We wished the really lived there

 

April 14, 1965

The fire at Ringo's rent property

 

November 28, 1979

The fire looks devastating here, and Ringo was pretty upset when it was going on.  At the time, the news reported that Ringo had lost many Beatles items in his fire.  Fortunately, that was not true at all.   Ringo was renting this home from Harry Nillson and did not have a whole lot of personal property in it, not Beatles items.  We have been able to see many of Ringo's Beatles treasures that, for years, we believed were lost in this fire in museums over the past few years. 

Waiting for Paul

 

George meets with Marco

 May 24, 1988 -- George meets with a Brazilian fan named Marco at his home in L.A. 

House

 

That time when Ringo's house he rented from Harry was on fire

 

The boy from the Dingle

the house from the uh oh files

This is the house that John Lennon lived in along with Keith Moon, Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr.  Uh oh files for sure!

2850 Benedict Canyon

The Beatles took August 23-27 1965 off from the North American tour and stayed at 2850 Benedict Canyon in L.A. during that time.   They rented the house from Zsa Zsa Gabor.  They spent a lot of time relaxing in the pool and just enjoying the sun and having a break from it all.  However, it wasn't long before an L.A. radio station broadcasted the address of the house and before they knew it, there were fans everywhere!

Fans at the gates of the 2850 Benedict Canyon

Alf Bicknell talks about the house in his 1990 book, Beatles Diary

2850 Benedict Canyon, a road virtually up the side from the Beverly Hills Hotel, a most luxurious place.  Up in the canyon, with a beautiful swimming pool.  There was a super guy, I wish I could remember his name, Roy, I think, working for a catering company in Los Angeles.  He was like a Maitre D', a butler, but no more than that.  A terrific guy.  He's a chef, and he had one or two girls (or rather, ladies) there to do the food, lay the tables, and all sorts of things.  It was a big house with bedrooms all over the place.  Paul sorted out a bedroom with all cut glass.  But I was at the other end of the house, and the room I actually got---well!  It was a very strange house, bedrooms either side, huge great lounge, fireplace, games room, poker table, pool table, but I slept unluckily.  It was like being in a bunkhouse in a western movie, where I slept.  But  the most fascinating thing about this house I could remember was that all the walls were like balsa wood.  you could push your fingers into them.  It was an  absolutely fantastic house.  The whole layout was really beautiful.  I've got a vague recollection that some girls jumped out of a helicopter or something into a swimming pool.  I'm almost certain, because we were sitting, outside by the pool and suddenly this girl appeared in the pool.  (Note from Sara:  More about that tomorrow!)

In 2012 the house went up for sale and we got to see some photos of the place:

Cavendish before the gates

Paul bought Cavendish and didn't move into until a year later because it had a lot of work to do.   Here is a photo of the work getting done before the big gates in front were built.  

Here come the fans!

As we read in the newspaper reports, the fans who were trying to see the Beatles did $5,000 worth of damage to the property where the Beatles were staying and the surrounding houses.    Fans tried to get in but they were not fortunate enough to make it....

members of the fan club with their Hollywood Bowel tickets in hand...are off to locate the Beatles!

open to Residents only???  Sure officer---we all live here!   

Honeymoon

The Yahoo egroup, The Marueen Starr Tribute, recently posted a whole bunch of wonderful photos taken after Ringo and Maureen's wedding, when the newlywed couple appeared for the press prior to their Honeymoon.  In that set of photos, I was especially interested in these of the fans that had gathered outside of 2 Princes Crescent in Hove, East Sussex to catch a glimpse of Ringo and his
bride.