37 Aigburth Drive has a unique historical dimension.

Vistors to Liverpool, especially Beatles fans, may like to know that
a reservation at The Blenheim Lakeside Hotel means they'll be staying
at one of the childhood homes of an original Beatle. Stuart Sutcliffe.

Born Edinburgh, Scotland on 23 June 1940 to parents Charles and Martha
(known as Millie). The family moved to Huyton on Merseyside during World
War 2 - briefly returning to Edinburgh, then moving again to Lancashire.

By 1951 Stuart's father was again at sea with the merchant navy and his mother working as a school teacher. Millie, Stuart and his two sisters Joyce & Pauline
settled in Liverpool, at 37 Aigburth Drive - now The Blenheim Lakeside Hotel.

In 1956 Stuart entered the Liverpool Art College, where he became friends with John Lennon. Shortly afterwords Stuart left the family home and moved to a flat on Percy Street, then to Gambier Terrace - joined by Lennon. John invited him to join his group
The Quarrymen - which evolved into The Silver Beatles and then, later, The Beatles.

A talented artist, Stuart sold one of his paintings to buy his first bass guitar.

During the Beatles' first to Hamburg, Germany he fell in love with photographer
Astrid Kirchherr. Following a second Beatles trip to Germany and
now engaged to Astrid, he decided to stay on in Hamburg.

Unexpectedly and tragically he died of a brain hemorrhage on 10 April 1962.

Notably, Stuart was later remembered by his former band members - featuring in
the assembly characters on the cover of The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's" Album.

His time with the Beatles was dramatised the 1994 movie "Backbeat"

Today, Stuart is remembered in "Stui's Bar" at the Blenheim Lakeside Hotel.