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paul mccartney’s first home

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Paul McCartney lived at this location with his mother, father, and brother Mike (born January 7, 1944) from in his birth in 1942 until his family moved to 20 Forthlin Road in 1955.

In 1954, he met George Harrison on the school bus since they were both attending grammar school.

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paul mccartney’s birthplace

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Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 at Walton Hospital in Liverpool. Paul's mother, Mary, had worked as a nurse in the hospital maternity ward.

The old Walton Hospital was demolished in August 2011, and will reopen in 2013 as a mental health care facility run by the health trust Mersey Care.

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paul mccartney’s childhood home

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Paul McCarney's childhood home is located at 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Built by the local authority, the McCartney family moved into the house in 1955. Paul McCartney bought his father a home in 1965 in the Wirral.

Owned by the National Trust, they market the home as "the birthplace of the Beatles" since their earliest practicing and song-writing occurred here.

Unlike Lennon's home, this location does not a blue plaque from English Heritage because the figure has not ""been dead for 20 years, or passed the centenary of their birth".

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