Oh wow, how amazing. She and George's dad always answered the fanmail. Lovely people.

I visited the Harrison home a few times during the late 1950s as i knew Harry, we both worked on the buses for the LPTC and my sister Diana was the girl friend of Peter Harrison, sometimes saw Paul and John there.

That's incredible. Shame you never took any pics.@@johnquinn7068

She was authentic that way. She really cared about George's fans and her letters were always personal and loving ❤️

INCRÍVEL GOSTARIA DE SABER SUA IDADE, PROVAVELMENTE SEJA CONTEMPORÂNEO DO SENHOR HARRIS ​@@johnquinn7068

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Lol Are you in the US? They are nothing but a concrete patio, with a shed like this and a toilet in there. Many still have the outdoor toilets as a 'second toilet'. Lol

@@ToniInSussex Yeah I'm in the U.S. And yes, I was quoting what George said on the Dick Cavett show back in 1972. He said Outside toilet in back yard. I'm just the messenger.

Great memories. I managed to photograph the Legion before they took it down. The Rebels was George's group - what a great story.

I believe we can see this entry with Union Jack waving at the doors 11:34

Thanks for sharing. Nice insight from someone who knew him and the family.

Absolutely right, they were so supportive.

Thank you. Yes, George's parents were so supportive of his musical ambitions and helped him a lot. They also answered all the fan mail too.

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George es un Alma grande y fue recompensado con una buena familia❤

That's something to build on!

The Parlour, definitely! We all knew what that meant - keep out!!!

@@BrightmoonLiverpoolSame way here! Back in the old days. 🇺🇸

My parents used this terminology growing up in rural Pennsylvania. A lot of my friends only used "living room", and it wasn't till years later that I realised that it was because all my ancestors on both sides of my family were from the UK and using "parlour" in that way was a very English way of speaking that had somewhat fallen out of use in the US.

@danielstoddart the joy of a shared language. Amazing how some things remain and others disappear.

Oh great, thanks for sharing.

Did you live there for long? What do you remember?

It is nice to see it being well looked after, and celebrating George's memory. He and Paul learned guitar together there.

John's house with Aunt Mimi was certainly better than the other three who had working class roots. John was more middle-class for sure!

John wanted people to think of him as the working class hero. But he had a quiet affluent life.

@sugarkane4830 And a very middle-class upbringing too.

His uncle ran a dairy I believe.

@cocoaorange1 Yes he did, in Woolton Village

I think that is why the story of the Beatles is so good.

Well, anyone with talent and a lot of luck. There are many very talented musicians who do not make it.

@Richard Gray Definitely. Some of the finest musicians in Liverpool never made it big. None of the 4 Beatles was the best at their chosen instrument in Liverpool at the time. As with any successful sports team, it is the sum of the parts that creates something unique, plus you need to work hard, and have some fortune along the way too.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool I have seen pretty convincing arguments that without the tireless and devoted promotion of the Beatles by Brian Epstein the world may well never have heard of the Beatles.

If you want humble, you should see the house at 12 Arnold Grove...

Absolutely right. George was the only one who had a stable family life. His parents were wonderful people.

Is his brother Harold still living.

That is so good to hear! if you ever need a tour guide, let me know? I give private Beatles tours via www.liverpoolbeatlestours.co.uk Glad you're enjoying the videos. You will love staying at Upton Green.

Thanks🥰 I tried to create a harmonious and interesting mural❤️

Will have to mention that we weren't a nowhere coastal town before the Beatles. Liverpool was one of the most important commercial ports in the world, second only to London in the UK and at the heart of world trade in tobacco, sugar, and especially cotton. For our importance as a port, Liverpool was the second-most bombed city in the UK during WWII. With history dating back to 1207, we've been around a long time. That is important, because our worldwide seafaring connections brought people from all corners of the world, but especially the Irish in the 1840s, that helped to shape the city in to which these four lads were born. In a way, Liverpool is the fifth Beatle! But the next move of taking all of those influences and taking over the world is phenomenal. A once in a millennium chance! Never to be repeated.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool Well said and I over-stated my opinion and apologize. What I should have said was that The Beatles, completely overwhelmed all us kids at the time and not a single one of us ever heard of Liverpool, UK. At least to us North American kids, it seemed like a distant foreign land with no meaning.

For some reason it happened at the right time! 4 lads with cool accents, catchy songs, and magic happened! Great time for rock'n roll back then! I do miss those days, was exciting! Was just meant to be! Sure glad they happened! Love and thanks, to John, Paul, George, and Ringo!

So much Talent.

Well said Wendy. The stars truly were aligned...if only for a brief period of time.@@wendysickinger4172

It's a great animation isn't it?

The animation is by Álvaro Ortega, he has many Beatles related animations on his KZfaq channel.

My pleasure 😊

Great isn't it?

Thanks BB 😊 🎸🎸

Wasn't it Arnold LANE as that was the name he used when booking into hotels etc

​@@micksherwood996No that was Syd Barrett.

