"The Starkeys' local pub, ""The Empress"", where Elsie was a barmaid, adjoins Admiral Grove. The pub was immortalised in 1970 by being featured on the front cover of Starr's first solo album ""Sentimental Journey"". During ""Beatlemania"", the documentary, ""The Mersey Sound"", filmed by BBC producer Don Haworth, showed Starr being mobbed by fans on Admiral Grove as he made his way to George Harrison's open-top sports car. On 7 July 1940, Starr (then known as Richard Starkey) was born at 9 Madryn Street in the Liverpool district known as the Dingle. The neighbourhood was damaged by German bombing during the"
"251 Menlove Avenue 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool, England, named Mendips (after the Mendip Hills), is the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with The Beatles. The Grade II listed building is preserved by the National Trust. The 1930s semi-detached property, which belonged to Lennon's Aunt Mimi and her husband George Smith, is in Woolton, South Liverpool, England. Lennon moved there in July 1946 at the age of five from 9 Newcastle Road, in the nearby suburb of Wavertree. Lennon lived at Mendips after his mother, who was living with her boyfriend, was persuaded that it would be"
"in the Norris Green area of Liverpool. The road on which he originally lived, Parthenon Drive, is the title of a song contained in the 2005 Echo & the Bunnymen album, ""Siberia"". He was educated at Alsop High School. McCulloch featured in a YouTube video appeal in October 2010 which campaigned for Tom Hicks and George Gillett to be removed from Liverpool F.C. In a 2013 interview McCulloch said that he was no longer attending Liverpool matches. Ian McCulloch (singer) Ian Stephen McCulloch (born 5 May 1959) is an English singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the frontman for the"
"Mathew Street Mathew Street is a street in Liverpool, England, notable as the location of the Cavern Club, where The Beatles played on numerous occasions in their early career. It is the centre of the Mathew Street Festival, which fills the streets of Liverpool every summer. Mathew Street is visited by thousands of tourists a year, who visit the Cavern Club and many surrounding attractions including a statue of John Lennon, a Beatles store and several pubs formerly frequented by The Beatles. A wall in Mathew Street is adorned by a sculpture by Arthur Dooley entitled ""Four Lads Who Shook"
"petition demanding that the house be preserved by the National Trust collected nearly 4000 signatures. In 2012 Housing Minister Grant Shapps confirmed that the house would be saved from demolition. In January 2013 it was announced that local residents had backed a development plan that would include restoration of 9 Madryn Street. However, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced in September 2013 that it would hold a public inquiry into the plans. In ""The Beatles Anthology"", Starr is quoted, ""I don’t remember the inside of our house in Madryn Street"". However, he does remember his grandparents' house, which"
"Nearby, Maddox Gallery is based at 9 Maddox Street, one of several art galleries on this road. A Museum of Building Appliances, established in the street in 1866, no longer exists. Famous residents have included Samuel Whitbread, the Member of Parliament and brewer, who lived at 33 Maddox Street in the late 19th century, Harry Wooldridge, the English musical antiquary, who lived with Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate, at 50 Maddox Street in the 1890s and Edward Gathorne-Hardy, the British Bohemian socialite, who lived at 39 Maddox Street in the 1930s. Wilkinson & Son, tailors and robemakers to the King,"
"The Zanzibar The Zanzibar is a live music venue located on Seel Street in Liverpool, England best known for being the home of regular clubnights such as ""The Bandwagon"" and ""Valhalla"" among others. Unlike most clubs in Liverpool, the music is generally rock and alternative. The venue tends to specialise in unsigned bands, unlike the larger East Village Arts Club (previously known as Liverpool Barfly and later Masque Theatre) located on the opposite side of the road. However, many notable acts have played at The Zanzibar such as Noel Gallagher, The Coral, The Zutons, The Music, The Libertines, Miles Kane,"
"Cavern Club. Many sea shanties specifically refer to Liverpool, such as ""Heave Away"", ""Liverpool Judies"", and ""Maggie May"", which was later performed by The Beatles. In the 1960s, the city was home to the development of the Merseybeat style of pop music, popularised by artists including Gerry & The Pacemakers. However, even before Merseybeat Liverpool had successful acts such as Frankie Vaughan, Lita Roza and Billy Fury. In the late 1970s/early 1980s, Echo & the Bunnymen, A Flock of Seagulls, Teardrop Explodes, the Mighty Wah!, OMD, China Crisis, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Dead or Alive emerged. 1990s bands that"
