Tourists visiting the city continue to soak up all things The Beatles whilst visiting Liverpool, but for years few have known the story behind one of their biggest hits.
Today, we know Strawberry Field as an award winning new visitor attraction, located at the iconic site immortalised by John Lennon. But decades ago, life behind the famous red gates looked very different.
Purchased by the Salvation Army in 1934, Strawberry Field and the original Victorian house was opened as a children’s home in 1936 after being sold by the widow of a wealthy merchant. From then on, over nearly 70 years, it gave some of Liverpool’s most vulnerable children a refuge.
