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because PENNY LANE is famous place but they were really talking about ALLERTON
Penny Lane is a single released with Strawberry Fields Forever, and it is on Magical Mystery Tour
No, she is not. Penny Lane is based on San Diegan Geraldine Edwards, who was a friend of Cameron Crowes, who was also from San Diego, California. Pamela DeBarres is known to be the master of self-promotion and did make the statement that she was both the inspiration for Penny Lane and one of the inspirations for the Banger Sisters. It is true that the Banger Sisters was partially based on her groupie adventures. But, as it has been noted, DeBarres often takes literary license in her statements and books. Although she is entertaining, information she provides should be taken with a grain of salt.
Both are local places in Liverpool. Penny Lane is a street in a commercial district; Strawberry Field was a Salvation Army orphanage, that had garden parties every summer.
That is Geraldine Edwards, the rock groupie who was one of the two women the Penny Lane character was based on in Almost Famous. The picture was taken in 1975 when she was eighteen years old. A year later, Playboy offered her an opportunity to appear in their magazine and she turned them down.