"in the annual NORAD tracks Santa program. According to NORAD officials, he was ""a Starr in the east"" who helped guide North American Aerospace Defense Command's Santa-tracking tradition. His 2005 release ""Choose Love"" eschewed the star-guests approach of his last two studio albums but failed to chart in the UK or the US. That same year, Liverpool's City Council announced plans to demolish Starr's birthplace, 9Madryn Street, stating that it had ""no historical significance"". The LCC later announced that the building would be taken apart brick by brick and preserved. Starr released the album ""Liverpool 8"" in January 2008, coinciding"
"Liverpool Wall of Fame The Liverpool Wall of Fame on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, in front of the Cavern Club is a litany of, and a tribute to, the groups which played at the original Cavern Club, including acts from the city which have reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. The wall also features a disc for every Liverpool musical act that had a number one hit. It was unveiled on 14 March 2001 by Lita Roza, whose song ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" was the first Liverpool based act's song to reach number one"
"that Nick Drake recorded his first album ""Five Leaves Left"". Pink Floyd, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle, John Martyn, Beverley Martyn, Richard Thompson, Martin Carthy, Judy Collins, John Cale, The Yardbirds and The Who also recorded here. Steve Clark, guitarist for Def Leppard, lived and died at 44 Old Church Street. Charles Kingsley lived at Number 56, the Old Rectory, which is said to have the largest private garden in London aside from Buckingham Palace. Nearby at 28 Mallord Street is a house designed in 1913–14 for Augustus John. At 13 Mallord Street, A. A. Milne lived. The"
"Beryl Marsden Beryl Marsden (born 10 June 1947) is a British R&B and pop singer, who first came to notice on the Liverpool club scene of the early 1960s. She recorded a number of ""powerful and soulful"", but unsuccessful, records, and has been described as ""undeservedly neglected"". She was born Beryl Hogg in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, Merseyside, one of a family of 10 children. She began singing as a child, and at the age of 14 won a local talent competition. She was invited to join local band the Undertakers, but was too young to travel with them"
"the Liverpool Docks. The show, also called ""Maggie May"", ran for two years in London. In 1970, a truncated version of the song performed by the Beatles was included on their album ""Let It Be"". As with most folk songs, the lyrics exist in many variant forms. The song specifies several real streets in Liverpool, notably Lime Street in the centre of the city. The Beatles' version by John Lennon / Paul McCartney / George Harrison / Richard Starkey is as follows: Oh dirty Maggie Mae they have taken her away<br> And she never walk down Lime Street any more<br>"
"was a popular venue for young and old lovers of live music and hosted many gigs for Liverpool's Sound City music festival. In 2012 French comics and published ""Liverfool"" () in which they relate Allan Williams' encounter with the ""Fab Four"" and their first steps together. On 9th May 2016, at a ceremony in Liverpool Town Hall, Allan was made a Citizen of Honour of the City of Liverpool, awarded by Liverpool City Council for his services to the local music scene. He died on 30 December 2016 in Liverpool at 86 years old. Allan Williams Allan Richard Williams (21"
"to the BBC Television Centre as well as other studios. Several Monty Python sketches were filmed on Churchfield Road. In the later years of Minder, the entrance to the Winchester Club was in Newburgh Road, just off Churchfield Road. Lionel Bart lived at 33/35a Churchfield Road until his death in 1999. Waitrose opened their second branch at 65 Churchfield Road in 1913. Eric Ravilious was born at 90 Churchfield Road on 22 July 1903. The Leo Sayer hit song Orchard Road actually referred to Churchfield Road, where Leo Sayer's ex-wife had moved out to after they split up. Churchfield road"
"are mentioned in the song ""The London Boys"" by David Bowie and The Marquee Club in the spoken introduction to Long John Baldry's ""Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll"". From the late 1960s to the present day, 161 Wardour Street has been the home of the St Moritz nightclub. In 1985, ""90 Wardour Street"" was also the title of the first LP by New York-based garage-pop band Mod Fun. It is now home to a restaurant and bar called Floridita, above which is Soho Lofts, an exclusive block of flats. The Underworld"
"became local landmarks, with many buildings featuring American inspired architecture. During World War 2, Liverpool was the control centre for the Battle of the Atlantic. There were eighty air-raids on Merseyside, with an especially concentrated series of raids in May 1941 which interrupted operations at the docks for almost a week. Some 2,500 people were killed, almost half the homes in the metropolitan area sustained some damage and some 11,000 were totally destroyed. Over 70,000 people were made homeless. John Lennon, one of the founding members of The Beatles, was born in Liverpool during an air-raid on 9 October 1940."
