This is what it looked like in 1964 when the Beatles looked out their window in Adelaide, Australia. It was just a sea of people as far as you could see. Look beyond the street and the cars --so many people.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Now THAT's a crowd!
This is what it looked like in 1964 when the Beatles looked out their window in Adelaide, Australia. It was just a sea of people as far as you could see. Look beyond the street and the cars --so many people.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Meeting up with Ringo
So on June 14, 1964 John, Paul, George and Jimmie left Adelaide and headed to out to Melbourne, where they were to meet up with the band real drummer, Ringo Starr! Yeah!
Friday, June 13, 2014
Adelaide concert
The Beatles played four concerts in Adelaide, but most of the photos you see are from the 1st concert. This photo must be from one of the other concert. (I found this photo on one of the Beatles facebook pages and I can't recall where. If it is YOUR photo--please let me know so I can give you proper credit).
Shaking hands and giving autographs
I am not sure if these are photos from the press conference (most likely) or backstage at the Beatles Adelaide concert (which is how I had them labeled, but looked at them now makes me change my mind).
Here is another story from a fan that I found in the book The Beatles Downunder by Glenn A. Baker.
"I gave them giant sheets of paper and they each scribbled miles of autographs. They seemed honestly interested in the fan club and asked lots of questions about how we ran it. They told us to get in touch with England if we had any problems or needed anything. They gave us Cokes and we watched T.V. for awhile."
--Angela Letchford (Beatles fan club president)
A day in the life of a Beatles security guard
Here is a nice story of one of the men who guarded the Beatles in Adelaide 50 years ago. This story is from the Advertiser and was written by who else but Craig Cook.
A Day in the life of a Beatles security Guard
By Craig Cook
BILL Scarborough’s part-time job as a security guard paid well over the odds the day he was assigned as a Beatles bodyguard.
He’s been living off the story for decades.
The Channel Seven audio operator, who later worked at Channel 10, was only 27 and a big fan of the Fab Four.
Reporting for duty on Saturday, June 13, 1964, Bill could never dream he would be joining three full-time staff of Metropolitan Security Service to protect John, Paul, George and drummer Jimmy Nichol – the replacement for Ringo Starr who had tonsillitis – at the South Australian Hotel.
“They were all really nice, ordinary, well-behaved guys,” Mr Scarborough said.
“I was a bit overawed being with them at first but they made you feel at home.
“When the Advertiser photographer rocked up to take pictures they insisted we have ours taken with them.”
Bill spent most of his time on the first floor of the plush hotel to prevent fans climbing the veranda posts to gain access to the apartments.
“It was all quiet inside but riotous outside,” Bill said.
“By the afternoon police were getting concerned how agitated the kids were getting without a glimpse of the Beatles so they got them to come out and wave from the balcony.
“The noise was incredible – I’ve never heard anything like that since.”
Mr Scarborough didn’t see anything “scandalous” occur but he was aware one of the band had an “Adelaide girlfriend” for his entire time in South Australia.
“Jimmy Nichol, ended up with a girlfriend that he kept bringing back into the hotel,” he said. “The guards used to put one of their hats on his (Nichol’s) head so people didn’t realise it was him coming and going at all hours.”
Bill, 77, and his wife of 58 years, Geraldine, have followed the Beatles and their amazing story around the world.
“Four years ago we were in Liverpool and got to go around all the famous sights connected with the Beatles,” Bill added.
Bill and Geraldine have four daughters, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren – who all love the Beatles.
“Their music looks like it really will last forever,” Bill said.
A Day in the life of a Beatles security Guard
By Craig Cook
BILL Scarborough’s part-time job as a security guard paid well over the odds the day he was assigned as a Beatles bodyguard.
He’s been living off the story for decades.
The Channel Seven audio operator, who later worked at Channel 10, was only 27 and a big fan of the Fab Four.
Reporting for duty on Saturday, June 13, 1964, Bill could never dream he would be joining three full-time staff of Metropolitan Security Service to protect John, Paul, George and drummer Jimmy Nichol – the replacement for Ringo Starr who had tonsillitis – at the South Australian Hotel.
“They were all really nice, ordinary, well-behaved guys,” Mr Scarborough said.
“I was a bit overawed being with them at first but they made you feel at home.
“When the Advertiser photographer rocked up to take pictures they insisted we have ours taken with them.”
