Touching reason light in John Lennon's childhood home has been left on tonight

His old bedroom light is left on once a year

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The light in John Lennon's old bedroom has been left on tonight. Mendips, Lennon's childhood home in Woolton, where he lived from 1945 to 1963, is now owned by the National Trust.

Lennon's widow Yoko Ono bought the house in March 2002, and donated it to the National Trust in order to save it from demolition and property speculators. The childhood home of Paul McCartney - 13 Forthlin Road - is also owned and managed by the National Trust, with many citing it as the birthplace of the Beatles, the ECHO has previously reported.

On October 9 every year, the light in John's old bedroom in Mendips is left on overnight by the managers of the house, to mark the former Beatles' birthday. This year would have been the music legend's 84th. John lived at the Woolton address with his Aunt Mimi. He would later move out in 1963 as the Beatles rocketed to stardom.

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Speaking to the ECHO in 2022, Simon Osborne, General Manager of the National Trust's Liverpool properties said: "We're proud to care for Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon in Liverpool. On 9 October, John Lennon's birthday, we leave the light on overnight in John's bedroom as a simple tribute to him and his cultural legacy.

"John's bedroom is the place where some of the earliest Beatles hits were written, where Lennon and McCartney once sat on John's bed to start composing songs like 'Please Please Me' and 'I Call Your Name'. You can find out more about how we care for Lennon and McCartney's childhood homes and book a tour at nationaltrust.org.uk/beatles-childhood-homes"

Here are some photos of John Lennon's childhood home.