The Liverpool Beatles Museum has unveiled a brand new acquisition relating to George Harrison. The Mathew Street venue features never before seen authentic items across three floors. Visitors can explore hundreds of personal items from the Fab Four.
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00:00 Liverpool Beatles Museums unveiled its latest acquisition. Already home to one of the largest
00:07 fab four collections in the world, its newest edition is one of its most unusual.
00:13 What we unveiled today is the back door to Upton Green. And Upton Green, Beatles fans
00:21 will obviously know the relevance of Upton Green. For other people Upton Green was George
00:25 Harrison's childhood home. They moved into the house in 1950 when George was six and
00:32 the Harrisons didn't move out of the house until late 1962. So going through that back
00:38 door of the house would have been George obviously, John Lennon, Paul McCartney.
00:43 Located in a Grade II listed building in the heart of Matthew Street, the museum offers
00:47 a new perspective on the greatest rock and roll band of all time.
00:51 The new owner of the house, a guy Ken Lambert bought the house I think two, three years
00:57 ago. And when he bought the house, the sellers basically said, "Oh, in case you're interested,
01:06 the original back door to this house is in an outbuilding. It's a bit, you know, worse
01:11 for wear, but it's there. It's been there for 70 years." So he pulled the back door
01:17 out because he was interested, renovated it, but he didn't want to put the back door back
01:22 on the house. So he came to us.
01:25 Visitors can also explore hundreds of other personal items, including never before seen
01:30 letters, exclusive interviews with band members and previously unseen footage of the band.
01:37 So for Beatle fans, they can open the door to George's house as John, Paul and George
01:43 did. And when you open the door, there's a beautiful collage basically of George's life
01:49 at the house. So you're getting to look into George's past. So yeah, we're really happy
01:55 it's here.
01:56 There's rare items here, which are obviously very, very valuable. So we go from these rare
02:02 items down the board to items where a Beatle fan coming in can go, "Oh my God, I bought
02:10 that in 1973," or "I got one of them from 1968."
02:15 An official report commissioned by the British Council on Eurovision 2023, which was held
02:21 in Liverpool, has said that hosting the song contest has meant the city isn't just recognised
02:27 for its association with the Beatles.
02:31 Eurovision had an impact on Liverpool when it came to Liverpool, and anything that can
02:36 be done to advertise the city is obviously a plus. Did Eurovision advertise the city?
02:42 Yes, it did. Is there more to Liverpool than the Beatles? Well, of course there is. But
02:50 Eurovision, no Eurovision, shipping, the football club, what's Liverpool known for worldwide
02:58 is the Beatles. The Beatles put Liverpool on the map.