Interior view of The Casbah Club showing the stage with spider's web mural painted by former Beatles drummer Pete Best

Date:
11 Sept 2013
Location:
The Casbah Club, 8 Hayman's Green, Liverpool
Reference:
DP162154
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Mona Best, mother of former Beatles drummer Pete Best, converted the basement of the family home into a music venue that operated between 1959 and 1962. It was a venue for The Quarrymen and early Beatles performances. Band members and friends painted the interior decoration that survives intact.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/20174 Casbah Club, 8 Hymans Green, Liverpool, Merseyside; within the Volume: VF000147 Post-War Buildings (English Architecture: 1945-1975); within the Series: EHC01/041 English Architecture: 1945 - 1975; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Davies, James O: English Heritage

Keywords

Basement, Victorian House, Mid 20th Century Nightclub