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Should the name of Penny Lane be changed if it was in fact named after an 18th-century slave trader? | Globalnews.ca
![TIL Fans were so relentless in stealing the "Penny Lane" street signs that Liverpool switched to painting the street name directly on buildings rather than replacing them. : r/todayilearned TIL Fans were so relentless in stealing the "Penny Lane" street signs that Liverpool switched to painting the street name directly on buildings rather than replacing them. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/oVdO6sMyurEoyq35m4jueQq19ucKopLxDLNzsFT8LDE.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=58dc3b391ecf04cf713b6d053691d114a46abbb0)
TIL Fans were so relentless in stealing the "Penny Lane" street signs that Liverpool switched to painting the street name directly on buildings rather than replacing them. : r/todayilearned
![Was Penny Lane really named after the slave merchant James Penny? | The Priory and the Cast Iron Shore Was Penny Lane really named after the slave merchant James Penny? | The Priory and the Cast Iron Shore](https://theprioryandthecastironshore.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/h_00179009.jpg?w=584)
Was Penny Lane really named after the slave merchant James Penny? | The Priory and the Cast Iron Shore
![A general view of the street name Penny Lane, Allerton, Liverpool, now famous after the Beatles sang a song about it Stock Photo - Alamy A general view of the street name Penny Lane, Allerton, Liverpool, now famous after the Beatles sang a song about it Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G51RB3/a-general-view-of-the-street-name-penny-lane-allerton-liverpool-now-G51RB3.jpg)
A general view of the street name Penny Lane, Allerton, Liverpool, now famous after the Beatles sang a song about it Stock Photo - Alamy
Georgia Players Guild - On this day in 1967: The Beatles scored their 13th US No.1 single with 'Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever'. The song's title is derived from the name
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