That is always the sad part of this story - we lost him at such a young age.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool Yes.

Thank you so much, and glad you enjoyed it.

With John and Paul's they had the budget of the National Trust! This is one guy doing his bit. I too am glad George is getting the focus too. He deserves it.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool oh yeh , understandable. But just think it is something he should try & invest in if he can as would make the whole experience more fitting & special I could imagine. Don't see that being a problem with the amount it is for an overnight stay haha, and rightly. It's a special house!

You never did - the spirit is still there! 🎸🎸

@@BrightmoonLiverpool 😂😉😆👍👍👍👍👍💕💓💖

You can't just walk in sadly, but you can now stay there through Air BnB. How cool is that?

Glad you enjoyed it. Greetings from Liverpool to you.

Thanks Paul - always trying to find something new for you!! 😊

Glad you enjoyed it!

Happy to show it to the world! well done, it is great.

It’s wonderful x

But George was born at Arnold Grove - that was important too.

Speke is far away from the city centre so maybe it would have been too much time to visit Upton Green if the schedule is too tight. I went to Upton Green this March and I had to take the bus and walk quite a lot to get there.

Thank you! Will do!

A great privilege to be allowed inside. You can almost hear George practising.

Brilliant, thank you for adding to the story.

You are so welcome!

Thank you

Very welcome

Thank you

I'm glad you like it

A pleasure

It was a lovely home. Thank you and glad you enjoyed it.

Don't forget just how much housing we had bombed out in the cities in WW2. We lost so much.

@@yves2694 Yes, I viewed photographic images from my Grandparents. They were European,and my grandfather took photos of the bins in the buildings. It was a mess and awful. They got out just in time, some did not. I agree with you that especially in Great Britain, more castles and villages were blown up . Thank you for your response to remind everyone ⭐️🧡⭐️

@@BrightmoonLiverpool You did a great job on this You Tube project, to show our Beloved Sir George Harrison ‘s home. ⭐️🧡⭐️ Thank you ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Glad you liked it!

A pleasure, thanks for the feedback.

Glad you like it!

I agree, he is still so underrated and under- appreciated too I think. Great musician and became such top songwriter.

Yes thanks and I interviewed Louise about the book too. Met her a couple of times. Lovely lady.

Thank you

That is actually a nice house.I grew up in a series of real shit holes and would have loved to live in a place such as that.

It wasn't dismal - most families lived in similar homes in the 1950's

​@@3155DOGMAN Yes, I agree with you mate, this house is a palace, in comparison to where John and Paul grew up in. My Mum moved round all over the place trying to find a decent life for herself, and us kids, but always ending up in dead end relationship's and disfunctional situation's, which all ended badly. This house looks as though it has a bit of room in it, to.spread out and swing the cat. George had it good and life at home was good and on track. Not that we really know a lot about George and his up bringing, but he seemed to be the one that was more stable than John and Paul as far as his out look on life in general. When he does talk, in an interview or answering question's, he seems down to earth, off the cuff, with quite a lot of sarcasm intertwined into his vocabulary when he answer's a question, or gives his opinion on things. His family must have been a very stable loving caring family, here today, gone tomorrow type of philosophy with life. His profound idea's on life, are reality in the broad sense of how life is. We only have now, all things pass, are gone by the time we think about it ! , no good worrying about tomorrow and the future, because it hasn't arrived yet, there is only now. I too believe this, nothing any of us can do, about the past! for it is gone! just live in and for the moment, now is all we have. Where and how did George come to this?! he had a stable peaceful upbringing and home life was good. Ringo had a similar upbringing with 2 parents who loved and cared for him dearly, his step father loved him as if he was his own. These people never wanted for anything, they, like George's family, were happy with their lot. As Ringo is and has always said! " Love and Peace " be happy, and keep smiling. (Love the video) thanks for sharing, and thankyou for sharing a snippit into your life, (@3155DOGMAN) I relate to your upbringing! It certainly opens the eye's, and set's the realisation of George Harrison is.

I grew up in a council house, and have nothing but happy memories living there. We didn’t have much money, but we made the best of what we had. It had a really good community spirit, lots of characters. I wouldn’t change it for a thing.

Great attitude Mate sounds like a lovely childhood.@@dave-jk6en

Sure it will be Shari.

It was something back in Victorian times when the waste system wasn't that good, so they could cope with an outside toilet, but not indoor plumbing! No space for them either!

ours was a wooden board with a hole in it. So glad those days are gone. We used to call it the "bath in the path."

