✅ 251 Menlove Avenue is the childhood home of John Lennon. On this video, I'll show you inside the house and I'll tell you everything about it!
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It was quite chilling seeing the road where Julia died, and hearing that noisy traffic. Thank goodness for Aunt Mimi, John's rock. Good piece Agustin, made with intelligence and love.
It was indeed. Thank you so much Mustafa!
It wouldn't have been like that in 1958, though. They say it was a freak accident. There weren't a lot of cars around, so I guess she must've been distracted when it happened.
From a 60 year Beatles fan - well done! Yes, I was only 9, but remember February 1964 when they came and appeared on Ed Sullivan here in the US. It is also so great to see people born decades after the Beatles loving their music and their impact on the world..and I can include my own children in that category as well.
Never ceases to amaze me how smallish all these Brit working class type homes are. But beautiful and very quaint. I think of John often.
John Lennon used to have a cup residue collar that he would wear every time his niece would come over it was a gift from his grandmother and became handy.
I took a Beatles tour of London and Liverpool back in '86. I visited Strawberry Fields (we actually got to go inside). I also have a picture of me standing in front of Menlove Ave. To tell you the truth, I could "Imagine" (pardon the pun) John playing his guitar in the front. It kinda made me teary eyed.
That's great you had the chance to see these places! There's many videos on my channel visiting the places you saw in London and Liverpool back in 1986!
We took a similar Beatles tour in 1983. It was great! ♥️
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There is a visitor centre at Strawberry Field now- a cafe, gift shop, and a walk in the garden. My senior/high school was on that road 🙂
Whilst most of the original furniture and fittings in these houses is long gone, quite a bit of effort has been made to find replicas to make them as period correct as possible - helped by photos taken at the time (lots at Paul's house as his brother was a keen photographer). The tour guides are very knowledgeable in both houses and can field questions on the tiniest details. When I commented on how empty Paul's house seemed to be to modern eyes, the guide reminded us that people had less 'stuff' and gadgets in the 1950s. At John's house we were told that Yoko Ono still visits from time to time to ensure the place is being looked after. I'm not sure, but I seem to recall being told that she still owns the house, but allows the NT to use it. I found the visits to both houses very emotional experiences.
The national trust did an amazing job!
I just visited the houses two weeks ago. Guide said that almost all the furniture at John's house original (Paul's isn't). The teacups, the books, the posters, almost everything was kept.
Excellent!!
This man is so young. I can only just remember the Beatles and I am 63 this year. Their music really reached the world and all generations.
My grandson, aged six, is named Lennon, ensuring John's memory lives on
I’ve had the privilege of being inside John and Paul’s homes. In johns home Yoko brought back the clock that used to be above the fireplace. John had taken it to New York to the Dakota building when his aunt Mimi died. My husband got to stand in the little front porch and sing. The acoustics are fantastic. In Paul’s home there is dried lavender though out and in the garden. I got to take a cutting and it is now blooming in my garden. I just happen to have the same names as John and Paul’s mothers. My name is Mary-Julia.
That's amazing! thanks Marry-Julia!
Did you sneak some photos?
It is a great tour, I visited them both through the National Trust a few years ago. If you are a Beatles fan it is a must place to visit. I loved every second of it, particularly John’s bedroom. I just stood there in awe. It was so surreal. John was my favourite Beatle. I never thought I would be standing in his bedroom where he wrote songs and poetry! It’s a lovely house to grow up in. He was very lucky. Paul’s house was also fantastic to see and to me if felt a lot more homely...i could actually feel their presence. If you have a chance ...go it’s fab! Thanks for the video 😁👍
I live just by Menlove Avenue and every day see the Magical Mystery Tour Bus with the many tourists from all over the world, taking photographs and you can see their delight viewing John Lennons former home. So glad you enjoyed your time here in Liverpool Best Wishes to you.
@@tvretros thank you. Lucky you living nearby. I’d love too. Seeing the delight on their faces as you say must be lovely.
Thanks for sharing this, i love the Beatles and John Lennon, seeing the inside of the place that John grew up seems rare.
Thank you!!
My grand ma lived opposite at 295 menlove avenue. I remember fans camping out on the grass outside the front wall. Also my grans house was exactly the same layout and I used to stay in the front single bedroom too. It’s a very middle class area and one which brings back many happy memories!
That's so cool!
My dad lived in Queen's Drive at the same time and both my parents saw them play in the Cavern. It must have been mad to live in the same street at the time they were first famous!
Looks just like houses did in the 1950s/60s.John bought a bungalow in panorama road sandbanks Poole Dorset for aunt Mimi.And there are photos off John sitting on the balcony.Also John with aunt Mimi and Julien walking off the sandbank ferry.
