The Beatles' Strawberry Fields Closed Down

Strawberry Fields Children’s Home was closed for good yesterday after 68 years.

The children’s home that was the inspiration for The Beatles’ classic ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ housed 100’s of children over the years and yesterday children and staff were emotional as they said their goodbyes to the building.

All toys and games from the home have been divided up, reports icLiverpool, and each child that has had to leave the home has been given a new bike.

Assistant manager of the home, Pete Burns said: "It is a very sad day for all the staff as it is the last day that the building be a working children's home.

"It has been a very emotional time for all the children and staff. I can't praise the staff enough. They have been 100% committed to the children and the home over the years - so much so that it has become like another family for them.

"The quality of care here was second-to-none. What is so lovely is that siblings have come to us as a unit with maybe four or five brothers or sisters."

The Beatles song was released in 1967 with another Liverpool inspired track ‘Penny Lane’ on the b-side and charted at number 2 in the UK.

John Lennon lived near to the orphanage during his childhood and was said to have felt an affinity with the establishment after his mother died.

He cared so much that he even left the home £50,000 in his will, unfortunately that was not enough to save the home.