{"id":5082,"date":"2020-06-15T20:23:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceofpeace.co.il\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2020-06-15T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T17:23:35","slug":"beatles-penny-lane-in-danger-of-being-renamed-if-slavery-links-are-proven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceofpeace.co.il\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/beatles-penny-lane-in-danger-of-being-renamed-if-slavery-links-are-proven\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatles\u2019 Penny Lane \u201cin danger of being renamed\u201d if slavery links are proven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s yet to be confirmed that the iconic address was named after slave trader James Penny.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s Penny Lane, which was made famous across the world by The Beatles, is \u201cin danger of being renamed\u201d if links to slavery are discovered, the city\u2019s regional mayor has claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Road signs at the Liverpool location were vandalised last week after it was claimed they are linked to notorious 18th century slave trader James Penny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Rotherham, Liverpool\u2019s Metro Mayor, has admitted the road could be renamed if the connection is conclusively proven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it is as a direct consequence of that road being called Penny Lane because of James Penny, then that needs to be investigated,\u201d Mr Rotherham told Sky News today (June 15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomething needs to happen and I would say that sign and that road may well be in danger of being renamed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Mr Rotheram added \u201cthere is no evidence that is the fact\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cJust imagine not having a Penny Lane and the Beatles\u2019 song not being about somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe it is associated with James Penny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Penny Lane\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-rB0pHI9fU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Rotheram also said he had \u201cdone a bit of reading on this\u201d and suggested that it may instead be associated with a toll that was once paid in pennies to cross the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: \u201cIt\u2019s for other people to decide whether they think it\u2019s appropriate that road sign is taken down, if indeed there is any link to either slavery or other incidences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not pretending or I wouldn\u2019t presume to tell people in communities in the Liverpool city region what they should be thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt needs to be investigated and then, if it\u2019s found as a direct link then action can be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s International Slavery Museum has also said evidence linking Penny Lane to James Penny is \u201cnot conclusive\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes after a series of monuments linked with slave trade were either defaced last week in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests including the Edward Colston statue in Bristol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s yet to be confirmed that the iconic address was named after slave trader James Penny. Liverpool\u2019s Penny Lane, which was made famous across the world by The Beatles, is \u201cin danger of being renamed\u201d if links to slavery are discovered, the city\u2019s regional mayor has claimed. 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