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Tours (either self-guided or guided) will include some or all of the following:
- Childhood homes of all the Beatles, Brian Epstein, & Stu Sutcliffe
- Birthplaces of all the Beatles and Brian Epstein
- Schools attended by all the Beatles and Brian Epstein
- Cavern Club - reconstructed and reopened in 1973
- Cavern Walks - original site of the Cavern Club is a permanent monument to the Beatles
- Casbah Club - Club owned by Pete Best's mother
- Litherland Town Hall - where the Beatles played when they returned from Hamburg
- Hulme Hall - site of Ringo's first official performance with the Beatles
- Wilson Hall - where John met George
- Liverpool Jewish Cemetery - gravesite of Brian Epstein
- Bill Harry's Mersey Beat Office - Mersey Beat was the first newspaper to print an article on the Beatles
- Rushworth's Music Store - John and George were presented with two Gibson guitars here for being Liverpool's leading band
- Walker Art Gallery - you can see one of Stu Sutcliffe's paintings here
- Odeon Cinema - Beatles appeared here on Dec. 7, 1963; also Ringo and Paul both had solo films premiered here
- Sefton General Hospital - where Julian Lennon was born
- John Lennon Airport
- Beatles Streets Estates - streets named after the Beatles and Brian
- Lewis' Department Store - where John and Cynthia used to meet when they were dating (and where Paul worked briefly)
- Adelphi Hotel - home of the Annual International Mersey Beatles Convention
- "From Me To You" Beatles shop
- Beatles Story exhibition
- Anglican Cathedral - where Paul didn't "pass the audition" as a choir boy, but premiered his "Liverpool Oratorio" many
years later
- The Empire Theater - Beatles appeared here many times, as the Beatles, the Quarry Men, The Moondogs, and as solo artists
- The Pier Head - take a "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey" from here
- Town Hall - Beatles names are engraved on a brass plaque in the lobby
- Parish Church Cemetery - gravesite of Stu Sutcliffe
- Liverpool Registry Office - where John and Cynthia were married (and also where John's parents were married)
- The former "Odd Spot Club" where the Beatles went to unwind and escape fans after Cavern performances
- North End Music Store - store was managed by Brian Epstein, when one day a young man asked for a record by the Beatles
called "My Bonnie" and those made Brian aware of the Beatles
- Strawberry Fields Orphanage - the Salvation Army Children's Home (recently closed) where John played as a child and later
wrote a song about it
- Penny Lane - here you can see "the Barber", "the Fire Station", "the Bank", "the round-about", and maybe "blue suburban
skies"!
- St. Barnabus Church - where Paul was a choirboy
- Woolworth's on Penny Lane - where Cynthia Lennon worked and went into labor with Julian
- St. Peter's Church - where John met Paul (and where you will find the grave of Eleanor Rigby)
- Ye Cracke Pub - where John met Stu (and courted Cynthia)
- Eleanor Rigby Statue
- Cavern Pub - location of the Cavern Wall of Fame and a John Lennon statue
- The Grapes - where the Beatles would stop for a pint in between sessions at the Cavern
- White Star Pub - where the Beatles retreated when they were thrown out of The Grapes
- The Aintree Institute - the Beatles played here 31 times
- St. George's Hall/Plateau - site of 10 hours of mourning in Dec. 1980 when John was killed
- Empress Pub - this building is on the cover of Ringo's "Sentimental Journey" (around the corner from Ringo's former home)
- Frank Hessy's Music Store - where John got his first guitar
- Blacklers - where George apprenticed as an electrician
- Bluecoat Chambers - where Yoko staged a "happening" in 1967
- Bus stop on Forthlin Road - where Paul met George
- Jacaranda Club - club owned by Allan Williams, first Beatles manager
- Blue Angel Club - another club owned by Allan Williams - Pete Best auditioned here for the Silver Beatles
If you would like to plan a trip to visit these sites, please contact pixiedust44@verizon.net today!

George Harrison's parents
Taken at their home in July 1969 by Pat Kinzer
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