McCartney Times

The Beatles are national treasures and you would struggle to walk around their native home of Liverpool without being reminded of their favourite sons. However, despite his impact, drummer Ringo Starr has always unfairly been the brunt of the joke in the years that followed the band’s meteoric rise. While today Ringo is hailed as one of the all-time greats, his contribution to the group was vastly overlooked by the National Trust in 2018 in what proved to be a bizarre snubbing of an iconic musician.

The National Trust, a charity organisation in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, was founded in 1895, devoted to conserving historical locations with cultural value. They set a precedent in 1995 when they purchased the council house that Paul McCartney grew up in, and now that is famously a tourist attraction that fans can pay to visit.

When John Lennon’s childhood residence became available to buy in 2002, the National Trust initially refused to purchase the property despite its English Heritage blue plaque. In their defence, they claimed that no songs by The Beatles were written there, but McCartney refuted this by revealing ‘I’ll Get You’ and ‘Please Please Me’ were both penned at 251 Menlove Avenue.

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