Saturday, 7th July, 1962
The Beatles played the first of four gigs at Hulme Hall, on Bolton Road in the picturesque village of Port Sunlight in the Birkenhead area. It’s estimated that 500 paying customers squeezed in to see The Beatles, 50 over the official capacity for Hulme Hall.
Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