Oh yeah! Unfortunately that house has been demolished I think
@@agustinkafka25 They built a house there with a sign on the gate.They called the house"Imagine". 👍
Also, I can recommend the Magical Mystery Tour. A Beatles bus tour that starts at the Royal Albert Dock and visits different Beatles locations in Liverpool, ending up at the Cavern Club in Matthew Street.
It's great! I've made a video showing that tour!
Im a HUGE Beatles fan as well so these sort of videos I look forward to seeing. So thanks for the video and pics! You're such a rebel! ☮🎼
Thank you so much! I’m glad you like my videos !
@@agustinkafka25 I look forward to the next one.☮
@@thethingsyasee...5112 the next one is inside strawberry field in Liverpool and it’s coming out next Wednesday!
@@agustinkafka25 the bandstand at the strawberry Field museum is currently being painted by my fellow artist friend ! Enjoy and great video 👍👊😎
@@ArtbyJoeH that’s really cool! And thanks 😊
All those castles they covet so much, will one day return to the earth or the sea. But music will never die! That's ultimately free and will outlive us and our distant offspring. Strawberry fields - Forever x
I agree!
I have been there 3 x. 2000, 2005 and 2019. Each time very special ❤
Amazing! It is definitely a place where I'll keep coming back too!
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Johns house. Thanks for sharing for those who haven’t. X
Thank you!! 😊
It was fascinating to see this.❤ thank you.
I’m glad you liked it !
Amazing vidéo great to see the inside ....And i want to thank's Yoko for the give away the house . Great heritage
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it ! And yes, it’s great that Yoko bought and donated the house to the national trust !
Only one of the good things she did, yeah
@@agustinkafka25it was Mimi's wishes that the house went to her family and Yoko deprived them out of their inheritance.
WOW! Thank you for sharing this with us. It must have been a wonderful experience to get this close to the lives of The Beatles. I will have to take this tour one day.
Thanks George! I highly recommend taking the tour!
Hi Agustin! I was at Mendips just over 2 weeks ago. And I was in Studio 2 on 8/12/23 for the lecture by the authors of Recording the Beatles! Lifelong dream came true!
Amazing! I missed that cause I'm working at sea but I would have loved to go! Did you get to see much of the studios?
@@agustinkafka25 Every inch of Studio 2, the Echo Chamber used in countless songs, and the control room! Studio 1 and 3 were not opened during this lecture. (Sometimes they are.) I played the actual Hammond used on almost EVERY Beatles record!
@@BeatlesCentricUniverse amazing ! I had the chance to be in a few sessions across the 3 studios and play some of the pianos ! Never had the chance to play that Hammond tho !
@@BeatlesCentricUniverse I’m glad you watch my videos and got my book! It’s a shame paul he’s never home, I used to live really close to his London house! Keep in touch!
@@agustinkafka25 One last thing: I "met" McCartney 5/1/1993 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, where I'm from. I was working backstage at his concert as part of the medical staff. He went by the medical office on the back of a golf cart and all I could do was scream "PAAUUULL!!!!" as he went by. He looked right at me and said "How ya doin'? You havin' a good time tonight?" I screamed, "YEEEESSSS!!!!" That’s all I was capable of!
That was exciting. Thank you for sharing your video with us! 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video. Beatlemaniac since Feb 1964.
I'm glad you liked it!
Great video! I’m from Mexico and I hope one day have the chance to travel to Liverpool and visit all those memories places where the Beatles began their way to success… and also see a game of Liverpool FC at Anfield… would be a dream come true 🥲
Hope you can make it soon!
I will def go to John's old house as well after pandemic. I should write on the list to visit!!! Thank you for sharing it!
You're welcome! Enjoy Liverpool!
Been there its a nice area Woolton
Yeah it is!
Thank you very much man, I truly enjoy watching these places which has the beatles' essence. These videos are very much entertaining for people all over the world who didn't get a chance to visit these places
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy my videos!
It's a great tour. I went in I think 2012. Tip - book it in winter. Less people on your tour and the rules are a little relaxed.
Good tip!
Thanks for the sneaky video.. it was awesome 👏 😎👍🎵👍
Thank you so much for this inside look! 😎😎😎😎...I've subscribed.
Thank you so much!
Great job. Thanks so smuch for sharing your experience with us.
Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
Always thought it was funny that John was believed to be the “working class hero” when he was actually middle class. His childhood home was much more akin to that. Paul’s was however, very much working class!
Absolutely! and George and Ringo's childhood homes are even more modest!
Very nicely done. Agustin you rock!
Thank you!
Great vid buddy, thank you. Much love from Sheffield UK.
Thank you so much !
Muchas gracias, Amigo, por el video. Lo disfrutè mucho, Saludos desde Argentina
Muchas gracias! Saludos !
