Penny Lane sign returned 47 years after it was stolen by young, drunk Beatles fans
The Penny Lane street sign is back in Liverpool nearly five decades after a group of tipsy university students wrested it from its home beneath the city’s clear suburban skies.
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![Mary Chadwick, manager of the Beatles Story museum, and Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram pose with the Penny Lane, which is now on display again 47 years after it was stolen by drunk university students from its original home in the Mossley Hill suburb. A man and a woman wear white gloves and smile as they each hold up one side of a white Penny Lane street sign against the backdrop of an illustration of The Beatles.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7045285.1701373602!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mary-chadwick-steve-rotheram-penny-lane.jpg)
The Penny Lane street sign is back in Liverpool nearly five decades after a group of tipsy university students wrested it from its home beneath the city’s clear suburban skies.