"34 Montagu Square, Marylebone 34 Montagu Square is the address of a London ground floor and basement flat once leased by Beatles member Ringo Starr during the mid-1960s. Its location is 1.3 miles (2.09 km) from the Abbey Road Studios, where The Beatles recorded. Many well-known people have lived at the address, including a British Member of Parliament, Richard-Hanbury Gurney, and the daughter of the Marquess of Sligo, Lady Emily Charlotte Browne. The square was named after Elizabeth Montagu, who was highly regarded by London society in the late 18th century. Paul McCartney recorded demo songs there, such as ""I'm"
"Brian Epstein's house. Kenneth Partridge Kenneth Partridge (24 August 1926 – 7 December 2015) was an English interior designer, who created homes for two of the Beatles, and showrooms for fashion designers Hardy Amies and Norman Hartnell. Kenneth Partridge was born in Brockley, south London, the son of Sidney Partridge, an electrical engineer and factory manager, and his wife Dorothy (née Brown). He served as a Bevin Boy during World War II John Lennon bought Kenwood, St. George's Hill on 15 July 1964, and spent £40,000 on remodelling it, employing Partridge for the interior design, having admired his work at"
"street. The plaque sits at Number 9 Cecil Court, which - contrary to earlier assumptions placing the Mozart lodgings at Number 19 - has been confirmed as the site of John Couzin's barber shop. Cecil Court bookseller Tim Bryars consulted original source material, including the parish rate books of the time and a number of antique maps, to establish where in the street the young Mozart lived. The plaque was unveiled by actor and author Simon Callow, who created the role of Amadeus on stage. The ceremony was accompanied with music from members of Opera Holland Park and the City"
"age of 85. David Mason (trumpeter) David Mason (2 April 1926 – 29 April 2011) was an English orchestral, solo and session trumpet player. He played the flugelhorn for the premiere of Ralph Vaughan Williams's ninth symphony and the piccolo trumpet solo on the Beatles' song ""Penny Lane"". Mason was born in London, and educated at Christ's Hospital and the Royal College of Music where he studied with Ernest Hall. His early playing career benefited from the timing of the Second World War: as a sixteen-year-old he was ineligible for call-up where many older players had already been recruited, and"
"and recalls some of the ""greatest nights"" of his life spent at the Anfield stadium. Scot Williams Scot Williams (born 29 November 1972), is an English actor, writer, and producer for stage, film and television. Williams is a native of Liverpool, Merseyside and grew up around Penny Lane, a street made famous by the Beatles song. He explained in 2014 that he wore trench coats and motorcycle boots as a young unknown actor, and would go to meet like-minded people, with a similar taste in fashion, at the Everyman theatre in Liverpool. Williams worked as an usher at the Everyman"
"Kenneth Partridge Kenneth Partridge (24 August 1926 – 7 December 2015) was an English interior designer, who created homes for two of the Beatles, and showrooms for fashion designers Hardy Amies and Norman Hartnell. Kenneth Partridge was born in Brockley, south London, the son of Sidney Partridge, an electrical engineer and factory manager, and his wife Dorothy (née Brown). He served as a Bevin Boy during World War II John Lennon bought Kenwood, St. George's Hill on 15 July 1964, and spent £40,000 on remodelling it, employing Partridge for the interior design, having admired his work at the Beatles' manager"
"Raymond Vincent Ennis on 26 May 1942), introduced the Beatles to their first ever Cavern Club evening slot. Paul McCartney's auntie Jin lived in Dinas Lane. In 1963, this was the site of Paul's eventful 21st birthday party, at which John Lennon got drunk and beat up a local DJ for intimating he was a homosexual. Huyton Parish Church churchyard is the final resting place of the Beatles' original bass guitarist, Huytonian Stuart Sutcliffe. Huyton does not have its own hospital, therefore most of its famous sons and daughters will have been born elsewhere, usually in Liverpool or Whiston. As"
"the buildings are former warehouses, and are testament to Liverpool's industrial past. Stanley Street was also the location for Liverpool's first synagogue, in existence in the 1750s. The synagogue no longer stands, but a special commemorative plaque was unveiled in 2008 in Whitechapel, close to the original spot of the synagogue. Stanley Street also gains considerable interest from Beatles fans, due to its close proximity to Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter (home of The Cavern Club), and is the location of the statue of Eleanor Rigby, designed by London musician and artist Tommy Steele. The statue is dedicated to"
