that 1969 album cover. there s been people crossing the crossing all morning. right now they re listening to a beatles tribute band, they have just finished a walking tour of sites that were famous here in london. it s being celebrated all around the world, the 70th birthday is being marked in liverpool with a birthday party at the tavern, that s the club where the beatles and john lennon were actually discovered. they played there 293 times before their careers took off. and this morning, a sculpture has been unveiled, a sculpture of unveiled by john lennon s first wife cynthia and his eldest son julian and it s supposed to be britain s answer to the memorial.