September 28, 2024

Blue plaque is unveiled at George Harrison’s Liverpool childhood home

Olivia Harrison, 76, was in Liverpool today to unveil George Harrison’s plaque

The Beatles star was born and grew up at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree

George Harrison’s widow has said her husband would have been ‘touched’ by his childhood home being honoured with a blue plaque but feels the Beatles star would be ‘nervous’ the current residents might get disrupted because of it.

Olivia Harrison, who married the guitarist in 1978, unveiled the plaque today at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree, Liverpool.

Harrison, who died in November 2001 at the age of 58 following a battle with cancer, was born on February 25 1943 at the two-up two-down Victorian terraced house and lived there until he was nearly seven years old.

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