Brian Epstein's former family home, 197, Queens Drive, Childwall

Here I am at Brian's former childhood home in Childwall in Liverpool. Talking of walls there's....er...a wall outside a pub a little further down from the house and you just have to pull over and stand on it for a few minutes. A famous photograph was taken there - a few Merseybeat musicians were assembled before they found resounding success (see photos.)

The former Epstein home sits on Queen's Drive - ironic as Brian's mum was nicknamed Queenie as she spoke with in a clear cut-glass manor like the Queen. Running their own furniture and then musical instrument business the Epstein's were a natural fit for this affluent area. It's southeast of the city and borders some other well-kept, well-manicured districts like Belle Vale, Broadgreen and Mossley Hill. Brian and his brother Clive lived here with their mum and dad. Brian was 11 in 1945 when the family moved in. Brian was known for being artistic and a smart dresser though brother Clive was more staid. There was a large Jewish community and the Epstein's were sociable.

I found a photograph of the home from the fifties and it hasn't changed (new windows.) Currently part of the brickwork on the front wall is coming away. Though there's no plaque this home gets tens of thousands of lenses pointed at it every year. As I took a few shots the packed Magical Mystery Tour bus slowed down, the driver obviously pointing it out the home's importance in the Beatles story. Though Queens Drive isn't far from Penny Lane it's a world apart from the down-at-heel houses there the Fab Four lived. Presently these houses sell for £800,000. Who lives here now? I wondered - still a Jewish family? Probably not as I read the Jewish community has migrated to Allerton and Gateacre.

Brian with his mum and brother Clive...