Beatles Early Years

Percy Phillips Recording Studio which is the center unit 

and is located at 38 Kensington St in Liverpool.

The recording studio that recorded The beatles first record is located not too far from the city center.  The building of terraced homes where the recording studio was located still stands and appears to be a home that is in use today.

Home of Brian Epstein located at 197 Queens Drive in Liverpool

The Rat & Parrot Pub is the former location for the 

Music shop owned and run by Brian Epstein

The home of Brian Epstein who was their first promoter still stands today.  The music shop Brian Epstein ran in the city center still stands also but has been renovated and is now a pub called The Rat & Parrot which appeared to be shut down at the time of this post.

Casbah Coffee House located in the West Derby area of Liverpool

The Casbah Coffee house where the Beatles often perfomed is located in the West Derby area of Liverpool. The Casbah is actually a residence still standing today and owned by Pete Best who was the drummer for the group that was called the Quarry Men and before the group were known as the Beatles.  Pete was replaced by Ringo apparently because of a fallout between Pete and Paul.  Pete still lives in West Derby and has a winter home in Spain.  I am hoping to be able to meet him at some point when he is in the area as we also have relatives who live in the West Derby area and know Pete well enough to introduce me.

New England Lighthouses

Owls Head Light -  Owls Head, Maine

Over the past several years I have been collecting photographs of New England Lighthouses as I have sailed or driven along the coast from Connecticut to Canada.  My goal is to photograph every New England Lighthouse.  This has turned out to be a more difficult project than I anticipated mainly because many of the lighthouses are offshore and only accessible by boat.

I’ve been fortunate to have been invited by my close friend Peter to sail Downeast on his sailboat the Linnet a number of times and as a result was able to photograph some of the lighthouses in Penobscot Bay.

I do not know if I will ever photograph all the lighthouses along the New England Coast but I am determined to photograph as many as possible.  It appears that there are over 200 lighthouses along the New England coast and so far I only photographed about 30.  As is obvious, I have a long way to go before I can even say I have photographed most of the NE Lighthouses.

The first link below links to a slide show of the lighthouses I have been able to photograph so far.

Click Here to view a slideshow of the lighthouses