20 Forthlin Road
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20 Forthlin Road is a National Trust property in Allerton in south Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is the house in which Paul McCartney lived for several years before he rose to fame with the Beatles, and it is labelled by the National Trust as "the birthplace of the Beatles". It was also the home of his brother Mike and the birthplace of the trio the Scaffold, of which Mike was a member.
History
[edit]The house was built in 1949<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and owned by the local authority, and the McCartney family moved into it in 1955 when Paul was at secondary school.
In 1965, Paul bought his father Jim a house in Heswall, a wealthy part of the Wirral.<ref name="indiana">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="InfoBritain">Template:Cite web</ref>
The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1995.<ref name="NT">Template:Cite web</ref> The Trust markets the house as "the birthplace of the Beatles", since this is the place where the Beatles composed and rehearsed their earliest songs.
Unlike Lennon's childhood home Mendips, 20 Forthlin Road does not have an English Heritage blue plaque and is currently ineligible to receive one. English Heritage issue a plaque once the figure has "been dead for 20 years, or has passed the centenary of their birth".<ref name="blueplaque">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In February 2012, both this house and Lennon's childhood home at 251 Menlove Avenue were Grade II listed by Historic England.<ref>BBC News, 29 February 2012: Lennon and McCartney homes given Grade II listed status Linked 2015-06-18</ref>
The home was featured in an edition of Carpool Karaoke, which aired on 22 June 2018, episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden.<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref> Corden visited there with Paul McCartney, who said it was his first visit to the home since he moved away in his late teens.
See also
[edit]- 251 Menlove Avenue – childhood home of John Lennon; another National Trust property
- 12 Arnold Grove – birthplace of George Harrison
- 10 Admiral Grove – Ringo Starr's childhood home
References
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[edit]- The Beatles' Childhood Homes – National Trust, includes 20 Forthlin Road and Mendips
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