This planned video is on the subject of Beatles locations in and around Liverpool. The Beatles legacy is a huge reasons for tourists to visit Liverpool. For me personally, I love visiting the locations connected with the Beatles as it helps me to discover more about Liverpool and I can relive the excitement and fascination of growing up with the music of the Beatles in the 1960s.
My website strategy is to go ahead and publish blog posts on my video topics in advance. I am providing a foretaste of the video, so that people can see what to expect. In this way I can have the website page for each video ready ahead of publication, which I find much easier than doing it after the video is finished.
I’ve travelled all over the Liverpool region on various trips and photoshoots and I’ve been to practically all the places connected with the Beatles where tourists like to go. There are still many more attractions I need to visit and I’d also like to re-visit a few of them.
Of the 42 places I’ve listed so far, one of my favourites is the Cashbah Coffee Club which I visited for the first time in 2018. It’s an excellent place to visit as you can really experience what it was like to see John, Paul, George and Pete play in their early days.
I also love the Beatles childhood homes – Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road. They’re fascinating to visit as they are both time capsules of the late fifties and early sixties. It’s not possible to take photos, so I have only exterior photos.
I’m excited to be doing a Japanese version of this video as well as an English version. It’s part of my plan to produce interesting multilingual content that aims to appeal to two groups – 1) People who speak the foreign language – they’re mostly abroad. 2) People who are learning the language – they’re mostly in the UK. The video will have a Japanese look with Japan-influenced music by the talented musician Bad Snacks, featured on the YouTube Audio Library.
This video should be ready in early September 2018. In the meantime, here’s a sample of the draft script, which will appear here in full when the video is completed. I’m also presenting a sample of the photos that will appear in the video.
In this video we look at 42 Beatles locations in Liverpool and Wirral. I also present this video in Japanese to welcome Beatles fans from Japan and because Liverpool and Japan are linked by the marriage of John and Yoko.
If you’re visiting Liverpool you can take the Liverpool Explorer bus tour. This will take you to some of the famous Beatles locations.
The Magical Mystery Tour takes you to the all the important locations where the Beatles grew up and became famous.
For a more personalised tour you can take one of the Fab Four taxi. The driver will give you lots of information and there’s a recorded commentary in many languages including Japanese.
Many visitors to Liverpool arrive at Liverpool Airport. In 2002 it was named Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Inside the terminal is a statue of John Lennon.
This Yellow Submarine stands outside the terminal. The film Yellow Submarine was released in 1968.
The old airport terminal is not far away. Here, thousands of fans welcomed the Beatles after their American tour. Today you can stay at this four star hotel.
The 86 bus runs from the airport to the city centre. It’s not a tour bus but it passes through many of the places the Beatles knew in their childhood.
The Sgt Pepper Bistro is next to Penny Lane. Unfortunately it has been closed for a few years. Hopefully it will re-open soon.
Penny Lane is famous for the song released in 1967. Paul’s childhood memories. In June 2018 Paul returned and wrote his autograph on the Penny Lane street sign.
The song Strawberry Field is about John’s childhood memories of this place. The Strawberry Field gates are loved by Beatles fans from all over the world. Many of them write messages on the gates.
George Harrison was born at 12 Arnold Grove in 1943 and lived here until 1950. Today it is a private home. The house is owned by a Beatles fan.
Ringo Starr was born in this house, 9 Madryn Street. The house has been saved from demolition and will be renovated. Fans have written messages on the front of the house.
Ringo Starr’s family later moved to 10 Admiral Grove. It’s a private home.
At the end of the street is the Empress Pub, where Ringo’s mum worked as a bar maid. There are pictures of the Beatles in the windows of the pub. Local people are proud of their associations with the Beatles.
Calderstones Park is located in south Liverpool near the homes of John and Paul. It has a beautiful Japanese garden. The park has many associations with the Beatles in their early years.
John and Paul first met here at St Peters Church. Many Beatles fans come to visit the church and weddings often take place here too.
In the churchyard you will find the gravestone inscribed with the name Eleanor Rigby. It is possible that this gravestone inspired the famous song.
In 1964 at the height of Beatlemania, the Beatles stood on the balcony of the town hall in front of thousands of fans. In 1984 the Beatles were awarded the Freedom of the City.
The Liverpool Institute was a boys grammar school. Paul McCartney went to this school. Today it’s the Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts, co-founded by Paul McCartney and opened in 1996.
The John Lennon Peace Monument was unveiled in 2010. It was designed by 19 year old American artist Lauren Voiers
The Blue Angel Night Club a music venue. In the 1960s, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan played here.
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