Bom vídeo, legal mostrar a casa onde um grande Artista como J. LENNON viveu. Thank you very much to share this.
Thank you!
Casa do maior ídolo Lennon❤❤❤❤
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Thank you for posting.
Thank you for watching!
That was a lovely little house!
By far the nicest Beatle childhood home!
Beautiful presentation and research.
Thank you!
Thank you, this was very interesting to watch. I'm hoping to get up to Liverpool later this year and do a Beatles tour. 🤞
Thank you!! yeees you should!! I have many videos in my channel that will help you plan your Beatles tour in Liverpool!
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Great video Agustin, lots of old images and info...!!
Thank you!
It's a brilliant video Agustin.
Thank you so much Ruby !
@@agustinkafka25 You are welcome. 🙂
Thanks very much for this. A friendly correction: "Strawberry Field" is the name of the grounds of the Salvation Army home where John used to play as a kid - and you can clearly see "Field" (not "Fields", as you said) at 8.42 in your video. And, from the look of it, the road (split by a median) outside the house, is more a "dual carriageway" (as they would say in the U.K.), rather than just a road. I was there many, many years ago, but cannot remember the dual carriageway that well.
Thank you! Yeah I know it's filed but I kept saying fields for some reason. I hated myself when editing this video lol
@@agustinkafka25 Still a great video, though :) Thanks for posting it.
I know this is an old post but what country doesn’t call it a dual carriageway? America I guess. Different terms and spellings to everywhere else! Genuine question. Peace
I don't think those were worth correcting. Very minor.
Someday, I'll make it there. Thanks for BOTH house tours.
Thank you so much!
Thanks!! I have been there in May 2000, but could not get inside, it was then a private property. It was a huge dream came true! I took a bit of grass from the sidewalk which I still keep as treasure.
Aww 🥰 that’s so cute (about the grass) 🥹
Great souvenir!
uauuu.. fantástico 10 -- (from Belo Horizonte - Brasil)
Thank you!!
Good job, again!
Thank you so much !
I did the National Trust tour a couple of years ago. It was a truly amazing experience.
I'm glad you had the chance to do it! I'll be doing it again at some point!
very good authentic renovation.I know of similar properties from my youth, though most of this type of property nowdays have plastic framed double glazed windows. lovely to see,as I can't visit for many years due to travel costs because of my lack of income
I agree with you. These types of houses were lovely looking with their leaded lights etc...Completely altered look with horrible plastic windows people install. Plastic windows can be made to like exactly like the originals though most people don't bother........
@@mikehudson8884 yes,wellsaid.Also for me, I think I prefer wooden frames.they can go tatty though painted wood looks the best.
EXCELLENT VIDEO. WOW
Thank you so much !
Great video.
Thank you so much !
Thank God that Aunt Mimi and Uncle George took him in when he was five and gave him a good, stable upbringing there during his young years. I heard that he lived in a better house than his bandmates. It does look like a really nice home and if I ever go to Liverpool I would love to take a tour of it.
Yees you should visit! you'll love it !
It was Lennon's house by inheritance
Very good. Fantastic. Lennon genius of music
Thanks!
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Thanks Ellen!
Cool video and I did get to see this too. But wow you know they wouldn't let me film in the front at all lol . O well . Thanks for the video !!!!
Thank you!!
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@@beatlebrad5339 you too!
☮️💟☮️💟☮️💟☮️ thank you!!!!!!
Thank YOU!!
It's a great trip, I've done it twice and I highly recommend it. I don't know how you got to film inside Mendips though. I took photos of the back garden in November 2021, and the very officious stand in Guide reprimanded me big time.
I have a system! Also it's been slowed down, so what looks like a nice video was just a short clip on my phone
I have been there in 2011. Great experience
I'm glad you had the chance to see it!
It is a beatifull nice house
It is!
Hi brother , thank for you videos , any ideas of how did you manage to film ?
Thank you! Just did it quickly when no one was watching lol
Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank goodness to Yoko for buying Mendips and donating it the the NT! Great video, thanks! I’ll be visiting Liverpool this summer, for the very first time. Can’t wait to see all the Beatles’ childhood homes!
Yes, it was great that Yoko did that! Thank you so much! Enjoy Liverpool! There's plenty of videos on my channel that you can use as a guide!!
@@agustinkafka25 thank you and yes, I’ve been watching them! Very cool! 💓
Well Done!
thank you!
Thank you for this "sentimental journey" ! I'd love to speak to Sur Paul McCartney about John Lennon! 16 years ago I began remembering meeting" JL briefly. He IGNORED ME!..... 🥴
That's a shame :( and thanks!
Was there a few years ago highly recommend a visit.
