Did all The Beatles come from poor homes?
I moved in with my auntie who lived in the suburbs in a nice semi-detached place with a small garden and doctors and lawyers and that ilk living around... not the poor slummy kind of image that was projected in all the Beatles stories.
In the class system, it was about half a class higher than Paul, George and Ringo, who lived in government-subsidized housing. We owned our house and had a garden. They didn't have anything like that. Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Published in January 1981
In the class system, it was about half a class higher than Paul, George and Ringo, who lived in government-subsidized housing. We owned our house and had a garden. They didn't have anything like that. Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono: Published in January 1981
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| 10 Admiral Grove where Ringo grew up - now owned by National Trust |
A slightly more accurate summary would point out that Ringo was at least 'half a class' lower than Paul and George and did not live in social housing or what the British call a council house. Dingle was one of the poorest areas of Liverpool and the Starkeys paid ten shillings (£0.50p) a week to a private landlord for 10 Admiral Grove, a terraced house without a bathroom or indoor toilet.
It is also interesting that John uses the word 'Auntie'. One of the immediate class signifiers that Paul noticed was that it was always 'Aunt Mimi'.
