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Originally Posted by Registered 2018
Sentimental journey of the highest order. McCartney actually visits his childhood home (which he left at age 18) for the very first time and only time in his life. He totally surprises the current owner, who was in shock to see him. The floor plan of the house has not changed since he lived in it. Turns out he and Lennon wrote "She loves you yeah yeah yeah" there (and he reveals that his father suggested "She loves you yes yes yes"), and it goes to number 1 while he was still living in the house with his parents. The current owner has a piano and McCartney plays it and sings along.
This was just one of many surprises in the 23 minute clip.
The house on Forthlin Road is a National Trust property, acquired in 1995, and the interior has been restored to its appearance in the early 1960s, with replica furniture, fixtures and wallpaper. The lady who answers the door in the Corden film is not the owner but the National Trust guide. The house is also Grade II listed as of national historic importance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20_Forthlin_Road
In Remember, a book of photographs by Paul's younger brother Mike (himself a chart-topper as lead singer of Scaffold under the alias Mike McGear), on p.107, there's a photo of Paul and John in the living room at Forthlin Road, strumming acoustic guitars and looking down at a school exercise book lying on the carpet which has the handwritten lyrics of 'I Saw Her Standing There' in it. John is wearing his thick black-framed glasses, which of course he never wore in public in those days. Paul has one foot in the fireplace (it's not a big room) and the primitive TV set is visible just over his shoulder.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remember-Re.../dp/080502283X