Fans mark Abbey Road anniversary

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The crowds celebrated the occasion by singing some of the Fab Four's best-loved hits as they jammed into the road on and around the now-famous crossing.

Tony Bramwell, the band's former road manager, who was present on the day the shots were taken, said: "Other than Paul and Ringo, I'm the only person alive who was here on that day. It's great to see that the whole thing carries on."

He said at the time the cover was "just a photo" and the shoot only took minutes, but he expected that McCartney and Starr would be watching coverage of the event on television.

The ex Beatles have not tired of the image even four decades on, he said.

Mr Bramwell added: "Who could get bored of being a Beatle? Through the musical genres and revolutions of the last 40 years the Beatles are still number one."

Events organiser Richard Porter, who owns the nearby Beatles Coffee Shop, said he was "flummoxed" by the number of fans at the event.

He said: "I get fans literally from all over the world at the shop. And today we've got TV crews from 15 different countries and God knows how many press photographers.

"The picture is just so easy to copy, well normally it is easy to copy. It is simple and it's like a shrine to the Beatles."