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Residents vote to bulldoze Ringo Starr's childhood home

Feb 8 2005

Daily Post

 

Ringo Starr's birthplace in Madryn Street, Dingle

THE majority of people living in the Dingle have voted in favour of plans which would reduce Ringo Starr's childhood home to rubble.

According to the results of a consultation exercise, 72% of residents now approve the Deputy Prime Minister's pathfinder scheme to bulldoze thousands of Victorian terraced houses across Merseyside.

The wide scale demolition, and the 15-year regeneration plan, would destroy buildings in Madryn Street, including the home of The Beatles' drummer.

The fresh findings provide an indication of how the pathfinder Newheartlands scheme is being received in Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral.

Conservationists, including the Merseyside Civic Society, are more in favour of refurbishment where possible, while English Heritage is working with Newheartlands to ensure certain historic buildings remain protected.

Peter Flynn, a spokesman for the Newheartlands pathfinder scheme, said they would refurbish 4,000 houses.

He added: It is a myth that Ringo's house in Admiral Grove will be demolished where his official plaque stands, as it is his house in Madryn Street that will be considered.

"Ringo lived in a number of houses growing up."

 

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