<p><br /> The campaign to keep the ex-Beatle's first home standing appears to be over.<br /> </p><p><br /> Number 9 Madryn Street, in Dingle, Liverpool, is set to be demolished under a housing regeneration scheme.<br /> </p><p><br /> The owners say it has little historic value and no interest from tourists to the city.<br /> </p><p><br /> However, a nearby home where Starr lived for the subsequent 20 years of his life has escaped destruction.<br /> </p><p><br /> Residents of the area, known locally as the Welsh Streets, have long campaigned to stop the demolition scheme.<br /> </p><p><br /> They say the two and three bedroom terraces are ideal starter homes for young people looking to get on to the property ladder.<br /> </p><p><br /> Local resident Nina Edge said: "Ringo's house is more than a visitor attraction, it's a great little house plenty of people would be glad to live in."<br /> </p><p><br /> The childhood homes of John Lennon - Mendips, at 251 Menlove Avenue, and Sir Paul McCartney - 20 Forthlin Road, are popular tourist attractions run by the National Trust.<br /> </p><p><br /> George Harrison's Arnold Grove home is a private house and the Cavern Club was demolished in the 1970s.<br /> </p><p><br /> Fellow Welsh Streets resident and Beatles fanatic Piers Elton branded regeneration chiefs "short-sighted" for their decision. "It would be perfectly possible to keep this house and demolish the properties around it," he added.<br /> </p><p><br /> "This house is a reminder of the world which spawned the Beatles."<br /> </p>
