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From: "Kelly Norman" 
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Subject: Re: Help save a Beatles tradition
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Does Priscilla care about the bullet holes through Lisa Marie's swingset? 
That's what I thought was odd at Graceland.  Certainly not as bizarre as the 
graffitti.

Kelly

"LetsbuildIraq!"  wrote in message 
news:77e73f7a.0411220640.8b21309{at}posting.google.com...
> richardporter4{at}aol.com (Richard Porter) wrote in message 
> news:...
>> End of an Era at Abbey Road Studios?
>>
>> It seems the tradition of Beatles fans writing messages on the
>> perimeter wall of Abbey Road Studios may be coming to an end. The wall
>> was painted over recently by a professional anti-graffiti company and
>> any time graffiti appears there since it is painted over straight
>> away.
>>
>> Westminster Council, the local authority for the area has a new policy
>> to clear graffiti from the borough and has either its own
>> anti-graffiti team or employs an outside contractor, to daily clean
>> graffiti.
>>
>> Beatles fans have been writing on the wall for years and with the
>> support of Abbey Road Studios.  The tradition was started by former
>> Studio Manager Ken Townsend when he made a remark to a journalist that
>> he didn't mind people writing on the wall. Neighbours of the Studios
>> wrote to say what a nice idea it was.
>>
>> There has even been 'official' graffiti in the past -- when 'Beatles
>> 1' came out the '1' design on the CD's  front cover on the gateposts.
>> Also when Paul McCartney's CD 'Flaming Pie' came out his publicist
>> Geoff Baker spray painted the album logo all over the wall.
>>
>> It is a great shame if this tradition has come to an end. Fans from
>> all over the world have been writing on the walls for year. I have
>> been bringing fans to the studios for 15 years and always stop to read
>> the messages on the wall.
>>
>>
>
> The wall that borders Graceland in Memphis Tennesee, current burial
> site and former home to one Elvis Aaron Presley is covered with
> Graffiti too.  Priscilla, Elvis' former wife,  pitched a ***** about
> it and wanted it stopped. When the city council found out they
> convinced her it was great for the tourist trade and any bad words, 4
> letter kind or other type, would be removed immediately. She caved in
> and it has been allowed ever since.
>
> Of course the English aren't big on preserving newer tpe history
> unless it was once used by their preserved but useless royalty. They
> can be unbelievably short-sighted. The tore down the biggest tourist
> draw in Northern England - commonly referred to as the Cavern Club and
> replaced it with a gaudy looking strip type mall building that now
> stands on the former site.
>
> A building that the Beatles played live in from the days of the
> Quarrymen to their eventual world fame. Somewhere around 300
> performances. Now they sell the  remains - one brick at a time on
> Ebay. People buy em too. Over $100.00 for a friggin brick and
> certificate.
>
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