Fact #186891
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Short story:
The Beatles play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe. Also billed to play are John Leyton, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Big Three and Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas. John Leyton, however, falls ill and is unable to perform.Full article:
Andy Wright (audience) : To be honest, I was more of an Elvis Presley fan.I remember the first record I ever bought was Elvis singing All Shook Up. I was probably a bit awestruck but The Beatles had not attained their real fame and there was no real Beatlemania. To me, they were just a group playing at a venue in the town where I lived.
I only had 12 pictures on my roll of film. They were very nice to me and were quite happy to pose, even though they were a bit shattered after the concert.
Film was expensive back then. The picture of all four of them backstage was taken with the last shot I had. I went home on the bus, developed the pictures, and proudly took them into the school the next day. I still have the Rollei camera I took pictures with.
If you look at some of the photos you can see the men are all wearing shirts and ties – it was so much more formal then.
This was just before the height of their fame so I remember it being very noisy. It was the first set of concerts where people really screamed for them.
(Source : https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/incredible-time-beatles-performed-fairfield-933090)
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I only had 12 pictures on my roll of film. They were very nice to me and were quite happy to pose, even though they were a bit shattered after the concert.
Film was expensive back then. The picture of all four of them backstage was taken with the last shot I had. I went home on the bus, developed the pictures, and proudly took them into the school the next day. I still have the Rollei camera I took pictures with.
If you look at some of the photos you can see the men are all wearing shirts and ties – it was so much more formal then.
This was just before the height of their fame so I remember it being very noisy. It was the first set of concerts where people really screamed for them.
(Source : https://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/news/croydon-news/incredible-time-beatles-performed-fairfield-933090)