Strawberry Field
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Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army orphanage in Woolton, England, founded in 1936. Strawberry Field has had an annual fête, which John Lennon and his aunt Mimi regularly attended. It closed its doors in early January, 2005.
The name of the orphanage became world famous in 1967, with the released of The Beatles single "Strawberry Fields Forever", written by John Lennon. Lennon grew up near the orphanage and used to play in the wooded area behind the building with his childhood friends, Pete Shotton and Ivan Vaughan.