Bill spent most of his time on the first floor of the plush hotel to prevent fans climbing the veranda posts to gain access to the apartments.
“It was all quiet inside but riotous outside,” Bill said.
“By the afternoon police were getting concerned how agitated the kids were getting without a glimpse of the Beatles so they got them to come out and wave from the balcony.
“The noise was incredible – I’ve never heard anything like that since.”
Mr Scarborough didn’t see anything “scandalous” occur but he was aware one of the band had an “Adelaide girlfriend” for his entire time in South Australia.
“Jimmy Nichol, ended up with a girlfriend that he kept bringing back into the hotel,” he said. “The guards used to put one of their hats on his (Nichol’s) head so people didn’t realise it was him coming and going at all hours.”
Bill, 77, and his wife of 58 years, Geraldine, have followed the Beatles and their amazing story around the world.
“Four years ago we were in Liverpool and got to go around all the famous sights connected with the Beatles,” Bill added.
Bill and Geraldine have four daughters, eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren – who all love the Beatles.
“Their music looks like it really will last forever,” Bill said.
More on the Dolly Birds
As you may recall, The Gilly and I teamed up a little while ago to figure out who the Dolly Birds were. We found out that they were a group of teenagers that wore long dresses and gloves and basically dressed the opposite of the mini-skirted mod look of the day.
Well---as seen in this quote from the article, "Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles ' 1964 visit," one of the Dolly Birds that dances with the Beatles in their hotel room lets us know a little bit more about that visit. I guess these girls weren't "real" Dolly Birds but just dressed that way as a gimmick to get attention so they could meet the Beatles. Way to go girls! Great idea because it worked!
Well---as seen in this quote from the article, "Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles ' 1964 visit," one of the Dolly Birds that dances with the Beatles in their hotel room lets us know a little bit more about that visit. I guess these girls weren't "real" Dolly Birds but just dressed that way as a gimmick to get attention so they could meet the Beatles. Way to go girls! Great idea because it worked!
Triciann Allen shared her memories; “I remember when the Beatles came to town! I remember the queues around the block to get tickets for the shows, I remember the hysteria at the thought of seeing them and I remember meeting them in their hotel room courtesy of our group’s cute plan to dress as the infamous English Dolly Birds and get noticed by standing across from their hotel balcony on the steps of the opposite building. What a time. Not only did we get to meet them personally and spend the day with them but we had a three-page spread in Women’s Weekly with photographs as well. I now live in London and have had the pleasure of continuing my Swinging Sixties memories here.”
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| George and John with Robyn McInnerney, Rosemary Carter, Val Wilson and Pat Williams |
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| These photos were scanned by The Gilly from the magazine "Everybody's" 8 July 1964 |
Thursday, June 12, 2014
The first Australian concert
Some concert memories:
Madeline Marin and her friend Agnes went out and bought the very latest Carnaby Street fashion when they heard that Channel 9 was running a best-dressed competition with two tickets to the Beatles concert as first prize.
"To this day I’ve not heard screaming or seen hysteria quite like it, it was epic”
--Ann Hartley
“There was so much screaming that you could only SEE the concert But I didn’t care”.
--Elizabeth Golding
The girl who was prettier than Ringo
Of all the research and stories I have located about the Beatles Australian tour, this has to be my very favorite. It is the story of the girl who was at the Adelaide Beatles press conference and came in and sat down with them as the "Ringo Starr look alike." I have seen the clip from the press conference of her and have wondered about her forever. The newspaper, the Advertiser tracked her down for the 50th anniversary and she shared her memories of that day. It is really a charming story. It was written by Craig Cook (who seems to have written almost all of the stories about the Beatles in Adelaide for the 50th anniversary...he has done a great job!)
Her name is Adele Minns (nee Emanuelle) and she has lived in Melbourne since 1966.
The 67-year-old mother of two daughters, Natasha and Karina, remembers every moment of her 15 minutes of fame, including the fact the Ringo look-alike competition is a myth.
A former Brighton High School student who lived on Brighton Rd, Adele was a devotee of the Adelaide music scene and knew pop star Bev Harrell, along with leading bands The Clefs and The Viscounts.
She was also a regular at the popular Princeton Club where radio host Bob Francis was the resident DJ.
