April 2004

Chip Moynihan from Hampton, NH, USA, joined London Beatles tour guide Richard Porter on his Magical Mystery Tour on 26 February 2004 during a trip over here to visit his daughter who his studying at the London School Of Economics..........
 
........Chip and Brendan Moynihan on the Studios steps.............
 
.......and Brendan at the sign.
 
This is a picture of Patrice MacNevin taken by her husband Scott on 21 February 2004 after having joined Richard Porter on another of his fascinating tours. Scott writes: My name is Scott and my family (Patrice, Dylan age 12) are from New Hampshire, USA. We spent a terrific week in London and did just about all you can do. One of the highlights though was this Beatles tour with Richard. Glad to hear you had such a great time here Scott!
 
Well, here we have a selection of pictures taken by John A. Ford from North East, Maryland, USA during his visit to Abbey Road on August 19, 1976 - back in the days when the Studios were still named under the company name of EMI.........Just how it looked when I startd there in '66 [J.J.]
 
.....Not much changed here except that the concrete lamp post on the right of the picture has been replaced with a modern metal version.....
 
........Another shot of the (EMI) Studios.........
 
.....and the famous road sign down at pavement level before it was elevated to the more prominent position that we all know it to be in today. Many thanks John. Maybe the time has come for another visit?
 
Maria from Germany writes: Hello, I am Maria Zens (17) from Königswinter, Germany. Me and my dad are Beatles fans and we visited your beautiful Café in the summer of 2002. Of course we crossed over Abbey Road. A fan from America that we met there took our photo. Walking over the famous zebra crossing I imagined I was among the Beatles....... Best wishes, Maria.
 
....and this is Maria having fun with her computer! Thanks for the pictures!
 
This is a picture taken in 1982 of Mats Henrikson and his friend Crossing Over what Mats refers to as the holy soil!
 
The Farci family from Quartu Sant Elena, Sardegna, Italy - Paola, Antonello and Laura - Crossing Over on 13th March, 2004.........
 
....the beautiful 9 year old Laura with a photo to let her friends know where she has been........
 
.....and one for the family album.........
 
.....followed by a picture of Graziella, sister of Paola. Paola writes: We went to London just to see two things: Greenwich and ABBEY ROAD!! Glad you could make it Paola! Thanks for the pictures.
 
No it is not the Beatles! It is Gordon Kinate of Fairbury, Illinois, Eric Kammermann of Charlevoix, Michigan, David Roberts of Chicago, Illinois, and Matt Kinate of Des Moines, Iowa. They all visited Abbey Road on March 5, 2004. (Note from JJ: This was the first photo we received showing the new Abbey Road logo above the Studio entrance)
 
.......David Roberts of Chicago, Illinois, USA crossing over.............
 
...Gordon Kinate of Fairbury, Illinois is followed by Matt Kinate of Des Moines, Iowa, USA....
 
.........Gordon Kinate of Fairbury, Illinois, USA.........
 
.......Gordon Kinate and David Roberts leaving their mark on the sign............
 
......and finally Matt Kinate of DesMoines, Iowa, Gordon Kinate of Fairbury, Illinois, and Eric Kammermann of Charlevoix, Michigan.

Thanks to John Eric Kammermann for sending the photos.

 
Steve and Yvonne Moyer are from Detroit, Michigan, USA and this is a picture of Steve Crossing Over in September 2003. Steve writes: This was the second time we had crossed over. The first time was in 1999, and I knew we had to come back and do it again. I am 52 yrs old and everything British has been in my veins since the British Invasion first started so long ago. I was lucky enough to meet John Lennon back in 1971 in Ann Arbor during his John Sinclair Freedom ralley. I was working at a radio station and found out where he and Yoko were staying. I waited 8 hours to see him and took his picture. My life was complete. That is until I was able to finally Cross Over. Now I tell everyone they must do it at least once in their lifetime!

 
This is Edu from Finland who visited Abbey Road on 12th March 2004
 
Chip Moynihan (see earlier pictures) writes: I forwarded the same Crossing Over picture I sent to you on 1 March to a friend of mine. Here is what it looked like when it was returned to me! Thought you might enjoy it too! Amazing what can be done these days. ...Thanks Chip. Definitely one for the collection!