here's the one thing that will really impress who round here has actually seen the Beatles. I saw Paul at Glastonbury and it was one of the best memoral gigs I've been to. largely because we got to hear the songs, you know the ones we all know deep down.

So who actually saw all four of them and where?
ps. scousers over the age of 60 will need photograhic evidence to back up their claim!

but Paul sang 'Golden Slumbers' to me (aged 6 months) in 1969 when my mum saw him on Hampstead Heath and he stopped to pass the time of day.

send a delightful shiver down my spine

Nearest I got to a Beatle was being at a christening where Lee Starkey was a godmother.

I did see Macca on his last arena tour, I think. Well I saw him on the screen but, like the moon landings, it could have been broadcast from a studio in another part of the world.

was a freelance journo in the sixties working for HTV in Bangor and he took the call from London saying the Beatles were on their way to Normal College to do all that stuff with the Maharishi. He wasn't sure if it was a hoax- after all, nothing much ever happened in Bangor- but he went to the station just in case ( even though his boss said 'don't bother' ).
A few years earlier, whilst stopping off at a regular watering hole in the small port of Felinheli, he'd struck up an acquaintance with a young barman on the Liverpool ferry called Richie. They'd often have a pint and a chat together. My ol' man says he got the shock of his life when he recognized him later- reincarnated as Ringo and drumming on the Royal Variety Show!

There was a fatuous discussion last night on Radio 5 asking "Are The Beatles overrated?"

No. End of discussion.

to take part in that but I didn't fancy the hours.

Yes the answer is No.

Doesn't poor old George look like a spare part, stuck at the back of the stage while Paul flirts outrageously with John at the mike stand?

I would have been about three or four but I remember my mum taking me along East Ham high street to see the Beatles arrive for a concert.
Great clip!
Martin

...chewing of gum by John and Ringo have anything to do with a spot of pre-gig refreshment?

used to chew in time to the music when thus refreshed. Nowadays I just click my dodgy knee joints.