Eleanor Rigby Statue

I always presumed the Eleanor Rigby statue was on Mathew Street somewhere and couldn’t fathom how I’d never seen it. Then just the other day I walked past it, by chance. Turns out it’s on Stanley Street. Ah begorrah!
This location seems quite fitting because, detached from the swathe of tourists cramming up the area radiating from the Cavern, the statue gives off an even more melancholy air. Poor gal. She doesn’t even have a face. She obviously left it in a jar by the door.
Also, since Beatles songs feature such memorable characters (Sergeant Pepper, Mean Mister Mustard, the Taxman, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes etc), does anybody else think, statue-​wise, we could’ve done better than this lonely cow?

A stone’s throw from Matthew Street and the legendary Cavern Club there’s a bronze statue of Eleanor Rigby. The work of musician and artist Tommy Steele, the statue was inspired by the imaginary character in The Beatles song and given to the city as a gift. The plaque dedicates it to ‘All the lonely people…’ and there’s space on the bench for locals and tourists to sit and contemplate in solitude.
Since ‘Eleanor Rigby’ happens to be one of the few Beatles songs I loathe, I never get the inclination to visit her. Lots of people clearly do however, as there’s often flowers laid across her lap and feet. I’m not sure if it’s an urban myth but allegedly, Steele placed a pair of football boots, a four leaf clover, a couple of sonnets and a few childrens comics inside the statue for luck!