LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 26: Life size topiary figures of the Beatles adorn the traffic island at Liverpool's South Parkway rail station on March 26, 2008, in Liverpool, England. The figures of the famous fab four are made from privet bush and staff at the station have been trained in how to prune them. Getty Images logo Getty Images 50 months ago

LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 26: Life size topiary figures of the Beatles adorn the traffic island at Liverpool's South Parkway rail station on March 26, 2008, in Liverpool, England. The figures of the famous fab four are made from privet bush and staff at the station have been trained in how to prune them.

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