Oh me Oh my

 

Farewell to Ziggy Stardust

 

Happy 50th Anniversary to Barry and Linda!

 

On September 1, 1970, Barry Gibb married his bride, Linda Gray and the couple is celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this very day!

Among the guests invited to celebrate in the occasion were the neighbors of Barry's brother who just happened to be Richard and Maureen Starkey.   

The Night They'll Never Forget

I found this story and photos in the November 1969 issue of Datebook magazine, and while it isn't directly Beatle related, I thought it was interesting because I had never read about it before. 

It started out as a pleasant social evening.  Lulu and her husband, Maurice Gibb of the BeeGees, still reveling in their roles as newlyweds in the home in Kinnerton Street, Kensington, had invited another young couple to come over and spend the evening -- John Lennon's ex-wife, Cynthia (a long time pal of Lulu's) and her Italian boyfriend, Roberto Bassianini.

After dinner, the four decided to go out on the town for a bit of nightlife.  They all piled into Maurice's Rolls Royce.

The area where they live is dark and secluded, and perhaps it was more foggy than usual that night.   At any rate, Maurice, who was driving, didn't see the oncoming car until it was too late.

A screech of brakes, the girls' screams, a crash of crumpling metal and broke glass...then silence.

In the backseat, Lulu and Cynthia revived first and saw, to their horror, that Maurice had been thrown right through the windshield, and Roberto's face was covered with blood.  But Lulu and Cynthia kept their cool, helping and supporting their men while bystanders called for help, although badly shaken up themselves.

Hospital check-ups revealed that none of their injuries were serious.  For which they can thank Maurice's being a rock star.  If he hadn't been able to afford that Rolls Royce and had been driving a lighter car, they might have been killed!

Happy girls

Pattie Boyd, Lulu, and Cynthia Lennon (different frame than what I have previously posted)

That must have been one heck of a party

almost Beatle girls

Another Beatles Christmas Show concert memory

very old scans from when I had that scanned that had a green tint

The only memory that I can find is from The Beatles Christmas Book by Belmo and Gary Marsh.  It is a quote by Lulu

" One of the most exciting things that ever happened to me in my life was going to a gig at the Hammersmith, standing on the side of the stage, watching them running off and on.  And all of a sudden John Lennon goes, "ooh it's Lulu!"  I can't say how excited I was.  And then they took me into their dressing room, and I actually watched and will never forget Paul McCartney putting his head under the tap and just flicking his hair around.  It looked gorgeous and so did he.  I was fifteen or sixteen -- totally in awe and I melted completely"