George Harrison: Blue plaque unveiled at Beatles icon’s childhood home

In his memoirs, Harrison, who was born in 1943, said: “To look at, it is just like Coronation Street: no garden, door straight on to the street. It was OK that house, very pleasant being little and it was always sunny in summer.”

Olivia said Harrison had fond memories of “very tight knit secure family life”.

“There was something about these small family places and how you learn to respect other people’s space,” she said.

“He had a freedom where he could go run down the alley and visit his nan and then back home. That was a big deal for a little five-year-old kid.

“This was his cocoon, and out of that came such an incredible man with such vision and compassion and sensibility.”