Wiseguides : Fab Beatles Tours of Liverpool
We now offer Day Trippers the finest, most detailed
Beatles Tours of Liverpool.
Mersey
Tunnel
You can join our luxury 8-seat vehicle for an in-depth tour of Liverpool.
Duration from 2-hours to all day. Our tours can include all the following
elements : Beatles birthplaces, The Beatles' school years, the teenage
years, Strawberry Field, The Hamburg Break, Penny Lane and Liverpool's
famous streets, Mendips, The Cavern Club, Ringo's house, Meet the Beatles'
1960s bodyguard, Discounted admisson to The Beatles Story - Liverpool's
foremost Beatles attraction at Albert Dock, McCartney House visit, Lennon House visit, time
to shop at the official Beatles Shop. All accompanied by our expert Liverpool
Guides and their fast and informative anecdotal guiding.
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NEW FOR 2007
We are now offering tours to John's childhood home, Mendips, in combination
with a visit to Paul's home at Forthlin Road. Mendips was the childhood
home of John Lennon, he lived there with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George
and composed early songs in the front porch and in his bedroom. 20 Forthlin
Road is a 1950's terraced house and the former home of the McCartney family,
where the Beatles met, rehearsed and wrote many of their earliest songs.
Displays include contemporary photographs by Michael McCartney and early
Beatles memorabilia. The audio tour features contributions from both Michael
and Sir Paul McCartney. All photography inside Mendips and 20 Forthlin
Road or duplication of audio tour material is strictly prohibited. You
will be asked to deposit all handbags, cameras and recording equipment
at the entrance to the houses to be returned on your departure. Unauthorised
reproduction is contrary to UK copyright law. Opening arrangements: 29
Mar–26 Oct Weds, Thurs, Fri & Sat ONLY Notes: These tours depart
at 10.30am and 11.20am from Albert Dock. There is no direct access to
these properties by car or foot. Tour prices from 1 April 2007: Morning
tour of Mendips and Forthlin Road, combined with a 2 hour walking &
driving tour of Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, Cavern District and central
Liverpool = Adult £35, children (under 14) £22. This is based
on a minimum of 4 adults. Prices may increase for smaller groups.
Beatles Locations : click here.
Click the Abbey Road Zebra Crossing for a complete History of The Beatles
Careful!! this Beatles icon is in London's St. John's Wood District (NW8)
Click here for the excellent British
Beatles Fan Club Site
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John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool on October 9, 1940, during the height of WWII, his father, Fred Lennon, off at sea. His father didn't turn up again until five years later, and when he did he tried to take john away from his mother, Julia, when she refused to restart her life with him. Instead, he grew up in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George Smith, at 251 Menlove Ave, which became nicknamed Mendips. Julia died in 1958, in an automobile accident practically in front of Mendips, when John was just seventeen. Aunt Mimi ran a very strict household. John very quickly became bored at school, preferring drawing and writing about his classmates and teachers rather than his studies. Rebellious at an early age, he had a very rough school history, truanting from school and petty stealing. His future looked bleak until Mimi got the headmaster of the Quarrybank school to write a letter of recommendation for John to the Liverpool Art College, because of his drawings. It was at Liverpool Art College, in 1956, a friend played him Elvis' Heartbreak Hotel, and John's musical interest was piqued. Then he heard Lonnie Donegan's Rock Island Line on Radio Luxembourg, and became part of the new Skiffle craze by begging his Aunt Mimi until she broke down and bought him a guitar, although she forever told him he would never get anywhere with it. He had already learned to play the harmonica during his childhood, and he taught himself the guitar by applying banjo chords that his mother had taught him. In 1955 he started his own band, the Quarrymen, with his long time pal and fellow troublemaker Pete Shotton, singing all the popular songs, sometimes making up the words when he couldn't get them all off the radio. Also in the Quarrymen were Nigel Walley and Ivan Vaughan, the rest of John's gang. It was Ivan Vaughan who introduced John to his friend, Paul McCartney, in 1957. John married his girlfriend of four years, Cynthia Powell, in 1962. She was pregnant with their son Julian at the time, who was born in April, 1963.
Eleanor Rigby ... died in a church and was buried along with her name ..
This lost cat obviously needs a guide!
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