Abbey Road – At Last
By Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (20966)
London, England
June 23, 2025 2:37pm CST
It has taken me the best part of 20 years, but I finally got around to visiting Abbey Road, of Beatles fame.
The album, and original photograph, date from 1969 and the publication made this zebra crossing world famous.
Some friends, of a friend in LA, were visiting and wanted a tour of music locations in London. This meant wandering around Soho, on the hottest day of the year… until Saturday! Never has an orange juice in a pub been so welcome.
I guess the motorists are fairly used to the constant stopping and starting as people pose on the crossing.
The Abbey Road sign on the back of the album was stolen a long time ago. The one in the photo is higher up and pretty safe.
The Abbey Road studios are the next building along, from the crossing. I took a photo, but all I got was a fuzzy shot of the pavement and road.
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@Ineeddentures (13316)
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23 Jun
Was it worth the 20 year wait ?
And why did it take you so long
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@Ineeddentures (13316)
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24 Jun
@Ronrybs
Aye London is a vast city,
I would love to tour every burgh of London but wouldn't know where to start
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@Ronrybs (20966)
• London, England
25 Jun
@Ineeddentures Not a lot to see in some of them!
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@FourWalls (77911)
• United States
24 Jun
How cool is that! They have an EarthCam live camera at the site, so everyone either wants to go there or watch the people who have made it there walk across!!!
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@FourWalls (77911)
• United States
25 Jun
@Ronrybs — don’t know if this works in England, but here’s the camera.
https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbeyroad/?cam=abbeyroad_uk
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@Ronrybs (20966)
• London, England
25 Jun
@FourWalls Thanks for that! I checked to see if it was the same level of darkness there as here. It was
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@RebeccasFarm (95580)
• Arvada, Colorado
30 Jun
Three cheers for you Ron out in the heat and getting a lovely photo for us of the infamous Abbey Road! I was there fifty million years ago.
@Tampa_girl7 (53183)
• United States
23 Jun
I’m glad that you finally got to go see it.
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@RasmaSandra (88063)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Jun
Gld you finally got to see it, I have the poster of Abbey Road with the Beatles on my window to keep direct sunlight from shining on my laptop,
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@cacay1 (85737)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Jun
Wow that's great, and finally after 20 years, SUCCESS.
