Antiques Roadshow
Stephen X. Carter
the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. It was sent to me because of the Bletchley
Park setting, but....
There are two wonderful Beatles stories told in the programme - by two
nice ladies (who had never met before) sitting side by side recounting
them to Hilary Keay.
The first lady was about 8 in 1969 when her dad rushed in to the house
saying that he thought he had just given Paul McCartney directions.
Daughter then rushed out looking for him, while father went to the
village pub - which was where Paul had eventually gone. Derek Taylor,
Pete Asher and Tony Bramwell were there as well. After a while Paul
asked if anyone knew where they could get a meal... and the lady's
father invited them all back to his place for dinner. She had photo's
of the event, lots of autographs, a letter from Apple signed by them all
thanking them for their hospitality. She also told how she brought down
her guitar and Paul played for them... and among the songs was the as
yet unreleased 'Hey Jude'.
The second lady (about 18 in 1963) was the daughter of the people who
ran the school tuck shop at Stowe School. As is well documented, the
Beatles played there in early 1963 (the photo's of it are unreal). She
said that they had been invited by someone (a pupil at the school from
Liverpool) who already knew them. Not quite right - the pupil was
Stephen Bayley (who I used to know) and although he was from Liverpool
he did not know them, but was/is not shy of trying it on.
Anyway, after the show The Beatles needed somewhere to eat and
originally the mum declined the suggestion that she did the food. The
daughter told her she would be making a bad mistake. So The Beatles,
and entourage, came to dinner. She sat next to Paul at the dinner
table. Again, lots of lovely photographs, and autographs, to document
the event. The father was also some sort of 'accountant' for the school
and sent NEMS the cheque for the performance. In 1963 banks would
return the cheque to the account owner to check... and they still have
the cheque!
The second lady kept a diary, and her entry for the following day
(written beneath George's signature) was..."Didn't do a lot today, still
getting over yesterday"
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http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1963/63.04.04%20roxburgh/63.04.04roxburgh.html
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Thanks for that. Fascinating since I grew up in that era.
Stephen X. Carter
<dadur...@voyager.net> wrote:
>On Dec 10, 1:03 am, "Stephen X. Carter" <st...@giganews.com> wrote:
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>http://www.beatlesource.com/savage/1963/63.04.04%20roxburgh/63.04.04roxburgh.html
Brilliant!
The lady in question is in the photo labelled "the headmaster & family"
and she's the one with the big jumper on.
If that's her dad, then she made it clear that her dad was NOT the
headmaster, so if anyone knows the person who runs the site point out to
her/him the possible error.
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