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Penny Lane, Immortalized in Beatles Song, May Have Name Changed Due to Slavery Claim

Penny Lane, the Liverpool Street immortalized in the Beatles song, may have its name changed if a connection to a slave trade is proven.

variety.com

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 Penny. The signs had the word Penny blacked out and the word “racist” written above them late last week, according to the BBC.

However, Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum could not confirm that the street actually was named after Penny, with a spokesperson telling the BBC that “more research is needed.”

Liverpool city tour guide Jackie Spencer said she has already researched the claim and “It has nothing to do with slavery,” she told the BBC. “James Penny was a slave trader, but he had nothing to do with the Penny Lane area.”

HONK HONK

 

[Birdo]

International Slavery Museum

"Hey kids! Who wants to go to the Slavery Museum!? Yaaaay!"

 

[Bullet Club]

Will Penny Lane the porn chick also have to change her name?

 

[Pejo]

Cent Avenue for the new one?

Also, let's change Eleanor Rigby too, just for fun. Let's just change everything about history until it only paints us as progressive virtuous beings since caveman days.

 

[Cunth]

How about black lives matter lane

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Burning my copy of the White Album right now.

 

[TheMan]

Will Penny Lane the porn chick also have to change her name?

she's pretty

 

[MetalAlien]

Can you guys re-vandalize the sign and change it back to Penny Lane?

 

[Robot Carnival]

Will Penny Lane the porn chick also have to change her name?

probably can only do interracial/BBC stuff? lol

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[MetalAlien]

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Will Penny Lane the porn chick also have to change her name?

I thought her name was Penny Flame?

 

[Mihos]

I thought her name was Penny Flame?

That would explain why my research went nowhere.....

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

That would explain why my research went nowhere.....

 

[LarknThe4th]

I hate racism in all its guises, but if this shit comes for one half of the best double A side in history they can fucking take a run and a jump!!

 

[Steve.1981]

These idiots are really pissing me off now.

They also vandalised the statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn. They wrote stuff like "Racist king" & "Robert was a racist" Which is just infuriatingly stupid & the perfect proof that they're simply an angry mob lashing out because they can.

 

[lock2k]

Fucking CLOWN world.

 

[TrainedRage]

IM SO OUTRAGED!!!!!!!!!!!

#SIGNLIVESMATTER

 

[Tesseract]

These idiots are really pissing me off now.

They also vandalised the statue of Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn. They wrote stuff like "Racist king" & "Robert was a racist" Which is just infuriatingly stupid & the perfect proof that they're simply an angry mob lashing out because they can.

those mudda fuckas

 

[Bullet Club]

I thought her name was Penny Flame?

Oh yeah, it is Penny Flame. Close!

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Burning my copy of the White Album right now.

Poor imitation of my own "Burning my copy of _________ as we speak."

 

[Kadayi]

This shit is unreal, especially given the accusation seemingly has no merit. You'd think if they were going to name a place after a prominent person, they'd at least go for Avenue, Street or Road. A lane is like a minor road at best. None of these cunts doing this shit has a fucking scooby.

 

[and 3 others]

Can you guys re-vandalize the sign and change it back to Penny Lane?

What, do you want someone to get arrested!?!?!?
Rename it Nick Gerr Avenue.

 

[Breakage]

Why is there a large photo of an unchristian woman in a thread about a street in Liverpool?

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Poor imitation of my own "Burning my copy of _________ as we speak."

Outed Sony fanboy tryna revive his joke character meme ass. Fallen from grace and cast aside now JC gotta protect me ass. Put your hand in my pocket and shut your mouth ho.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

More waste of resources.

The giant Denial Of Service attack continues

 

[Eiknarf]

This is all very dumb

It’s a british song and a road in Britain. Nothing to do with American slaves

 

[Escoe P. Coldchain]

MASSIVE unpopular opinion.
The Beatles are over rated. They are fine i guess but i could give two shits if they change the name.
Also Jon was a piece of shit. Karma got him.

Im sorry if I triggered a lot of people. Im used to the reaction. Ill see myself out.