George Harrison, the late member of The Beatles, was honoured with a blue plaque at his childhood home in Arnold Grove, Liverpool. The house in the Wavertree district of the city was where he lived until he was seven years old. The plaque is one of the first official English Heritage blue plaques to be installed on a property outside London. Harrison’s widow, Olivia, unveiled the tribute and said it was “a source of family pride”.
The musician was born in 1943 and passed away in 2001 after battling cancer. His blue plaque was the third to be displayed outside of London as part of a new scheme extended beyond the capital. Liverpool City Region mayor, Steve Rotheram, said that Harrison would often return to Liverpool to relive his childhood memories throughout his incredible life. He never lost his love for the city and used his platform to spread a message of peace and acceptance.
Per the Independent, Rotheram said: “George will always be regarded as one of Liverpool’s greatest sons and it is wonderful to see a permanent tribute to his life in the community that helped to raise him”. In the Beatles’ member’s 1980 memoir I, Me, Mine, Harrision described the house as similar to the TV show Coronation Street. He said it was pleasant “being little” and it was always sunny in summer.
Olivia Harrison spoke about the importance of the house in his early life, saying that there was “something about these small family places and how you learn to respect other people’s space”. It allowed Harrison to have a certain freedom and go visit his nan down the alley and then back home. She went on to say that “out of that came such an incredible man with such vision and compassion and sensibility”
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