“Bob was the first person to call me Ringo,” Adele, said from her Melbourne home this week.
“He’d even call out to me in the street with ‘G’day Ringo’ and everyone would turn to look at me.”
Francis, who led the campaign to convince the Beatles to perform in Adelaide, introduced the “dead ringer” for Ringo to Ron Tremain, managing editor of Young Modern magazine, who was heavily involved in organising The Beatles’ Adelaide concerts.
Tremain was aware of an opal signet ring (worth $3000 today) being made for Ringo, famous for wearing dress rings, as a memento of his South Australian visit.
“It was Ron who decided that I should present Ringo with the opal ring that Adelaide was making for him,” Mrs Minns added.
“When Ringo couldn’t come to Adelaide because of tonsillitis, Ron organised for me to be presented at the press conference as Adelaide’s answer to Ringo Starr.”
On the big day Adele left her work at the Town Planners office in the police building in Victoria Square at lunchtime and made her way through the madding crowds outside the Town Hall on her way to the South Australian Hotel where the Beatles were staying.
“I still have the magic letter that allowed me into the South Australian Hotel and the press conference,” she said.
“I was taken to a downstairs room where we were offered refreshments until it was our time to go up to see The Beatles.
“I was such a big fan and I couldn’t believe I was going to meet them.”
The press conference was in full swing when Adele, dressed in a smart blue mod suit she made herself, was presented as the ‘Adelaide Ringo’.
Paul McCartney in particular looked confounded she was a young woman.
A gallant John Lennon stood up and offered her his seat and a lovely compliment.
“He told me, ‘You’re much prettier than Ringo’,” Adele said laughing.
“It was a very low stool and when I sat down I thought I was going to disappear from view as I’m only 4 foot 11.
“Paul offered me a cigarette which I said no to and he said ‘that’s good’.
“Ernie Sigley was one of the people asking questions and when I spoke to him later he was very excited because he had interviewed John Lennon about his book In His Own Write.”
And then it was a mad rush to get to the Beatles concert at Centennial Hall at the Wayville Showgrounds for 6pm.
Still dressed in the blue wool suit, she caught a train to Goodwood station and walked along with the thousands of other fans descending on the venue.
Inside she was determined not to be one of the many that screamed their lungs out as she wanted to hear every word of the world’s most famous rock band.
At the end of the concert she was picked up by her father and with two friends driven back to Brighton to end the most remarkable day of her life.
And Adele’s favourite Beatle?
Just like the majority of young girls at the time it was Paul, not Ringo, and there she is sitting next to her idol, like a dream, 50 years ago.
Her name is Adele Minns (nee Emanuelle) and she has lived in Melbourne since 1966.
The 67-year-old mother of two daughters, Natasha and Karina, remembers every moment of her 15 minutes of fame, including the fact the Ringo look-alike competition is a myth.
A former Brighton High School student who lived on Brighton Rd, Adele was a devotee of the Adelaide music scene and knew pop star Bev Harrell, along with leading bands The Clefs and The Viscounts.
She was also a regular at the popular Princeton Club where radio host Bob Francis was the resident DJ.
“Bob was the first person to call me Ringo,” Adele, said from her Melbourne home this week.
“He’d even call out to me in the street with ‘G’day Ringo’ and everyone would turn to look at me.”
Francis, who led the campaign to convince the Beatles to perform in Adelaide, introduced the “dead ringer” for Ringo to Ron Tremain, managing editor of Young Modern magazine, who was heavily involved in organising The Beatles’ Adelaide concerts.
Tremain was aware of an opal signet ring (worth $3000 today) being made for Ringo, famous for wearing dress rings, as a memento of his South Australian visit.
“It was Ron who decided that I should present Ringo with the opal ring that Adelaide was making for him,” Mrs Minns added.
“When Ringo couldn’t come to Adelaide because of tonsillitis, Ron organised for me to be presented at the press conference as Adelaide’s answer to Ringo Starr.”
On the big day Adele left her work at the Town Planners office in the police building in Victoria Square at lunchtime and made her way through the madding crowds outside the Town Hall on her way to the South Australian Hotel where the Beatles were staying.
“I still have the magic letter that allowed me into the South Australian Hotel and the press conference,” she said.
“I was taken to a downstairs room where we were offered refreshments until it was our time to go up to see The Beatles.
