
That The Beatles first performed at The Cavern Club.As a sometime resident of Liverpool who grew up and was educated in this great city it would be a shame not to note this anniversary. Radio 4 tells us that The Beatles are worth £48 million in tourist business to the city each year. And every year.
So here are my few degrees of separation from this story:
Many years ago while riding down Woolton Hill in Liverpool on my motorbike, I saw Yoko Ono standing by the gates in front of Strawberry Fields, with her son Sean, whilst being photographed by the press.
This is the same road that is the view in the opening scene from the film "Nowhere Boy" by Sam Taylor-Wood (which I can recommend.)
The person who arranged the purchase of Auntie Mimi's house where John Lennon grew up on behalf of the National Trust was a friend who was a year behind me in school.
Whilst on a night out on
the piss big style a cultural tour of Liverpool with some friends from University, we ran into
Allan Williams in a pub in Matthew Street who - for the price of a pint would tell you all about his early days with The Beatles.
The drummer for The Beatles at this time (who you can't really see in this photo) is Pete Best. His cousin is one of our best friends.
Spooky?
Not really....Liverpool has always been just a big village.
Nice to know that the Fab Four are still being celebrated fifty years on.