For Beatles fans visiting London, it's a must to have your photo snapped crossing Abbey Road. But Abbey Road is a busy street.
To protect tourists from being run down, leaders in the City of Westminster have decided to place a "lollipop lady (or man)" at the site to help manage traffic. The "lollipop" is a round caution sign held on a stick by a public safety officer (see below).
To protect tourists from being run down, leaders in the City of Westminster have decided to place a "lollipop lady (or man)" at the site to help manage traffic. The "lollipop" is a round caution sign held on a stick by a public safety officer (see below).
Asked if the presence of the lollipop lady would impinge on the sought-after photographs, Councillor Hall added: “We’d have to test that.
“Obviously it might spoil the snap. It’s a question of ensuring that the traffic has been warned sufficiently, so those people are safe and can get the picture.
“I think we’ve got to try and do something, because there is always the fear that something might go wrong and somebody will be hurt.” ...Richard Porter, who owns the Beatles Coffee Shop next to St
John’s Wood tube station and runs London-wide tours for fans, said:
“Something needs to be done by the crossing. “The graffiti is getting out of hand and you get some rather silly people on the crossing, standing in the middle of the road for ages.
“I’ve seen people with two buses passing each side and just standing there.
“It’s a question of making things safer for people - both for local residents and for fans.”
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