​@@dgsmith9969 We had the same, a wooden board across with a hole in it, the flies and spider's loved it! It was all there was. I remember staying at my brother's place, he bought a piece of land, 280 hectares, built a house out of recycled material's, dug a huge hole to drop a plastic septic tank into, and eventually he had all his plumbing connected to it, plus the grey water waste went into another water tank, to water his vegetable garden, and fruit trees. But leading up to getting all this done, takes time and money, so he used a spade to go find a spot, dig a hole, after use, cover the hole, and this went on for 20 years, until he finally got things sorted. He loves the isolation, and loves being a hermit. Growing up without these luxuries was all we knew, like a lot of you will know. Where we live now we have a septic system, with a drainage area, once the waste gets through the process, and becomes water again, it drains out into this area. This was all there was back in the 40s and 50s. Every so often a tanker truck comes to empty the waste. That is how the old outside toilets worked. Everyone had them. Later as plumbing engineering improved, people started to have an inside toilet installed. Mid 50s this trend started to appear.

You were able to take a dump in peace ✌️

Passing the 11 plus was down to his schooling at Dovedale Primary, who had an excellent record of getting boys through the 11 plus and onto grammar school.

I lived in Catford Green a few minutes away and my brother and I went to Millwood County Primary school around the corner and like the rest of the schools in the area had an excellent record of good education. I passed my 11 plus and went to Blackkburne House the Liverpool Institute for girls which was the first girls school and one of the best in the country. It was in Blackburn Place off Hope Street literally a stones throw from the boy Institute where Paul and George went. A lot of my friends also passed the 11 plus and attended very good schools too like Holly Lodge and Childwall Valley. The bus stops in the mornings were full of us kids going to school and proud of it so don't tell me about the education in the neighbourhood.

Its not the area its the individual

Everyone is obsessed by that toilet!!! Ha ha. Glad you enjoyed it.

Lots of people are doing so and loving it.

Thank you

How things changed, for the better!

That's how it was done!

They can get to his birthplace easily, but his Speke home is further off the main route.

There had been several modifications but not all could be undone.

That's because Paul's house at Forthlin Road was bought by the National Trust. They wouldn't buy Mendips, so Yoko Ono bought it and gave it to the National Trust. They aren't interested in buying another, so a fan has bought George's and is preserving it. Another fan has Ringo's house too.

It is free to use music that comes with the video editing software suite. Some amazing music to be found there.

Greetings from Liverpool to you in Dresden. Yes, there would be coal fires which heated the house and kept it warm. Chimneys were efficient so it wouldn't be too smoky. Neither parent was musical, though they were both good dancers, as was George. He also had Irish roots on his mother's side of the family and visited Ireland when he was younger.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool thanks for your massage!

This was an upgrade on the house where he was born, but you can understand why, when they had made their money, they bought big houses!

Yup. Crackerbox Palace was a nice upgrade.

Originally heated with coal fires and a back boiler for hot water. Most now have gas central heating...when these were built not many could afford cars, hence no garages. Cellars only in older terraces for keeping coal but they're now used for extra storage. Space was at a premium at the time of building unlike most areas of US. On the plus side, warm and cosy and communities thrived.

@@dot222ableThank you Sir for the detailed info. Very interesting and I suspected that much of the UK now heats with natural gas but was still curious.

Would love to do that and witness history as it happened.

It's just a matter of taste like, yknow whar a mean mate. ?.

Blinds have been popular here for the last 40-50 years at most. Everything was curtains before that.

Absolutely right! But they only bought Paul's house, not John's. They refused to, so Yoko bought it and gave it to the National Trust to run.

Hoping to do Ringo's, but we can't film in John or Paul's as they are National Trust properties. A shame.

Just a little bit smaller!! 😂

Some do, though it is the rough roads with potholes, causing us more problems than anything else!

George was born at 12 Arnold Grove and lived there until just before his 7th birthday, when they moved to this house, 25 Upton Green.

You can stay there!

@@BrightmoonLiverpool oh OK lol

His brother.

He lived there with his mum, dad plus sister Louise and brothers Harry and Peter.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool Thanks - really good video 👍

But where is Cliff Richard? 😂

@@BrightmoonLiverpool I do not know.

@@allencollins6031 😂👍

No heated outside toilets mate, not in the 50s & 60s anyway, we lived in an old house down in Liverpool 7 & had an outside loo, but we had one indoors also, so it was never used, but in winter you can imagine how cold it was for people who didn't have one indoors.

Not heated, but unlikely in our climate to freeze at night. Would happen occasionally, but it would be rare.

No such thing as heated outside toilets! We grew up tough in those days👍

@@ChristineDelfatti some of my relatives farm houses didn't have indoor plumbing as we know it. You had to use the outhouse, which in northern Indiana was an adventure in the Winter. Summer with the bugs and stench was fun too. Actually, some of my ancestors lived in Liverpool briefly before moving to Indiana.

You are thinking of the house where George was born at 12, Arnold Grove in Wavertree, where he lived until he was nearly 7.

I think she missed her friends and family back in Wavetree.

@@BrightmoonLiverpool ..Indeed. Great video by the way

Definitely. No open plan back then.

It is now an Air B'nB, and you can stay there. Web link at the end of the video.