WISEGUIDES : FAB BEATLES TOURS OF LIVERPOOL

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, time to shop at the official Beatles Shop. All accompanied by our expert Liverpool Guides and their fast and informative anecdotal guiding.

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 2006: 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.

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Our walking tours are available in English, French, Spanish, Japanese and German; and in Danish on board the 8-seat Ford, or in any of : English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese or Italian on a full-size tour coach for groups of 20 or more.


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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.

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Images of Liverpool

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