Obituary Len Pickles aka The mysterious man on the Abbey Road Album Sleeve
Obituary Len Pickles The mysterious man on the Abbey Road Album Sleeve As most Beatles fans will know, the mysterious man in the middle distance on the Abbey Road album cover was in fact Len Pickles. It is folklore amongst followers of The Fab Four. The story goes... One sunny late summer day at the tail end of the swinging 60s, Londoner Len Pickles was walking to The Clifton Pub to meet a friend, when he saw lads on the crossing having their photo taken. He quickly realised that this was The Beatles and that this must be the photoshoot for the cover for their new album, provisionally titled EVEREST. Len sensing opportunity, walked up and down that stretch of Abbey Road no less than 48 times making sure he got in the final picture. "People think it was just good fortune to be snapped looking innocently toward the camera, but I knew what I was doing." Len said in 2012 to MOJO magazine. LEFT: Len in 1969 photographed shortly before leaving for The Clifton Pub.. For the mos