It was 40 years ago today ...

... the cover for Abbey Road was shot over a period of about 15 minutes on a side street in North London.

Here's a bit of trivia I didn't know:

A lesser noted curiosity is that the album cover has no writing on it and is just the picture.

That is thanks to John Kosh, who at the time, was creative director at Apple.

"I insisted we didn't need to write the band's name on the cover," he says.

"They were the most famous band in the world after all - EMI said they'd never sell any albums if we didn't say who the band was, but I got my way, and got away with it."

There's also a webcam at the famous crossing. Of course.