George's 21st birthday

George Harrison had the privilege of being the first Beatle to have a birthday after Beatlemania hit America.   Actually, George's 21st birthday occurred just days after the Beatles landed back in the United Kingdom.

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....

Ed Rudy part 2

Here is part 2 of the Ed Rudy article.   I will post part 3 next week.  This was found in issue #46 (from April 1984) issue of With a Little Help From my Friends.

So much for Ed's story that George stayed home.  You can see him here with his sister, Louise.

This is the only color photograph I know of that show the guys going to the night clubs.  Notice that Ringo is here with his date, Geri Miller (who I have posted a story about in the past)

Someone snapped John and Cyn leaving the Playboy club.  I hope Brian didn't find out!

During the early rehearsal period, the Beatles’ road manager, Neil Aspinall fills in for George but suddenly George come into the studio and everybody is happy, particularly Paul, John and Ringo.  There is applause and cheers as George takes his place in the Beatle line from everyone:  studio technicians, newsmen and even Ed Sullivan.

After rehearsals George goes back to the hotel and to bed while Paul, John and Ringo go to the exclusive “21” club for dinner.  The dinner was arranged by Capitol Records.  The record executives select filet mignons, pheasant under glass and other gourmet delicacies.  The Beatles order chops and mashed potatoes.  The management enforces their strict orders against table-hopping.  Nobody is allowed to get near the Beatles.  Paul tackles an order of crepe suzettes while John and Ringo go on a tour of the wine cellar.  Ringo glances at all the wine bottles, then humorously asks, “Where’s the Cokes?”

After diner, the Beatle boys headed back to their limousines and made a whirlwind tour of the city with special emphasis on the unique winding streets of Greenwich Village.  They intended to visit some of the Bohemian bistros but the dense crowds, reacting to their presence, prevented this.

Arriving back at their hotel, they stop in to see George and find that his throat is improving.  They take time to conduct special interviews; they answer telephone calls from deejays from all over America.  They turn on the radio and listen to their music being played on just about every radio station they can dial in.  The second great day in America for the Beatle boys comes to a close.

On Sunday, February 9^th, the Beatle boys sleep late then get together for mid-morn breakfast.  We take time to interview them for another of our taped interviews just before they leave for the early dress rehearsal of tonight’s Sullivan show plus the tape to show for February 23.

Beatle fans are packed into the theatre during this rehearsal period.  The theater is filled right up to the rafters.  The noise is deafening and Ed Sullivan wisecracks, “Let’s have less noise—else I’ll send for a barber!”  Rehearsals go well.  The February 23^rd show is taped.  There is a brief period where the Beatles take time to rest, grab a fast bite to eat, get themselves ready for the live show.  The Beatles are a little unhappy.  They want to say something to their American audience to their American fans everywhere for making their visit so great and for the wonderful welcome received wherever they go.  Sullivan will not let them speak.  He wants them to play only.  They end up performing only and no thank you speeches!

During the live show, John’s microphone was accidentally off during one number.  The Beatles boys are not happy about this incident.  They feel that this unbalanced the number.  However the show is over, the mistake was made and that’s that.

Deejay Murray the K takes the Beatle boys over to the Playboy club after the television show.  They head back to the hotel first where George decides to go to bed early.

Paul, John and Ringo plus Murray the K decide to walk over to the Playboy club from the hotel, about a half block away.  They are mobbed by Beatle fans even at this late time of the night and policemen assigned to the Beatles for protection help escort them to the club. They go to the penthouse lounge section of the club, followed by reporters, photographers, policemen.  They relax a little from a hectic day to the sounds of soft music, provided by a combo of piano and bass.  John is overheard saying, “This is music we really think is gear – we do Rock n Skiffle for money!”

The Beatles entourage with the Beatle boys, Paul, John and Ringo leading, then head for the “Peppermint Lounge” the place where the “Twist” originated.  There is a group of four male entertainers in the Peppermint show who did an impromptu takeoff of the Beatles.  Of all the people there, Paul, John and Ringo find this skit the most amusing—laugh the hardest and longest.