“I was such a big fan and I couldn’t believe I was going to meet them.”
The press conference was in full swing when Adele, dressed in a smart blue mod suit she made herself, was presented as the ‘Adelaide Ringo’.
Paul McCartney in particular looked confounded she was a young woman.
A gallant John Lennon stood up and offered her his seat and a lovely compliment.
“He told me, ‘You’re much prettier than Ringo’,” Adele said laughing.
“It was a very low stool and when I sat down I thought I was going to disappear from view as I’m only 4 foot 11.
“Paul offered me a cigarette which I said no to and he said ‘that’s good’.
“Ernie Sigley was one of the people asking questions and when I spoke to him later he was very excited because he had interviewed John Lennon about his book In His Own Write.”
And then it was a mad rush to get to the Beatles concert at Centennial Hall at the Wayville Showgrounds for 6pm.
Still dressed in the blue wool suit, she caught a train to Goodwood station and walked along with the thousands of other fans descending on the venue.
Inside she was determined not to be one of the many that screamed their lungs out as she wanted to hear every word of the world’s most famous rock band.
At the end of the concert she was picked up by her father and with two friends driven back to Brighton to end the most remarkable day of her life.
And Adele’s favourite Beatle?
Just like the majority of young girls at the time it was Paul, not Ringo, and there she is sitting next to her idol, like a dream, 50 years ago.
More from that press conference
Adelaide is a date that I have a lot of photos and stories, so I might as well share them!
Two fans that met the Beatles....
Not a whole lot of fans got to meet the Beatles in Adelaide, but two girls who did get to meet them (well you know the three and Jimmie) were named Heni and Anne.
Here is their story according to the article "Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles 1964 visit" from the newspaper the Advertiser that was published earlier this week.
Very few Adelaide girls got to meet any of the Beatles. Ann Domingo and Heni Noll cooked up a plan several days before the group arrived, to meet them in person. They had a feeling that the mop tops would be staying at the South Australian Hotel and Ann’s mother agreed to book the two best friends a room a few days beforehand.
The girls checked in just hours before The Beatles arrived and had stationed themselves in the corridor just along from the rooms in which the entourage were staying.
After a while, press officer Derek Taylor noticed the girls and asked them if they’d like to see the press conference.
“I had the chance to chat briefly with John,” Ann says “and I literally hung on to his coat after the conference finished so we could stay with them and talk for a while. John asked Derek if Heni and I could stay on and we chatted with the guys about their music, other singers and fashion. I often reflect back on that day and think, wow, how lucky were we?”
And here is how the story was told in Glenn A. Baker's book "the Beatles Downunder" (published in 1982).
17 year old Heni Timmer and 16 year old Anne Aucott talked to a security guard. After the girls were crying to him, he arranged for them to meet the Beatles.
Here is their story according to the article "Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles 1964 visit" from the newspaper the Advertiser that was published earlier this week.
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| Ann and Heni shake hands with the boys (source News Limited). |
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| Heni is on the right (source News Limited) |
Very few Adelaide girls got to meet any of the Beatles. Ann Domingo and Heni Noll cooked up a plan several days before the group arrived, to meet them in person. They had a feeling that the mop tops would be staying at the South Australian Hotel and Ann’s mother agreed to book the two best friends a room a few days beforehand.
The girls checked in just hours before The Beatles arrived and had stationed themselves in the corridor just along from the rooms in which the entourage were staying.
After a while, press officer Derek Taylor noticed the girls and asked them if they’d like to see the press conference.
“I had the chance to chat briefly with John,” Ann says “and I literally hung on to his coat after the conference finished so we could stay with them and talk for a while. John asked Derek if Heni and I could stay on and we chatted with the guys about their music, other singers and fashion. I often reflect back on that day and think, wow, how lucky were we?”
And here is how the story was told in Glenn A. Baker's book "the Beatles Downunder" (published in 1982).
17 year old Heni Timmer and 16 year old Anne Aucott talked to a security guard. After the girls were crying to him, he arranged for them to meet the Beatles.
The Best Welcome Ever
The Beatles were set to bypass Adelaide due to the lack of a suitable venue and the belief that those in the town were too conservative for a 60's pop band.
A DJ w the radio station 5AD named Bob Francis started a campaign to bring the Beatles to his city and ended up with 80,000 signatures on his petition. This large number of signatures got the attention of Brian Epstein and the Beatles indeed came to Adelaide for what ended up being on the the biggest welcomes the Beatles would ever see.
