Penny Lane street sign back in Liverpool 47 years after drunken theft

Former student of city who returned marker for road made famous by the Beatles says thieves were ‘worse for wear’

A Penny Lane street sign stolen by drunk students has been returned to Liverpool, 47 years after the theft.

The sign of the Mossley Hill suburb was taken in 1976, nine years after the road was made famous when the Beatles’ single Penny Lane was released as a double A-side single with Strawberry Fields Forever.