The photographs and newsmen have packed the place.  Hundreds of pictures are being taken and everybody is in each other’s way.  Ringo is an expert dancer and he twists with one of the girls int eh show.  Everybody, but everybody is trying to get near a Beatle boy.  Papers and pens are shoved towards them from every direction for autographs. It’s the end of a very great day for the Beatle three. They head back for the Plaza Hotel.  It is 4:30a.m. according to my wristwatch.

On Monday, February 10, the Beatle boys had arranged their schedule so that this day would be free to do with as they chose. However, there were still hundreds of reporters and photographers that applied for interviews and hundreds of deejays that wanted to tape interviews for air play.  So the day was designated as “p” day …for the press, although it turned out to be for “panic” because of the confusion.  Conference upon conference was held.

Asked one member of the press, “which is the sexy one?”  Paul took this question and answered it quickly, “Our manager, Brian Epstein is the one.”  One female reporter asked the question, “who selects your clothes?”  Answered the Beatles in unison, “We choose our own, but tell me, who chooses yours?”  The female reporter shot back, “My husband!”  Then she continued with another question, “Are there any subjects you prefer not to discuss?”  John then shot back a fast, “Yeah, your husband!”

A question was directed to Ringo by a reporter as to why he said less than the other Beatles during the press conference.  Said Ringo, “I’m the anonymous Beatles but as long as they split the money with me, I don’t mind it!”  Another question asked the Beatle boys was “What do you consider the greatest danger?  Dandruff or nuclear bombs?”  George was fast to answer this one, “We consider bomb!  We already got dandruff!”

Press conferences lasted all afternoon into the early evening and great many interviews and quite a few picture sessions.  Throughout the afternoon, the Beatles munched away on roast beef sandwiches and Cokes.  Around 7:00 in the evening, the Beatles decided to relax a little while before going on a tour of some of the New York nite clubs.  We left them, at this time, to join a few other members of the press who decided we would all have a bite to eat before continuing on the evening tour with the Beatles.

When we returned to the hotel, the Beatles were ready to leave and followed in cars behind them.   We first headed for the “Headliners Club” and we met Jill Hayworth here.   The party then headed for the “Improvisation Coffee house and Restaurant”

The club was filled with people, of all ages, who were so stunned by the Beatles’ visit that they couldn’t’ believe their eyes.  The club started to really get packed, when news leaked out in the neighborhood.  Everyone wanted to get in.  When it came time to leave, Ringo almost stepped into the bass drum.  At around 4:00a.m., the Beatles decided to call it a day and head back to the hotel.

A Special Day

I just got in a batch of Harrison Alliance fanzine from the 1970's that are new to me.   So expect to see some stories from these in the next few weeks.  

This one is something different, but really neat.   It is a story of a fan who hung out with Mr and Mrs Harrison in the summer of 1969.    Mrs. Harrison was very open about her feelings during this time (which I am sure George hated that she would share so much with fans since he tended to be more private).    It is very interesting to say the least.

This story was taken from the January 1979 issue of the Harrison Alliance.

 

A Special Day

By Susan Maier

June 4, 1969 – I will never forget that day, because my friend Sima and I spent it with George’s parents at their home in England.  I had been writing to Mrs. Harrison for a couple of years and when I told her Sima and I were coming to England, she invited us to come and visit them.

We took the rail to Warrington and then a taxi to the Harrison’s home in Appleton.  They were working in their garden when we arrived.  I introduced myself and Sima and then we all went into the house.  I don’t recall every word that was said (I was too excited), but I would like to share my memories of that day.

The house was lovely.  There were thick gold colored carpets in the living room and scattered Indian rugs.  A huge stereo stood nearby with stacks of records on top of it.  Mrs. Harrison proudly played us “Old Brown Shoe” at top volume!  There were two painting, both from George and one BY George.  He had painted it while in India (it was very modern).  There were pictures of George, Pattie and the rest of the family all over the house.  A beautiful portrait of George hung in the foyer.  There was a carved ivory statue enclosed with a dome and an old-fashioned clock, also in a dome.  The dining room had a gorgeous old wooden table and chairs, and a golden set of cups, jug and platter from India – all presents from George.  Almost everything in the house was from him.

