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Liverpool home of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr to be saved
</p>THE childhood home of Ringo Starr will be saved from demolition thanks to a آ£2m government grant. The terrace where the Beatles drummer was born on Madryn Street, Dingle, could now go into the hands of the National Trust and become a tourist attraction. Liverpoolâ??s Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Richard Kemp today confirmed that 117 properties in what are known as the Welsh Streets will be saved. A debate on what should become of the 11 Welsh streets has raged for eight years, with one side saying they should be demolished and the land developed, and the other claiming the Victorian terraces should be restored to their former glory. Speaking to the ECHO today Cllr Kemp who is chairman of Plus Dane, the social landlord who owns a large number of the Welsh Street properties, said he was â??very pleasedâ?* with the news. He said: â??I donâ??t know any of the details yet, other than weâ??ll be bringing 117 properties back into use. These will be properties people want to live in. It wasnâ??t the original plan, but times have changed. This is the right thing to do with the circumstances of the housing market at the moment.â?* Speaking about Ringoâ??s house, Cllr Kemp said that was one of the properties earmarked for saving, and there are hopes to strike a deal with the National Trust for them to take on the property, as they have with John Lennonâ??s childhood home Mendips on Menlove Avenue, and 20 Forthlin Road in Allerton, where Sir Paul McCartney grew up. The news was welcomed by campaigners who have been battling to save the properties from the wrecking ball. Nina Edge, from the Welsh Streets home Group, said: â??We always hoped that some of this lovely place could be spared the bulldozer, especially with so many people in housing need. â??When we met Joe Anderson last year he said he would consider a viable alternative to demolition for part of the Welsh Streets. We are so glad an alternative has now come up. â??Until we see these streets officially removed from the demolition zone and agreed by Liverpool council it will seem unreal though. Fingers crossed they really mean it.â?* Details of exactly which properties will be saved must now be worked out, and activists were hoping to be able to get around the table and put forward their views on the future of the Welsh streets. Jonathan Brown, of the Merseyside Civic Society, said: â??This is tribute to the tenacity of the residents who have been campaigning for so long.â?* *See more Beatles news in our dedicated Fab Four section Source link أكثر... ??????? ??????: Liverpool home of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr to be saved || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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