George's late 1962 letter from Hamburg to Cavernite Sue "Cement Mixer" Houghton with instructions for cleaning his car. "Now proceed to 20 Forthlin RD. with about 6 buckets full of dirty muddy greasey water, where a shiney Ford Classic will be seen. "
April 1963, Music Hall, The Square, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Not really pre-fame as Please, Please Me is #1 at this point, but the candid photos are interesting.
The photos of the Beatles auditioning at the Wyvern/Blue Angel in May 1960 were posted earlier in the thread, but here is another showing Billy Fury and Larry Parnes watching their performance and one with John getting Fury's autograph.
Incredible - for me, Ma Storm is one of the characters of Tune In. There was a thread on this forum long ago, asking 'if you could go back in time and be present at a Beatles-related event...' I wanted to be an invisible presence at one of the late nights at Stormsville. But I could never picture what Ma looked like. Now I can! Thanks @LilyMarz !
Just catching up with this thread, after a few days out of the loop. I was also a teenager in the 80s, growing up on Merseyside and, after John died, books started appearing on almost every aspect of the Beatles, usually with loads of photographs. So I'd also thought I'd seen everything there was to see. Clearly, I was wrong!
Hulme Hall, July 1962 Hulme Hall, October 1962. Their first radio interview is conducted before the show.
Tony Prince was a DJ on Radio Luxembourg ('Your Regal Ruler...I'll never fool yer'). I really want to believe his account of the gig. It's amazing how some people can remember precise details of something that happened nearly 60 years ago.
Quarrymen member, Rod Davis With siblings, 1957 photo upload Quarry Bank school fete, with Eric Griffiths