Mrs. Harrison, Sima and I sat on the porch and talked.   I told her how upset I was because we had missed seeing George, by just a couple hours a few days earlier (He was off to Sardinia with Pattie).  Mrs. Harrison told us that George had called them before he left and said he would be gone two weeks, but if the weather was good, they might stay longer.  She told us about the time George walked out of the “Let it Be” sessions.  Pattie was away modeling or visiting her family at the time, so George drove home to them.  Mrs. Harrison tried to convince George that the other three were conspiring against him by playing too loud while he sang.  She played him various cuts to show him, but George didn’t see it that way.

She talked to us about John and wondered “what was happening to him!” (Sima didn’t like this since she is a John fanatic!).   Mrs. Harrison had even asked George if she should go down to London and talk some sense to John, but George told her it would do any good.

Another time, she went to visit Paul’s father because he had been ill.  When she got there, Paul answered the door and introduced Linda to her.  “I want you to meet my girlfriend.”   Mrs. Harrison said she did a double take and wondered where Jane was!  The house was full of relatives and Heather (being only 5 at the time) was excited being in a new place and all and didn’t finish her dinner.  Linda wouldn’t let her have dessert and sent her off to bed instead.  Mrs. Harrison thought that was horrible!

While we talked, a few flies would buzz around from the garden and Mrs. Harrison went to hit them.  She said she couldn’t do that when George was there because he believed that everything had a right to live – no matter how small.

She told us about the time George hired a gardener for his house in Esher but the garden never seemed to look any better.  One day she was visiting Pattie, and the tow of them found the gardener sitting in back of the greenhouse doing nothing.  The gardener was fired and Mrs. Harrison ended up doing some of the garden work for George herself.

Mrs. Harrison glowed when she talked about George.  It was obvious how proud she was of him and she was so happy and down-to-earth.  We went back inside the house and Mrs. Harrison started to set the table.  Sima and I (thinking this was a hint that we had stayed long enough) said we should be going.  “Before tea?” Mrs. Harrison asked, surprised.  She was setting the table for us!  Mr. Harrison joined us now and we had tea, salad, fruit, bread and jam.  They said to help ourselves because as George always says, “he who hesitates is lost.”

I couldn’t believe this whole thing was happening – sitting there, eating and talking with George’s Mum and Dad!  Mr. Harrison kept winking at me whenever I looked at him and I could see so much of George in his face.  His face was strong but kind and his eyes were beautiful!

While we were eating, Mrs. Harrison was saying she had given birth to all of her children at home, not in a hospital, and that made her the first girl that George was even in bed with!  I nearly choked!!

After we finished eating, Sima and I helped with the dishes.  Mrs. Harrison talked about how she still worried about George sometimes, and if our parents were worried about us being away on our own?  George always told her not to worry but she in turn told him, “I’m still your mother no matter what, and I do worry!”  She talked a bit about George and Pattie’s arrest in March of that year (for possession of marijuana) and how the whole thing was set up by the police themselves.  The police even took away all of George’s incense as evidence.

Finally we went into the living room and she showed us a bunch of photos of George.  Most were taken just before he went to America for the first time (on his own in 1963).  The photos showed Mrs. Harrison packing his suitcase while George just sat and watched!

When the time came to leave, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison drove us to the rail station.  Mr. Harrison squeezed my hand real tight and Mrs. Harrison came all the way up to the platform and waited for the train with us.  When it came, she kissed me and said goodbye and I kissed her in turn.

I was in a daze!  I couldn’t get over how wonderful George’s parents were to us.  We spent over six hours with them – hearing about George, sharing stories and laughing – it was beautiful!  You could feel the love in that house and the closeness Mr. and Mrs. Harrison had with each other and their family.  I’ll never forget it and I’ll always remember Mr. and Mrs. Harrison with special feelings.

George in Benton: An untold story

When I was in Benton, Illinois this past weekend I went into a the antique shops that are located around the square before the unveiling of the historical marker.    In one of the shops I went into a man near the counter saw me wearing a Beatles t-shirt and asked if I was in Benton for the George Harrison thing.   When I told him that I was, he continued to tell me how he had met George when he was in Benton in 1963 and whenever people come through town to interview people for the news or books about George's Benton connection, they are never interested in his little story and therefore it has never been told.    So I told him that I had a Beatles blog about people that met one of the Beatles and I would be happy to share his story on there.   So he said to let everyone know that a lot of fake stories are out about what happened, but his story is the truth and his name is "Honest Don."

