Macca's Walk To Lennon's House

The long and winding road that leads to your door...

Some twenty years ago or more ago I was attending a training in Liverpool. To get to it I walked past John's house and noticed the footpath going in the direction I needed to go, so I took it, hoping all would be alright. After I walked a certain amount, something told me very strongly that both John & Paul used this pathway to meet up, I just knew it, an amazing feeling.

There’s a video of Paul telling a story of John walking up Booker Avenue and being short sighted said to Paul that people were playing cards in the garden on the corner. Turns out it was a large Nativity set, being Christmas time.😂😂

the unique and spectacular creativity that came out of this suburbia was quite honestly phenomenal

It is a much more "posh" and suburban area than I imagined. They tried to tell me "...there beneath the blue suburban skies....". I am from a suburban area in the southeastern United States and this area looks so much like the place I live, it's uncanny! The architecture of the houses is a bit different but it has the same appearance in every other way. I'm sure Liverpool doesn't have the the heat we do. I went to London in 2002 when they were having a record setting heat wave...it was EXACTLY like my home is all summer - every summer. lol. Thank you for the tour!!

Thanks for your kind indulgence Jeff on behalf of all ex-pats and Beatles fans. The sandstone walls have not changed Peace.

Thank you for this walk down memory lane. I've just visited Liverpool from Australia to do a Beatles tour in a cab. It was truly an amazing lifetime experience as it snowed on me and the cab tour guide. I've loved the Beatles since I was 3 years old, which is when they came to Australia. I did wonder how close Paul and John lived and this video has made it all clear. Thank you 💕

I always wondered what the walk would be for the young John & Paul would have been like. Just to see the neighborhoods in Liverpool is fantastic. Thank you very much Jeff!! Cheers from Houston TX 🇺🇸✌️🇺🇸

Walked it and been in both houses a few years ago got a chill inside the Lennon house in the front room as well like something had entered my aura,feel sorry that George and Ringo house isn't remembered especially George who is still my favourite Beatle

My sister and I flew across the pond and took the Magical Mystery Tour a few years ago. It was really well done. We could get off the bus at Paul McCartney's house and George Harrison's house, but only could drive past John's and Ringo's. Thanks for this!

Wow! Love this walk. It's a great idea for for those of us living so far away. In 1978, I was able to scrounge some money together to go to England (from Toronto). We bought Brit Rail passes and had one week to travel from London all over England and Scotland, sleeping on trains. Of course in London we saw Abbey Road and Paul's House on Cavendish Avenue from St. John's Wood station. In Liverpool, we had a whole day (lol) to explore the city, via public transit, to find Beatle places that I read about in various Beatles' biographies. One of these places was Menlove Avenue and John's house. Also, the Cavern (which at the time was a pile of rubble with a plaque of an angel, NEMS store (bought the Magical Mystery EP there), Lime Street station, Royal Liver Building. At that time there were no tours or businesses to help us hungry Beatles fans, from all over the world, see the important Beatles places we could only read about. I love this idea and have subscribed with the hope to see more walks.

Thanks for sharing where John and Paul had journeyed to connect together and then would later connect to millions of us around the world. Cheers!

It's no wonder Lennon and McCartney wrote such beautiful hits, growing up with scenery such as this for inspiration

Wow, thanks so much for doing this walk. I thought it was a short walk between John and Paul's homes but it's longer than I thought. 😀

Such a pretty area.

Cheers Jeff lovely walk and memories of men love ave and mather avenue my late father was fireman there thanks Jeff 😊 👍

Thank you for that, I enjoyed it. Particularly good that you mentioned the Dezo Hoffman photos at the golf course and showed them. The Ford Anglia car was George's I believe. The only thing is that in those days it wouldn't have been Allerton Manor Golf course but Allerton municipal golf links. It was owned by the council. It's only in relatively recent years that it's been sold off to private business. Also, slightly surprised that you didn't mention the bus stop on Mather Avenue at the top of Forthlin Road. That would have been were Paul got the 86 bus each day to the Liverpool Institute and I think it's commonly understood that when Paul wrote those lyrics about getting a bus in A Day in The Life he was thinking about the 86 bus. Paul has a bit of a thing about buses. He was asked in the early days of Beatlemania if there was anything he missed about his pre fame life and he said 'getting the bus'. He also writes about a bus journey in the song On My Way To Work on the 'New' album. In that I think he was remembering his short period as an electrical apprentice at a firm called Massey and Coggins in the Edge Hill area of Liverpool. Think he would have got the 86 to Penny Lane for that one and then get on another bus from there, the 4 or 5 I think.

Wonderfully engaging and peaceful walk. I had always wondered what the trek between John and Paul's childhood homes would be like --- now I no longer have to wonder. Thank you so much for taking it and posting it. Someone in the comments section mentions that it's a great shame that there is a comparative lack of interest in George and Ringo's homes. There are likely 2 reasons for this. First and most obvious, Lennon and McCartney were the main creative force in the group, having written the majority of the songs and were therefore more overtly popular. Secondly, I am pretty sure that the area of Liverpool shown in this video is much more aesthetically pleasing and scenic than the neighborhoods in which George and Ringo grew up. As an aside, having a favorite Beatle is like having a favorite Beatle's song --- not the easiest thing to decide. I do love them all, each had a unique personality and sensibility but if I had to pick one, it might be George --- there was a special essence of peace and spirituality about him, not to mention a sharp and scathing wit (something he shared with Lennon), and he also, by the end of the group's tenure, proved that he was an immensely talented writer as well. May both he and John rest in peace and may Paul and Ringo live long and prosper (I'm pretty sure they've already done both!). 🍓fields forever. Peace and love everyone.

What amazing history Liverpool has got and its a fascinating insight into where john and Paul must have walked many many times

Lovely green neighbourhood. Thanks. James from 🇦🇺