Blue plaque placed at Beatles icon George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool

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George Harrison‘s childhood home in Liverpool.The late Beatles member’s widow Olivia Harrison unveiled the tribute at the house in Arnold Grove, Liverpool.

Per the BBC, she went on to say that it was “a source of family pride”.The rock icon – who passed in 2001 at the age of 58 after battling cancer – was born in 1943 and lived in the terraced house in the Wavertree district of the city until the age of seven.The plaque is one of the first official English Heritage blue plaques to be placed on a property outside London.Literally today in Beatles history Olivia Harrison unveiled the Blue Plaque for George at his childhood home Arnold Grove. #GeorgeHarrison #OliviaHarrison #LiverpoolBeatlesMuseum #MathewStreet #Liverpool pic.twitter.com/C8whMBuBXE— Liverpool Beatles Museum (@beatlesmuseum_) May 24, 2024#Video: Olivia Harrison talks of her pride that a blue plaque has honoured her late husband @GeorgeHarrison, at the home he was born in.

It's just the 3rd blue plaque outside of London as part of a new @HistoricEngland scheme. ➡️ https://t.co/zcMELAyNzf#TheBeatles pic.twitter.com/DpH6rlHr4E— Liverpool City Council (@lpoolcouncil) May 24, 2024What a fantastic day celebrating the unveiling of the @HistoricEngland Blue Plaque on 12 Arnold Grove – the childhood home of George Harrison.Thank you so much to Historic England and to Olivia Harrison for such a great day!

pic.twitter.com/VDNGpLb3pq— Strawberry Field Liverpool (@strawberryfield) May 24, 2024 “To look at, it is just like Coronation Street: no garden, door straight on to the street.