Liverpool residents want restrictions on ‘Beatles tourism’


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The current resident of George Harrison‘s former home in Liverpool has led the calls for the local council to restrict the amount of ‘Beatles tourists’ who are visiting the Fab Four’s childhood homes at all hours of the day, reports The Telegraph.

The paper quotes Kathleen Hughes, of 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, as saying ‘hundreds’ of tourists visit her site every day, and has claimed some are happy to walk straight onto her premises if the door happens to be open.

“The tour taxis come zooming up the street and in the summer there are hundreds of them every day,” she remarks. “At the weekend they are turning up constantly, even as late as two o’clock in the morning.”

“I live on my own and sometimes it’s really frightening with the flashes going off through my windows and hoards of people outside my door. It’s horrible having strangers sticking their faces in my window and knocking at all times of day.”

“If the door’s open some of them some are so cheeky they just walk straight into the house as though it’s a museum. I’m really fed up of it and so are my neighbours, especially with these cruise ships coming into Liverpool bringing hundreds of coaches of tourists outside my door.”

“This is a tiny cul-de-sac,” she continues. “It’s just not suitable to accommodate these kind of numbers. The whole Bayern Munich football team came to see the house once, and they were all sticking their faces in the window.”

“It’s getting out of hand and we want the council to do something to control and confine it at least to daylight hours.”

Similar issues have been reported by those living close to Paul McCartney‘s childhood home in the Allerton area of Liverpool, which was acquired by the National Trust in 1995. “Sometimes there are up to 200 people outside the house and it can be really overwhelming,” a neighbour has said.


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