"The Liverpool Guild of Students had been living in a temporary and much smaller home at 3-5 Abercromby Square. During this the Guild endeavoured to continue its services and offer opportunities to its student population and many societies. Liverpool Guild Of Students has a long established history in live music and has been providing a venue for events since the opening of its main room, the Mountford hall since 1965. During its history as a music venue, The Guild has played host to some of the biggest names, acts such as The Who, The pretenders, The Clash and Joy Division"
"unveiled a Blue Plaque at 34 Montagu Square: ""John Lennon, 1940–1980, Musician and songwriter, lived here in 1968"". Beatles' biographer, Hunter Davies, started the unveiling ceremony, with Rod Davis, from Lennon's first group, The Quarrymen, in the gathering. Ono said: I am very honoured to unveil this blue plaque and thank English Heritage for honouring John in this way. This particular flat has many memories for me and is a very interesting part of our history. In what would have been John's 70th year, I am grateful to you all for commemorating John and this particular part of his London"
"Liverpool districts of Wavertree and Toxteth and these areas have seen tremendous growth, especially since 2008 when Liverpool won the European Capital of Culture award. Penny Lane junction, the subject of the Beatles song ""Penny Lane"", is situated at the junction of Smithdown Road, Smithdown Place and Penny Lane. A song called ""Smithdown Road"" appeared on the second album of Liverpool band Tramp Attack, inspired by the band's experiences of living there after leaving home. The Liverpool band The Christians recorded ""Greenbank Drive"" (junction of Ullet and Smithdown Roads) in 1990. It reached #63 in the UK charts. It is"
"Die A Youngman's Death"": ""Or when I'm 104 / and banned from the Cavern / may my mistress / catching me in bed with her daughter / and fearing for her son / cut me up into little pieces and throw away every piece but one."" The Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a nightclub at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the 1960s. The Beatles played at the club in their early years. The Cavern"
"in the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral along with his burial at Allerton Cemetery on Friday 17 July 2009. He left six children, Anton, Chinyere, Imani, Mya, along with two adopted children Natalie and Nathan Klass. James Klass James Klass (born 7 July 1965), was a black Radio DJ for Radio City 96.7, Juice FM (formerly known as Crash F.M) and BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8fm with a career spanning 25 years. In 2009, he was awarded the Liverpool Black History Month's 'Lifetime Achievement' award for his work in the Liverpool radio industry, and within the black community of the city. Also he"
"Maureen Starkey Tigrett Maureen ""Mo"" Starkey Tigrett (born Mary Cox; 4 August 1946 – 30 December 1994) was a hairdresser from Liverpool, England, best known as the first wife of Ringo Starr, the Beatles' drummer. When she was a trainee hairdresser in Liverpool, she met Starr at The Cavern Club, where the Beatles were playing. Starr proposed marriage at the Ad-Lib Club in London, on 20 January 1965. They married at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London, in 1965, and divorced in 1975. First living at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, the Starrs bought Sunny Heights, in St George's Hill, Weybridge."
"The Cavern Club The Cavern Club is a nightclub at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the 1960s. The Beatles played at the club in their early years. The Cavern Club closed and opened in a new site on March 1973 and was filled in during construction work on the Merseyrail underground rail loop. It would later be excavated and reopened on 26 April 1984 and now in 2018 it is one of the most visited"
"more usually in the early evening for a separate charge. Handel & Hendrix in London Handel & Hendrix in London (previously Handel House Museum) is a museum in Mayfair, London dedicated to the lives and works of the German-born British baroque composer George Frideric Handel and the rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who lived at 25 and 23 Brook Street respectively. Handel made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727. Handel was the first occupant of 25 Brook Street, which he rented from 1723 until his death there in 1759. Almost all his works"