In 1963, Don was 17 years old and worked at the local A&W Root Beer restaurant in Benton, Illinois.  One night in September, he was told to deliver some dishes out to a house that was off the square and across from the high school.  So he and a female co-worker who was also 17 drove out to 113 McCann Street to deliver the food.   When they got there, they see a young man with "very long hair" standing on the front porch.   Don says that he and all of his friends at the time wore their hair in a very short crew cut.  That was the style at that time for guys.   He had never seen hair that went down in the front like George had on a guy.   Don said that his long hair really stuck out in her mind.  Then when the long haired man started to talk,  Don was surprised to hear a British accent!     He was definitely not like most of the young men that order from the A&W in town.   George continues to ask Don's co-worker if she would like to go out on a date with him.   The young lady kindly turned George down and the two get back into the car.    Once they were back inside the car, the girl turned to Don and said, "Can you believe that long haired guy asked me out?  Eww!  I wouldn't want to be seen with him!"   

So there you have it....a unheard  story about a girl who refused to go out on a date with George Harrison!   Just remember that you heard it here first.

The photo I posted are screen caps that I made from a video of a travel program that was on television in the mid 1990's.   It showed a few short segment of home videos that belonged to Louise of George's trip to visit her. 

Mail and George's house

A couple of photos showing the large baskets of fan mail George Harrison received at his parent's house in Liverpool for his 21st birthday.  That is a lot of birthday cards!

Jenny's letters from George's mum

I had a good response about the letter "Jenny Rose" sent to George, where she asks him to marry her. Well, these aren't as exciting but it sure shows that Jenny doesn't stop at her love for George after getting a letter from him. Here are letters that George's mother wrote to Jenny after she received the original one from George. You can see that Mrs. Harrison used a form letter for the letters that she sent off to fans in some cases. However, I think it was extremely kind of her keep up with the fan mail. I think many mothers would have tossed the letters out.

sister Lou at Friar Park

Friar Park always amazes me. And while these aren't "fan photo" they are snapshots, so that is close enough in my book to fit in here. These are photos from the 1970's from when George's sister, Louise, visited her little brother at his home. The top photo shows George on a motorcycle.

Beatle parents

In a recent auction, a fan named Barb had autographs and photos of Ringo and George's folks. Many fans went out of their way to try to meet the parent's of the Beatles. George's mother was the most welcoming and Ringo's mother and step-father weren't too far behind. They really were a blessing to fans who just wanted to get close to the boys.

The Harrison famly at the Cavern Club

This isn't a fan photo, but I thought it was sort of neat. Here is George's mom, Louise, George's Dad, Harold and George's sister, Louise at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1964. I am not sure why this photo was taken. I think it is a private photo from Louise's collection. I also love seeing pre-torn down Cavern Club photos.

Almost answered fan mail

If you couldn't get a letter back from one of the actual Beatles, getting one from a Beatles family member would be the next best thing. Here we see two letters that at one time belonged to someone named "June." In my mind, June must have been a fan who sent letters and gifts to the Beatles homes. I assume that she sent Ringo and Maureen a card when Jason was born and Maureen wrote her a thank you note for it. Another time she got an response from the Beatle parent that seemed to keep up the most with the fan mail, Louise Harrison. It looks like she and some other fans stopped by Louise's home but missed her. I love how Louise tells the girls to go see Help! While I am sure June would have preferred getting mail from Ringo and George, I bet she was thrilled to get these letters from Maureen and Louise and that is why they are still around today. Liverpool auctions are going to be auctioning off these items in August I believe.

Dance the night away

Not a fan photo, but Mrs. Louise Harrison (aka George's mom) was always a fan favorite. She would open her open on many occasions to fans and offer them tea while she chatted away about her son, George. She was also quick to answer fan letters from fans all around the world. So I just had to post this adorable photo of Louise and John dancing in memory of this amazing woman!

