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1. "Are you ready?" asked the guide. We all nodded except the young man to my left who was talking into his phone. This annoyed the guide who flashed him a look of impatience, but the young man carried on. He was talking to a girl named Joan and asking her to go with him to the pictures that evening. Although it seemed she had agreed he slammed his phone shut and stomped off down the road, he had such a strange look in his eyes that I pitied poor Joan. I learnt later that he had murdered her, he then went on to do the same to a teacher and a judge. It was all over the newspapers, so what was his name?
2. With the young man gone from our midst the little group seemed more relaxed. The tour began with a short walk to an old Victorian church. The guide paused and gave us a brief account of its history. Through the rusting metal railings I noticed the stooped figure of a priest standing in the dilapidated churchyard, the wind caught at his long black cape as he conducted a funeral service. It was such a sad and desolate scene for there wasn't a single mourner present. Who was the person being buried?
3. The guide had finished his history of the church and was moving us on. I was relieved to be leaving such a sad scene. Suddenly as if out of nowhere music filled the air. The musicians were dressed in bright colourful military uniforms. There was something painted on their drum, so I craned my neck to read it, it said ' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. We stood listening for some time until one of them announced that someone was about to sing, and he would like us all to sing along. Who was the singer?
4. We were very reluctant to move away from the band for they were so entertaining, and we all agreed that we could have stayed there all day. "Now will you all be careful crossing this street" said the guide as he indicated to the cause of his concern, it was a large car parked directly on the corner blocking our view of the oncoming traffic. We wondered aloud who would park in such an inconvenient position. 'I know who it belongs to' said someone from the back of our group 'it's that strange man who goes out in the rain without a mack, you should hear how the children laugh at him behind his back'. What did the man do for a living?
5. In spite of the guide's worries we all managed to cross the road safely and he led us towards a tonsorial establishment "take your time in here" he told us" for there is plenty to see, and the barber will be only too pleased to show you his photographs, he has so many". Just before I followed the rest of the group inside the shop I glanced up at the street sign, it told me I was where?
6. It was true there really were a lot of photographs. Many were obviously regular customers for they were shown at various stages throughout their lives. Some who had started with a full head of curls were now quite bald. When we finally tumbled out of the shop we noticed our guide staring wistfully towards the car that had disturbed him earlier. We followed his gaze and noticed a young female traffic warden putting a ticket under the windscreen of the offending car. The guide continued gazing as if in a trance "who is she?" I asked "she's lovely" he answered softly. Do you know what her name was?
7. A woman standing behind me nudged my arm and said "he's hasn't got a chance with her, she goes out with Bungalow Bill" I wondered if our guide was aware of this when my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a clip clip clopping . When I turned I saw a horse dancing in the middle of the road. He was a beautiful creature his coat was well groomed and gleaming and he moved with more grace than any ballerina. Suddenly people were rushing out of their homes to see him, and children were calling his name. What was it?
8. Following closely behind the horse were two people who looked like acrobats, they were handing out leaflets to the crowd that had now gathered. I took one and it was headed 'Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite'. I read through the bill and it looked like it was going to be a good show. I decided that I would go there that evening. Where was the benefit being held?
9. The horse continued dancing down the road and leapt with a quick light movement over a hole that I hadn't seen before. To our surprise as the horse vanished into the distance a shabby figure climbed out of the hole. He looked in our direction and began cursing and swearing, "come on" said the guide "take no notice, he's just a dirty old man" as we were shepherded away I glanced back and noticed that the man in the hole had something up his nose. What was it?
10. We were almost at the end of our tour but decided we couldn't leave Beatleland without visiting the wonderfully unreal Strawberry Fields. The old tree was still there, and for a moment I thought I saw a small boy sitting amongst its gnarled branches, but I told myself that in Strawberry Fields you are apt to imagine such things. I glanced again at the tree and he was still there. A small boy with his head filled with wonderful words and music snuggled safely in the arms of the old tree. I couldn't help but wonder if he would ever feel that secure again. Finally our tour was at an end and there was another small group waiting to take the route we had just traveled. The guide hurried towards them issuing a welcoming greeting before returning to bid us farewell. He could have done the same by singing which song?
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