251 Menlove Avenue

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Le 251 Menlove Avenue, aussi nommé « Mendips », est la maison d'enfance de John Lennon, fondateur des Beatles. Rachetée par Yoko Ono, elle a été rénovée et appartient désormais au National Trust. Elle a également donné son nom à un album posthume de Lennon et figure sur la pochette du single Live Forever du groupe anglais Oasis.

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251 Menlove Avenue

251 Menlove Avenue is the childhood home of the Beatles' John Lennon. Located in the Woolton suburb of Liverpool, it was named Mendips after the Mendip Hills. The Grade II listed building is preserved by the National Trust.

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Strawberry Field

Strawberry Field is a visitor attraction and training centre in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton that is owned and operated by the Salvation Army. It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally been built as a private residence in the Victorian era, before being acquired by the Salvation Army in the 1930s. The house was demolished in 1973 due to structural problems and replaced with purpose-built units. After being closed as a children's home, the site has continued to be used by the Salvation Army for other purposes. The location gained worldwide fame following the release of the Beatles' 1967 single "Strawberry Fields Forever". The song's writer, John Lennon, had grown up nearby and played in the grounds of the home as a child. In time, the old red-painted entrance gates on Beaconsfield Road became a place of pilgrimage for Beatles fans. In 2019, Strawberry Field was opened to the public for the first time, with an exhibition on its history, cafe, and shop, alongside a training centre for young people with special educational needs. The gates were stolen on 11 May 2000, allegedly by two men in a transit van. The gates were sold to an unsuspecting antiques dealer who never realised they were the actual gates from Strawberry Field. He returned them to the police upon request, and they now stand in the grounds of Strawberry Field.

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Cedarwood

Cedarwood is a Grade II* listed house on Beaconsfield Road in Woolton, Liverpool, England. It is most famous for being Woman's Journal's 'House of the Year' for 1960. Designed by Beech and Prys Thomas, its "outstanding design, excellent detailing and remarkable preservation" led to it becoming a listed building by Historic England in 2007.

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St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool

St Francis Xavier's College is an 11–18 boys Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Woolton, Liverpool, England. The college is under the trusteeship of the Brothers of Christian Instruction. Their mission is that of their founder, Jean Marie de la Mennais, "To make Jesus better known and loved". By October 2021, a total of 1,097 boys attended the school, 108 of whom were in the Sixth Form provision. The school is a specialist school for mathematics and computing, and was the first school in Liverpool to gain specialist school status in that category. The schools most recent inspection by Ofsted took place in October 2021, and inspectors concluded that the school "required improvement" across all areas, including quality of education provided, behaviour and attitude of pupils attending the school, as well as leadership and management.

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Allerton Golf Club House

Allerton Golf Club House is a ruined Neoclassical building located in Allerton, Liverpool, England. Completed in 1815 by the architect Harrison of Chester for the owner Jacob Fletcher, the building was built on the site of a previous one which had been destroyed by a fire. This replacement building was occupied by the Fletcher family for 104 years before being purchased in 1923 by the Liverpool Corporation, who converted the mansion into a clubhouse for a newly built golf course. On 21 November 1944 another fire broke out, leaving the building in ruins. On 14 March 1975 the ruins became a Grade II listed structure. To the south-east of the house is a sandstone obelisk which belonged to the original 18th century house. It is of square plan, and is mounted on plinth. The obelisk is Grade II listed.

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Le 251 Menlove Avenue est une maison construite en duplex dans les années 1930 dans le quartier de Woolton, à Liverpool. Dans les années 1940, elle est le lieu de résidence de George Toogood Smith et de son épouse Mimi Smith, sœur de Julia Lennon. Après la séparation de celle-ci avec son époux, Alfred Lennon, Mimi demande à obtenir la garde de leur fils John , Julia ne pouvant s'en occuper. C'est ainsi que John Lennon vient vivre à « Mendips » de 1945 à 1963. Mimi quitta la maison l'année suivante pour s'installer dans un pavillon payé par son neveu. Contrairement à la maison d'enfance de Paul McCartney, le 251 Menlove Avenue n'est pas acquis par le National Trust. Pour contrer cet état de fait, Yoko Ono la rachète en 2002, pour ensuite l'offrir au National Trust qui s'occupe de la rénover dans l'état qui était le sien dans les années 1950. Elle est ouverte au public en 2003 et classée « Grade II listed building » en 2012.

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Yoko Ono a intitulé le deuxième album posthume de John Lennon Menlove Ave. en référence à « Mendips ». La maison apparaît également sur la pochette du single Live Forever du groupe Oasis.