They walked both directions, in fact there are photos from that morning showing them crossing a number of times. There's also a photo of them on the sidewalk, either about to cross or just crossing, with an old lady standing there talking with the group.

http://www.phantasm777.com/beatles/beatles69e.gif

Do a Google image search for "Abbey Road", and it's cool to see all of the thousands of people who have done the same.





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"CD is a crock. This company will never get involved with that format." - Bashkar Menon, head of EMI, 1984
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