Strawberry Green Fields

Really titled Field, and not Fields, but it was the inspiration for John Lennon to write the song of the same name while on vacation in Almeria Spain. It is said that he and his young friends Nigel Whalley, Pete Shotton and Ivan Vaughan used to bunk over the wall and play in the grounds of this home for deprived children, where they'd pick up empty lemonade bottles after garden parties and take them back to get the one penny refunds. John said he felt a kinship with the kids who lived there, as his childhood was not one growing up with both parents present. When he left us, a memorial of the same name was created in Central Park NY which is attended daily by global fans in tribute. INFORMATION:Long Island has been famous for its strawberries for as long as people have lived there. Local history books describe people going on picnics and nature hikes to pick the wild berries as far back as the 1850's - and that's only recorded history. Archaeological records show that the Native Americ