Threat of demolition hanging over Liverpool birthplace of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
The BBC is reporting that the Victorian terrace at Madryn Street, Toxteth, is one of hundreds in the “Welsh Streets” area to be bulldozed to make way for modern family homes.
Discussions to move number nine – where Richard Starkey was born on 7 July 1940 – brick-by-brick to the new Museum of Liverpool are currently on hold.
But official demolition notices have now re-appeared in the street. There is no word as yet if crews are planning to use Maxwell’s Silver Hammer in the demolition process.
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