Beatles' career from their 1964 Ed Sullivan debut through their psychedelic and final album eras.

RAIN: A Tribute To The Beatles 2008 video

2006 Las Vegas NV

Random photos

Somewhere in Montana click on link

2019 Barcelona Bullring Museum click on link

Granada Nicaragua street sign

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum London England

 

Weekend Roundup

  Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller

1. Starts with "G"
2. A Favorite
3.GROUND - chosen by Tom

Starts with G

GLASS - GERMANY Berlin Reichstag 

FAVOURITE

Toronto ON

GROUND

Kensington Palace London England

Monday Mural

I'm linking up at Monday Mural

May 2010 - London England

I first started posting to Monday Mural in March 2013.

I was looking for a photo for another challenge and came across this. I thought "that looks like a Roa!" and, upon investigation it was. 

Click on Roa in the tags below this poster to find more of his work.

Street art crane mural by Roa in Brick Lane, London's East End taken 2010.

I can see through Google that Roa's mural was still there in 2016. The following four I couldn't find any information or if they still exist.

SIGNS

 Joining Tom at Signs2.

Wordless Wednesday Wordless Be There 2day

Since it is St. Patrick's Day this week, some Irish signs.

Bantry Ireland

Queenstown New Zealand

Heathrow London England

Downtown Disney Orlando Florida

Las Vegas Nevada

Tuesday Treasures

 Tom the backroads traveller hosts this weekly meme.

Travel Tuesday

Image-in-ing

My Corner of the World

London England

Since I have been bingeing The Crown, I was reminded of our visit to Kensington Palace on a beautiful May day.

Kensington Palace in London is a working Royal residence. Of great historical importance, Kensington Palace was the favourite residence of successive sovereigns until 1760. It was also the birthplace and childhood home of Queen Victoria.

With formal gardens, water features and 265 acres of parkland, Kensington Gardens must be one of the most beautiful of the London parks. While open to the public, it somehow has an intimate feel, due to its association as the ‘back garden’ of Kensington Palace, home to many members of the Royal Family.

Queen Victoria sculpted by her daughter Princess Louise.

I love this trellis but can't find any information about it.

In 1981, in the part of the palace that George I had built for the Duchess of Kendal, Apartments 8 and 9 were combined to create the London residence of the newly married Prince of Wales and his wife, Diana, and it remained the official residence of Diana after their divorce until her death. Her sons, Princes William and Harry were raised in Kensington Palace and went to local nursery and pre-preparatory schools in Notting Hill, which is a short drive away. According to Andrew Morton, the palace was a "children's paradise" with its long passageways, a helicopter pad, and many outdoor gardens, including one on the roof where the family spent many hours.