20 Forthlin Road is a

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property in Allerton in south

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, Merseyside, England. It is the house in which

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lived for several years before he rose to fame with

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, and it is labelled by the

as "the birthplace of the Beatles". It was also the home of his brother

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and the birthplace of the trio the Scaffold, of which Mike was a member.

History

The house was built in 1949 and owned by the

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, 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

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, a wealthy part of the Wirral. The house has been in the ownership of the

since 1995. 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, 20 Forthlin Road does not have an

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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". In February 2012, both this house and Lennon's childhood home at

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were

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. The home was featured in an edition of

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, which aired on the 22 June 2018, episode of ''

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''. Corden visited there with Paul McCartney, who said it was his first visit to the home since he moved away in his late teens.

References

External links

The Beatles' Childhood Homes
– National Trust, includes 20 Forthlin Road and

{{authority control Biographical museums in Merseyside Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool Grade II listed houses Historic house museums in Merseyside History of the Beatles Houses in Merseyside # Music museums in Liverpool National Trust properties in Merseyside

History

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