Story Behind The Yellow Submarine Sculpture At Liverpool John Lennon Airport

In 1984, this 51 foot Yellow Submarine metal sculpture was built by apprentices from the UK shipyard Cammell Laird for the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool, home of The Beatles.  Here’s an old photo of the submarine at the festival…

Liverpool Garden Festival Yellow Submarine 1984

The Submarine had a replica control cabin containing genuine submarine equipment with spiral staircases leading to the bridge.  The hull was even tilted as if about to submerge into the water.  After the show closed the Submarine was moved to Chavasse Park in the city centre of Liverpool.  Here’s a photo of the Submarine at it’s second location Chavasse Park…

Yellow Submarine Chavasse Park The Beatles

It was eventually retired from public view when its condition deteriorated, but the Sub was then renovated and found it’s third home at Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 2005.  Here’s a photo of the Submarine at the airport…

John Lennon Liverpool Airport Yellow Submarine

The Yellow Submarine sculpture is still to this day at John Lennon Airport, unless you use Google’s Satellite View.  For some reason Google has removed the Submarine from the overhead satellite image.  The circle below shows the spot the Submarine should be in…

John Lennon Liverpool Airport Yellow Submarine

Google, the hoarders of gathering information and invading people’s privacy sure have a strange kind of censorship when it come’s to something like this.

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