Beatles-Related Things to Do in Liverpool
The Beatles, arguably the best band in the history of the world, called Liverpool home and honed their skills on the stage of Liverpool’s Cavern Club… Read More …
Category: Bands
8 Sept 2019 – The Lightening Seeds & Special Guests at Birkenhead Park
The Lightening Seeds headlined a gig that included China Crisis and The Christians, on 8th September 2019 at Birkenhead Park on the Wirral, Read More …
Jonny Goggles
Jonny Goggles is the optician at 32 North John Street, opposite the Hard Days Night Hotel in Liverpool City Centre. Read More …
On the Mersey Ferry from Woodside, Wirral to Liverpool
The Ferry was made famous by the film Ferry Cross The Mersey, which starred Gerry And The Pacemakers.They also sang the eponymous title track which rode the crest of Mersey Beat. Read More …
Documentary 1963 – The Mersey Sound
An excellent video documentary from British Pathé, which brilliantly captures the atmosphere of Liverpool during the Mersey Beat era. Read More …
George Harrison and Paul McCartney at the Casbah Coffee Club in Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 7JG
George Harrison and Paul McCartney photographed playing at the Casbah Coffee Club in the basement of Pete Best’s home in West Derby, Liverpool. Read More …
John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr crossing Derby Square in Liverpool City Centre
John, George, and Ringo were photographed on a zebra crossing (which no longer exists). Today, Derby Square is pedestrianised and traffic is channelled to by pass the square itself. The Victoria monument remains as it was when the photograph was taken. Castle Street The view from Derby Square down Castle Street towards Liverpool Town Hall. Read More …
The Grapes, 25 Mathew Street, Liverpool
“On Tuesday, 21st March 1961, The Beatles made their night-time debut at The Cavern, albeit as a support band for The Swinging Bluegenes, who later found chart success after re-spelling their name ‘Blue Jeans’ and dropping the jazz elements of their act. Three days after that Cavern appearance, The Beatles went back to Hamburg and Read More …
John Lennon & Paul McCartney at 20 Forthlin Road
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Winston Lennon is a Beatles fan who lives in Liverpool today. This blog, of course, is about The Beatles. But more importantly, it’s about the impact of The Beatles on Liverpool and their legacy to the city… Liverpool has gone from a post war, bombed out, grey and drab whatever it was supposed to be, Read More …