Fact #103742
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Short story:
150,000 people line the streets when The Beatles return to Liverpool, UK, for the hometown premiere of their movie A Hard Day's Night.
Full article:
Walter Shenson (producer, A Hard Day's Night) : The Beatles were nervous wrecks about that. Even though they'd just come back from a world tour, they were scared about that appearance in Liverpool. 'Ah,' they kept saying, 'you don't know what people are like up there.'
David Jacobs (UK radio deejay) : They were so worried no-one would scream for them because they were Liverpool boys coming home. Then we looked down (from the plane to Liverpool) and saw a sea of heads. The nine miles into town were lined by crowds.
Clive Epstein (brother of Brian) : The streets of Liverpool were lined all the way from Speke airport to Castle Street. Castle Street looked exactly the same as it would have done for Liverpool winning the Cup Final. We were all immensely proud and those of us who were close to Brian could hardly believe it was happening.
David Jacobs : The boys were in the first car and I was following with their manager, Brian Epstein. I saw the faces of those people seconds after they'd seen The Beatles, and it was as if four Messiahs had gone past.
Paul McCartney : As we drove along Mather Avenue there were all these people lining the road and waving. And, on the corner of Booker Avenue, I suddenly saw Dusty Durband with his kids, and they were all waving too. That was the best moment of the day, that one of the teachers from the Institute would actually turn out and wave at us.
Julia Baird (half-sister of John Lennon] : The premiere was a Liverpool Town Hall. The family joked that we'd go by bus, but instead we had our first experience of executive cars.
At the Town Hall, all this food was laid out. We fell on it before going out to the screaming crowd. I think it was at that moment that I subconsciously learned to separate John The Beatles from John my brother. It was so exciting as he acknowledged the fantastic crowds, but this wasn't the John who'd just been telling us to lay off the sandwiches.
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David Jacobs (UK radio deejay) : They were so worried no-one would scream for them because they were Liverpool boys coming home. Then we looked down (from the plane to Liverpool) and saw a sea of heads. The nine miles into town were lined by crowds.
Clive Epstein (brother of Brian) : The streets of Liverpool were lined all the way from Speke airport to Castle Street. Castle Street looked exactly the same as it would have done for Liverpool winning the Cup Final. We were all immensely proud and those of us who were close to Brian could hardly believe it was happening.
David Jacobs : The boys were in the first car and I was following with their manager, Brian Epstein. I saw the faces of those people seconds after they'd seen The Beatles, and it was as if four Messiahs had gone past.
Paul McCartney : As we drove along Mather Avenue there were all these people lining the road and waving. And, on the corner of Booker Avenue, I suddenly saw Dusty Durband with his kids, and they were all waving too. That was the best moment of the day, that one of the teachers from the Institute would actually turn out and wave at us.
Julia Baird (half-sister of John Lennon] : The premiere was a Liverpool Town Hall. The family joked that we'd go by bus, but instead we had our first experience of executive cars.
At the Town Hall, all this food was laid out. We fell on it before going out to the screaming crowd. I think it was at that moment that I subconsciously learned to separate John The Beatles from John my brother. It was so exciting as he acknowledged the fantastic crowds, but this wasn't the John who'd just been telling us to lay off the sandwiches.
(Source : not known)