| 10 Admiral Grove | |
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| Type | Terraced house |
| Architectural style | Victorian |
| Location | Toxteth,Liverpool, England |
| Address | 10 Admiral Grove, Liverpool, L8 8BH |
| Coordinates | 53°23′21″N2°57′41″W / 53.38904°N 2.961278°W /53.38904; -2.961278 |
10 Admiral Grove, a property inToxteth,Liverpool,England, is the house in whichRingo Starr lived for twenty years before he rose to fame withthe Beatles.
Starr's infant school, St. Silas Primary School, on Pengwern Street, was yards away from his front door. He was a sickly child and, due to his many absences from school, was taught to read and write at home. A severe bout ofperitonitis led him to spend much of his seventh year at theRoyal Children’s Hospital. When Starr was 13, his mother Elsie married aLondoner, Harry Graves. The Starkeys' local pub,The Empress, where Elsie was a barmaid, adjoins Admiral Grove. The pub was featured on the front cover of Starr's first solo albumSentimental Journey (1970).[1] During "Beatlemania", the documentaryThe Mersey Sound, filmed byBBC producer Don Haworth, showed Starr being mobbed by fans on Admiral Grove as he made his way toGeorge Harrison's open-topped sports car.[2]
On 7 July 1940, Richard Starkey was born at 9 Madryn Street in theWelsh Streets in the Liverpool district known asToxteth. The neighbourhood was heavily damaged byaerial bombing during theSecond World War. His parents, Richard and Elsie, rented a house at 9 Madryn Street for 10shillings (£0.50) a week. His parents separated when Starr was three years old, and Elsie and her son moved to the smaller, less expensivetwo-up two-down house at 10 Admiral Grove. This remained Starr's home until 1963, when he became famous.[3]
In 2010, it was announced that Starr's Madryn Street birthplace, as well as other houses in the Welsh Streets region, was to be demolished. Local groups called for its preservation, and the city had to board up the house due to relic hunters stealing bricks. An online petition demanding that the house be preserved by theNational Trust collected nearly 4,000 signatures. In 2012,Housing MinisterGrant Shapps confirmed that the house would be saved from demolition.[4] In January 2013, it was announced that local residents had backed a development plan that would include the restoration of 9 Madryn Street.[5] However, theDepartment for Communities and Local Government announced in September 2013 that it would hold a public inquiry into the plans.[6]
InThe Beatles Anthology, Starr is quoted as saying: "I don’t remember the inside of our house in Madryn Street, I was a baby". However, he does remember his grandparents' house, which was also on Madryn Street.[7]
Elsie and Harry were persuaded to leave Admiral Grove for a house Starr had bought them in theGateacre district of Liverpool. Starr would pay homage to both his Madryn Street and Admiral Grove addresses in his 2008 song"Liverpool 8".
In 2016, the house at 10 Admiral Grove was purchased by a Beatles fan who also owns houses owned previously byGeorge Harrison andJohn Lennon's motherJulia.[8][9]
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