According to this article in the UK’s Daily Telegraph, a pair of John Lennon’s trademark “granny” glasses for sale in an online auction could make up to £1million.
The gold-rimmed spectacles were given by the former Beatle to his Japanese translator Junishi Yore in 1966 during the band’s tour of Japan. Their dark lenses are missing as […]
Queen Elizabeth added her voice to those of us celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the first recorded meeting between John and Paul with a message sent to those who had gathered at Woolton Parish Church.
According to newspaper reports she noted the anniversary “with much pleasure” and sent “my best wishes to all concerned for a […]
Over in Liverpool to celebrate the momentous day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney, a number of events will be taking place across the coming weekend. St Peter’s Church in Woolton will be hosting a number of special concerts including.
Friday 6th July, Grand Dance hosted by (Whispering) Bob Harris and Colin Hall (Custodian at Mendips) […]
On Tuesday, June 26th, BBC Radio 2 will broadcast a special documentry to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “THE DAY THAT JOHN MET PAUL” at a church fate in Liverpool.
John was performing with his group The Quarry Men (see photo above) when he was introduced to Paul by thier mutual friend Ivan Vaughan.
The events of […]
Art teacher Geraldine Brock didn’t get much work out of a tall teenager with glasses. He was polite but not interested. His studies of flowers and foliage usually incomplete because he left the class early. She said: “They were OK, but unfinished and he left them and I used to bin them. I wish now […]
According to an article in the Daily Mail, the row of five medals worn by John Lennon on his Sgt. Pepper uniform (circled below) belonged to the Best family and had been awarded to a major Tom Shaw, erstwhile drummer Pete Best’s, grandfather, during his service in India.
Accordiing to the article, Lennon called Best’s mother Mona […]
Friday, July 6th, 2007 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the day that Paul McCartney was introduced to John Lennon and the seeds of the greatest songwriting team in popular music were sown. It could also be argued that this was also the day that the first steps were taken on the road to the […]
The New Musical Express (NME) website is reporting that Julian Lennon (above) has sold a financial stake in his late father John’s legendary compositions for The Beatles. The deal was made with Primary Wave Music Publishing. The sell-off relates to the songwriting income generated from The Beatles compositions, as opposed to the publishing rights, which […]
Wednesday, 11th April, 1962
John, Paul and Pete fly from Liverpool to Hamburg to begin a seven week engagement at the Star-Club. The still sick George is scheduled to fly out the following day. It is the first time any of them have flown and are in a state of excitement when they arrive at Hamburg […]
The BBC reports that a centre named after John Lennon is to be created at a children’s hospital in his home city of Liverpool. Plans for the John Lennon Foundation for Children’s Health at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital will be launched by the ex-Beatle’s widow, Yoko Ono.Ono will unveil an outline for the foundation, to […]
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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.