George with the fam

This is another example of what I believe is a fan traded photo. Here is what I believe happened. Many fans wrote to George's lovely mother, Louise Harrison and she was a kind soul and wrote fans back. Fans would ask for photos of George and she would often send them some rare photographs of George with the family. The fans then get copies of these made and trade them within the Beatles fan pen pal circuits. This particular photo looks like someone tried to "zoom in" more on George and cut out other members of the family. Although it also could have been a bad photographer. I don't know for sure that is how this photograph came about (except that Gina owned this particular one and scanned it) but that is my best guess. I still like to think of this blog as the "modern day" version of Beatle pen pal photo trading.

Harrison family

The story behind this photo is that it was taken during a visit that Pattie and George made to visit George's mom, dad and brother in Liverpool. Well...Pattie sent this photo to a fan that wrote a letter to her. And what do you think that fan did with this great photo? Yep! That fan made copies and passed it around to other fans! So thank you to Pattie for sending this photo to a fan in the first place and thank you to the fan who received this photo and passed it around so that we have it today!

Patty J. again...

I have posted these photos before along with the wonderful story of how a fan named Pattie was able to meet George, Patti and his family in Liverpool in 1966. Here are the photos again, but slightly better....

Hard Day's Night Bed and Breakfast

Paul and Linda with a fan


A fan photo of George with Carl Perkins at the Hard Rock Cafe in London



One of my favorites!


This is just a shot of "mail room" in the house. It is where George's sister used to sit and answer fan letters. It just basically shows that there is a lot of interesting things hanging on the walls.


Me outside of the house. Notice that the sign is quick to point out "Where George Harrison Stayed."




In Southern Illinois there is a little yellow house known as the "Hard Day's Night Bed and Breakfast." It is the former home of Lousie Cardwell, who is George Harrison's sister. George came and stayed with her for 3 weeks during the late summer of 1963. Since then fans have saved the home from being torn down and have turned it into a mini Beatles museum as well as a Bed and Breakfast (obviously). It is a cute little place, but I wouldn't go rushing down there to see it as a main trip or anything. However, if you happen to be in Southern Illinois anyhow, it is worth checking out. I live in 2 hours North of the town of Benton, Illinois and the home. In 2007 and 2008 they had a Beatles Day at the house, and I attended. (That is when I met Pete Best). I took some photos of some photos on the wall of Beatles with fans. So here are some photos of photos that I took inside of the Hard Day's Night Bed and Breakfast in Benton, Illinois.

More Beatles with albums

With the Please Please me album in the background. I have a photo from this performance / photo session where the guys are holding the album. But it wasn't easy to find right now, so this one with do.

Paul with my favorite Beatles album, Rubber Soul in 1966.

Beatles publicity photos. Holding Please please me, Help, Beatles for Sale and A Hard Day's Night (all British versions)

Paul signs a copy of "Meet the Beatles" (I think it is the American version at least) for George's sister, Louise while on the train to Washington D.C.

John signs the Magical Mystery Tour EP for a fan at a party for fan club secretaries attended by George and John in December 1967. The fans that went could only have the MMT EP or the 1967 Christmas fan club flexi autographed.

Posing with the Sgt. Pepper album open at the release party

All four Beatles pose with the Sgt. Pepper album at the release party.

Brian holding a cover of "Yesterday and Today" (the Trunk cover version)

I am having too much fun now. After the last post, I decided to do a quick go through of all of my files and try to find more photos that aren't fan photos of Beatles with their albums. Don't ask..just go with it.

Patty Juliono meets George 1966

I have another fan meeting story to share. This one comes from Patty Juliono. She met George on March 5, 1966 at the Harrison family home. I have a photograph of the newspaper (Beat) that her story ran. I typed it up the best that I could to share with you all. But there were some parts where the crease was that I couldn't make out the words. Some thoughts from her story (I LOVE Beatles meeting stories written right at the time of the meeting). First of all what an awesome Dad Patty had to be willing to trek out of the Harrison house and spend a day of his vacation with them. I liked how the Dad and George were talking about Vietnam. That is interesting. I also like how Patty remembers some strange things but really know what type of car George had just purchased. Overall it is a nice article that was obviously written by a teenager.