When the Beatles landed in Adelaide on June 12, 1964, there was one thing missing: the fans. Only one teenager was allowed on the tarmac and her name was Jan Cocks.
Airport manager Bill Thomas invited Jan to see The Beatle. His secretary, Jill Stanton, who lived next door to Jan , had told him of the teenager’s tough start to life. Jan had contracted disease encephalitis at 10 months old. From that day she has been partly paralysed down one side, has a damaged lung and bone weakness requiring calipers. A chauffeured car picked up Jan at her door to take her to the airport for the big event. She had her photo taken in front of the Ford convertible The Beatles would soon use on their journey past 300,000 people to Adelaide Town Hall.She saw the plane land and could barely contain her excitement as The Beatles appeared at the top of the steps.
“I yelled out ‘ Paul’ and they were all a bit shocked to hear a teenager’s voice,” Jan said. “John and Paul swung around and John said ‘ You’re a bit young to be a photographer, aren’t you?’ ”The lads jumped in the car. Jan was yet to get an autograph and Jill urged her forward. “Paul reached out for my book,” Jan said. “At that moment he was about to take it, the car drove off and he looked back sadly, mouthing ‘ Sorry’.”
But the Beatles would soon see more teenagers than anyone could possibly imagine. The three Beatles and one stand-in got into a convertible and rode at a slow pace for 9 miles, waving to 300,000 people (something they would refuse to do in the United States because of President Kennedy's assassination).
Here are some memories of fans who were there:
"I went to a Convent right near Victoria Square and the nuns were very strict. We used to start school earlier than anyone else. The crowd was so heavy that we thought we'd never be able to see them. We knew they were coming to Town Hall and appearing on the balcony. If you had a letter signed by both our parents, we could do it. My mother of course signed and she signed for my father--she forged his signature. And I went! I think there were 300,000 people. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records. And I was one of them.
--Kate Fitzpatrick
"People were fainting and people were screaming and yelling for them. I guess I should have been scared. But there I was with my camera and I'm with my former husband, John. I think he was trying to protect me because I was trying to film and he tried to keep people away. I'm sure Paul waved to me and smiled at me. I'm sure he saw me in that crowd. I jsut had that feeling. You can see in the film that I was being jostled. People were pushing me. It was so exciting. I was just awestruck."
--Margaret Van Tulder
Trevor Cowling was program manager at 5AD and recalls: “Eldon Crouch was
our breakfast announcer at that time and we were planning to do live
crosses from the motorcade. As we left the airport the 5DN car tried to
run us off the road but we managed instead to force their broadcast
vehicle into a ditch and found ourselves directly behind The Beatles all
the way into town. As we drove along Anzac Highway the people were 10 deep in some
places. I’ve never seen anything like it. When we arrived in the city
the crowd was so thick we had to literally push onlookers out of the way
with the car. It was absolutely mind-boggling.”
Pam Bray says she still has a lot of anger that Adelaide Girls’ High School went into lockdown on the day: “Prefects were on the gates and no doctors’ appointments were allowed that day. To rub salt into the wounds, Adelaide Boys were allowed to line the street on West Tce to wave to them! I remember our science teacher came back and told us how great they were. Luckily, I later went to the concert at Centennial Hall and my parents took my best friend and me to see them on the balcony of The South Australian Hotel.”
“I remember after we got into the Town Hall for the reception, Bob Francis, Jim Slade and I rushed out to the edge of the balcony, waved and then stopped. “The crowd was yelling we want The Beatles and thought we were them. They then started throwing autograph books, koala bears and things up on to the balcony. Bob started scribbling in the autograph books “love Paul” or something similar and throwing them back. There are probably some women in their late fifties and even older who are treasuring their autograph from a “Beatle”. Although Bob was an honorary Beatle so far as Adelaide was concerned at the time, as he maintained the pressure on the tour organisers to get them here.”
