Immediately to my right is the wooden door, and behind it the steel barred door, that leads down to the cells.

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The wooden door was on the house at 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton, Liverpool, when the Beatle lived there from 1955 to 1964.

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Further up, at the top of the steep steps, a creaky wooden door leads to the caves where Jesus is said to have denied the Devil three times.

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It was hanging on a wire from the wooden door post - placed there last week, a neighbour said - as a charm to ward off the evil eye.

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And then, to shouts of joy and a round of applause from onlookers, Mr Liu was hoisted by rescuers onto a makeshift stretcher made from a wooden door covered by a quilt and carried down to safety.

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The maps of these days, superimposed, would have made a tangle, but every morning he emerged from the same place, just as the sun came up, and every evening he returned there, tired now, darkened, switching off the bike, rolling it over the wooden threshold of the door leading into the courtyard, the engine ticking as it cooled.

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Then, they left the building and nailed wooden boards that read "closed" across its front door.

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"The first incident was when the big, wooden cross, wrapped in ham, fell into the house after a knock at the door, " said Mr Alam.

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His wooden hut is a landmark of the harbour, with an impressive pair of lobster claws crossed over its door.

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