Reader spends a Day with Beatle family in England
The Beat: April 8, 1967

(Editor’s note: If you’re lucky enough, it can be done. Beatle fan, Patty Juliono spent a fantastic day at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Harrison. A surprise twosome greeted Patty inside the house and the following is Patty’s story of the day she’ll never forget. We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did.)

I’ve been writing to Mrs. Harrison ever since I got her address ever since I got her address a few years ago, and I have always gotten an answer from her. Last February I went to Paris with my father. Before I left, I wrote Mrs. Harrison a letter telling her that I was coming to Europe and if I ever came to England I would love to see her. When I got to Paris I was surprised to find a letter from her. She said she would love to see me and gave me directions on how to get to her house.

I called her the day we were going to Germany. She sounded so nice. I told her about coming to see her. I asked what would be the best day, Saturday or Sunday. She said either so I picked Sunday. I had to hang up then because we had to hurry to the airport. We had to move the meeting to Saturday because we had to leave on Sunday so we could go to Switzerland on Monday because I had to start school.
When I called she wasn’t home, so my father called later and asked her. She said it was just fine and that she was looking forward to meeting me. So on Friday, March 4, we landed in London, England. I was so excited! I couldn’t believe I was in England! All Friday we went sightseeing. I even had lunch at an English pub!
The next morning we got up at eight, had breakfast then took the bus to the London airport. We had to fly from London to Manchester and then take a train from Manchester to Warrington. When we got to Manchester, my dad decided to take a taxi to Warrington. When we got to Warrington, we had to stop at the train station so we could call Mrs. Harrison and ask how to get from her house from the station.
My dad called and when he got off the phone he had a smile on his face. I asked him why he was smiling – he didn’t say anything. What he was smiling about was that George had answered the phone and he was just thinking what would happen if I had called and George answered the phone. All the way to her house I kept saying wouldn’t it be neat if George was there.
Finally we turned down the road to Mrs. Harrison’s house. Mrs. Harrison was out in the front waiting. I got out of the taxi and gave Mrs. Harrison a box of candy I had brought her. We walked into the house. The door leading into the living room was made of glass. I looked through and saw someone sitting there. Then Mrs. Harrison opened the door and who should be sitting there but Patti --- she is so pretty in person.
Mrs. Harrison introduced us and we sat and talked. And then my dad (?????) We all started talking. I asked Patti if she had gotten a lot of mean letters from girls after she had married George. She said that she got a few saying “I hate you so much.” After awhile my Dad looked up and smiled and then said, “Well, here’s our boy.” I turned around and there stood George with a big smile on his face!
He came over and shook my hand then sat in the chair next to me. He offered everyone a cigarette –even me! I joked and started to take one. He laughed and said, “Aren’t you too young?” I never did get one.
My dad and George started to talk about Vietnam. Patti and I just sat and listened and threw in our two-cents once in awhile. Then George started talking about the police protection they get when they’re in America. He said the English police were better. He told me how he had seen policemen take kids and hit them with their clubs. He said English policemen don’t do that.
Then Mrs. Harrison called us in for a small lunch. We had tea sausages, cheese and bread. I sat between Mrs. Harrison and Patti and George sat across from me. Mrs. Harrison showed me a scrapbook of fans from all over the world. I found a lot of pictures of kids from the United States. I even found a picture of me!
After we ate, I cleared off the table and helped Mrs. Harrison with the dishes. Then my dad suggested we take pictures before the sun went down. We took six pictures outside. After we took the pictures, George’s two brothers, Peter and Henry came with their wives and George’s little niece and nephew, Janet and Paul. We got one picture of Janet. She was very shy. We started talking about cars because George just got a new car which was out front. I think it was a GTO. George started talking about the Munster’s car.
?????? Mr. Harrison decided to drive us to the train station. I really hated to say good-bye. George and Patti stood in the doorway holding hands. George’s brothers all shook my hand and said they enjoyed meeting me. I told Mrs. Harrison I really had a wonderful time. She was glad.
I got in the car and we drove out the driveway. I turned around and saw Mrs. Harrison standing there waving good-bye. I’ll never forget that day. I really couldn’t believe I had met one of the Beatles!
I did learn one thing about George – he is supposed to be a real good cook. His father told me. Well I still write to Mrs. Harrison and she writes to me. Maybe someday I’ll meet her again.