It's a great place to visit for any Beatles fan!
Thanks
Thank you!
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EXCELLENT video. I am so glad you broke their silly rules and filmed. Well put together. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much! Looking forward to break more rules for my audience lol
Gracias
A vos!
John's room was smaller when he lived there. Some of the wall was removed, to acomadate cameras when a movie about John used the home for some of the filming location.
I didn't know that, thanks!
essa casa tá muito moderna
And the national trust tried its best to keep it like it used to be!
Amo los beatles
Yo también !
NEXT TIME THAT I GET TO GO BACK TO LIVERPOOL I NEED TO VISIT JOHN'S CHILDHOOD HOME ....IT IS SO NOSTALGIC !, SPECIALLY WHEN WE ALL KNOW THAT HE DIED 43 YEARS AGO ....ALL THE WAY BACK IN NEW YORK CITY !....REALLY SO FAR AWAY FROM HIS HOME LAND ....LIVERPOOL 🎵😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🇬🇬💖💖💖💖
I’ve done all the Beatles sights with the tour and separately with my Liverpudlian friend
I cant believe none of the students have came out the woodwork to sell their stories
Maybe they should!
Nice! Does Lennon bedroom still have the extra speaker wired to the radio in the living room?
I don't remember seeing that actually
@@agustinkafka25 I saw that in a movie about his Quarrymen days. Maybe it was made up.
The Beatles were in the 90% income Tax Bracket in the U.K., Hence the inspiration for the song" The Tax Man".
They got ripped off! bless them
Their Accountant told them to incorporate in the U.S. and become Citizens here because as Leona Helmsley said "Only the Little People Pay Taxes."@@agustinkafka25
John Lennon forever!!!!
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The address is 251 Menlove Avenue.
I know, my bad
@@agustinkafka25 Great video
We need the posibility of spanish subtitules. All so good!
Ooh I thought there were Spanish subtitles. Most of my videos have. I’ll do it when I have a better internet connection!
What an interesting foyer. Are those conmon in England?
In old houses yeah, I think so
@@agustinkafka25 Here in San Francisco, it's kind of the opposite. Many Victorian era flats have sunny back porches (usually connected to the kitchen) that some tenants use as a laundry room, or in cases like mine an extra bedroom.
2:55 You said John's address was 51 Menlove Ave, but actually it was 251 Menlove Ave. ☺
Thank you!! Yeah I realised I made a mistake when it was too late! haha thanks for your comment
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英国の有名人の暮らした館は、当時のそのままをちゃんと保存している所が良いよね。あと、周りの市民も有名人のプライベートをきちんと尊重しているという品位性。何十年か後、ふっと立ち寄れる元メンバーがどんなに懐かしがったことだろう。 先ず、C国なら、とっくに売買に掛けられて、元の形をなしていないだろうね。日本も落書きだらけということになってしないかな？
I met John Lennon in New York, at what turned out to be his favorite cafe, the Cafe Fortuna. There was no room inside so I was offered the patio and was seated in the corner with two couples on either side. I’m a cartoonist and was on deadline, somewhat in a hurry. The guy next to me was smoking and the smoke wafted past me every few seconds. To make matters worse, I could sense him looking at what I was doing…cartooning. Suddenly, I was in a cloud of his smoke and I turned to him …irritated. He had dark sunglasses and he sarcastically said “Sorry Senator!”. I turned back to my work, a little shaken. I knew that voice…that nose (he had a hat). It was John Lennon! My god, I just offended John Lennon! He was with an Asian woman but it was not Yoko. What astonished me was that he was so pale…so thin and a bit gaunt. Much later I discovered that he had loved cartooning as a teen. What I should’ve done is apologize and maybe get on my knees, groveling! “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!” He would be dead in 3 months …
What a story! thank you!
did you get into trouble for recording anything? x
No! Hahah thanks for asking !
Similar kitchen to ours,gas stove, and kitchen cupboards,.very sixties
Love that!
Live forever the early oasis single has a photo of Mendips on its cover
I didn’t know that, thanks! I would have included that on the video :(
I didn't know his mother died on the road. My dad lived in Queens Drive round the corner at the same time.
Yeah, she was hit by a car right there sadly :(
Time machine, maybe in the afterlife John is roaming there.
No. Let him rest in peace!
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Strawberry fields was filmed in Knole park in Sevenoaks Kent. All that remains of the tree is is a stump now. I know which one it is, luckily not too many people do as I’m sure bits would get taken.
Psst! Just tell me bud!
Do you have problems with the copyright for this video? I made a tour inside the house, but, supposedly, is prohibited take any video or photo. (?)
Luckily I didn’t have any problems !
Even I saw it
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Thank you cutie 😘