Letters and gifts came pouring into not just the Beatles fan club in London but also into George's home in Liverpool from all around the world. Girls sent cards, stuffed animals, cakes, drawings and plenty of keys (and one person even sent a door). Keys? Why keys? Well...in parts of the world (including England, Scotland and New Zealand) there is a tradition of giving someone the "keys to the house" on their 21st birthday as a symbol of them being an adult and the head of the household. I am not sure if this was a custom in the United States at the time, but I know that typically they give people alcohol on their 21st birthday around here and no one gets a key.
And as silly as it sounds, today we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of George's 21st birthday. But most importantly, we celebrate the life of George Harrison, a man I know we all love and miss dearly.
Meanwhile back home in Liverpool....
Awwwww, Sara, thank you! Yeah, we all sure do miss the great man....the only consolation is that never was there a man more prepared for death than George, and I'm sure he's happy no longer living in the material world!!
ReplyDeleteThese photos are great, it's great to see them all together in one big happy heap!!! Thank you again, Sara. And thanks to Louise and Harry, for bringing George to the world....and being such encouraging parents!!
PS: I didn't know about the whole keys thing! Thanks for that bit of info!
ReplyDeleteAgain, these pics are great, haven't seen some of them before
Here are much more: http://www.beatles.ru/postman/forum_messages.asp?msg_id=20027&cfrom=1&showtype=0&cpage=456#2222889
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