--Peter Baker
Information for this story from
The Beatles Downunder (book) by Glenn A. Baker
"Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles 1964 visit" by Bob Bryne for the Advertiser (June 10, 2014)
"Long, Winding road to Realising a Dream" by Craig Cook for the Advertiser (June 8, 2014)
"When we were FABelaide" by Craig Cook for the Advertiser (June 12, 2014)
The Beatles Downunder (documentary) from 1994
A DJ w the radio station 5AD named Bob Francis started a campaign to bring the Beatles to his city and ended up with 80,000 signatures on his petition. This large number of signatures got the attention of Brian Epstein and the Beatles indeed came to Adelaide for what ended up being on the the biggest welcomes the Beatles would ever see.
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| John Lennon and Bob Francis |
When the Beatles landed in Adelaide on June 12, 1964, there was one thing missing: the fans. Only one teenager was allowed on the tarmac and her name was Jan Cocks.
Airport manager Bill Thomas invited Jan to see The Beatle. His secretary, Jill Stanton, who lived next door to Jan , had told him of the teenager’s tough start to life. Jan had contracted disease encephalitis at 10 months old. From that day she has been partly paralysed down one side, has a damaged lung and bone weakness requiring calipers. A chauffeured car picked up Jan at her door to take her to the airport for the big event. She had her photo taken in front of the Ford convertible The Beatles would soon use on their journey past 300,000 people to Adelaide Town Hall.She saw the plane land and could barely contain her excitement as The Beatles appeared at the top of the steps.
“I yelled out ‘ Paul’ and they were all a bit shocked to hear a teenager’s voice,” Jan said. “John and Paul swung around and John said ‘ You’re a bit young to be a photographer, aren’t you?’ ”The lads jumped in the car. Jan was yet to get an autograph and Jill urged her forward. “Paul reached out for my book,” Jan said. “At that moment he was about to take it, the car drove off and he looked back sadly, mouthing ‘ Sorry’.”
But the Beatles would soon see more teenagers than anyone could possibly imagine. The three Beatles and one stand-in got into a convertible and rode at a slow pace for 9 miles, waving to 300,000 people (something they would refuse to do in the United States because of President Kennedy's assassination).
Here are some memories of fans who were there:
"I went to a Convent right near Victoria Square and the nuns were very strict. We used to start school earlier than anyone else. The crowd was so heavy that we thought we'd never be able to see them. We knew they were coming to Town Hall and appearing on the balcony. If you had a letter signed by both our parents, we could do it. My mother of course signed and she signed for my father--she forged his signature. And I went! I think there were 300,000 people. It is in the Guinness Book of World Records. And I was one of them.
--Kate Fitzpatrick
"People were fainting and people were screaming and yelling for them. I guess I should have been scared. But there I was with my camera and I'm with my former husband, John. I think he was trying to protect me because I was trying to film and he tried to keep people away. I'm sure Paul waved to me and smiled at me. I'm sure he saw me in that crowd. I jsut had that feeling. You can see in the film that I was being jostled. People were pushing me. It was so exciting. I was just awestruck."
--Margaret Van Tulder
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| Margaret in the crowd with her camera |
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| one of the frames from the film she shot |
Pam Bray says she still has a lot of anger that Adelaide Girls’ High School went into lockdown on the day: “Prefects were on the gates and no doctors’ appointments were allowed that day. To rub salt into the wounds, Adelaide Boys were allowed to line the street on West Tce to wave to them! I remember our science teacher came back and told us how great they were. Luckily, I later went to the concert at Centennial Hall and my parents took my best friend and me to see them on the balcony of The South Australian Hotel.”
“I remember after we got into the Town Hall for the reception, Bob Francis, Jim Slade and I rushed out to the edge of the balcony, waved and then stopped. “The crowd was yelling we want The Beatles and thought we were them. They then started throwing autograph books, koala bears and things up on to the balcony. Bob started scribbling in the autograph books “love Paul” or something similar and throwing them back. There are probably some women in their late fifties and even older who are treasuring their autograph from a “Beatle”. Although Bob was an honorary Beatle so far as Adelaide was concerned at the time, as he maintained the pressure on the tour organisers to get them here.”
--Peter Baker
Information for this story from
The Beatles Downunder (book) by Glenn A. Baker
"Adelaide, do you remember the Beatles 1964 visit" by Bob Bryne for the Advertiser (June 10, 2014)
"Long, Winding road to Realising a Dream" by Craig Cook for the Advertiser (June 8, 2014)
"When we were FABelaide" by Craig Cook for the Advertiser (June 12, 2014)
The Beatles Downunder (documentary) from 1994
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