Traveling with the Beatles
I am so excited to share this with you all. I know that so many of you will enjoy it and it is a hidden gem that I stumbled upon. During the 1964 tour there was a woman named Ruby Hickman who...
View ArticleOf all the Times to be Speechless
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/269424 photo by Vern BarchardState Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,...
View ArticleIn a car and airplane with them!
In Car and Airplane with (Shriek) them!Writer not listedJacksonville JournalSeptember 11, 1964The Beatles and I sped around that curved road at Evergreen Cemetery at 70 miles per hour, dodging trees...
View ArticleThe Beatles are back!
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/269426 photo by Vern Barchard Annette Ramsey is in the top left....
View ArticleBeatles appear before 20,000
Beatles Appear Before 20,000 in the CityBy Frank MurrayThe Florida-Times UnionSeptember 12, 1964Twenty, thousand Beatle fans screamed, "We want the Beatles" at the Gator Bowl last night, while their...
View ArticleJacksonville concert memories
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/270194 photo by Vern BarchardState Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,...
View ArticleShe met the Beatles
This story of a young girl who got to go to a Beatles press conference in Boston was recently written by Dan Mac Alpine and can be found here. It was 50 years ago tomorrow when Ipswich native Sharon...
View ArticleFans remember the Beatles in Boston
I was at the concert too! As one is standing right in front of the stage…I was in the left front row. Great story just how we (with 4 friends) ever got to sit in the front row! Great time! Great...
View ArticleBaltimore story
I spotted this remembrance of the Baltimore 1964 concert in a 1976 issue of Maclen fanzine and I just thought it was great. I love these types of stories because Susan wasn't some insider but just a...
View ArticleThey came, they saw, they conquered
The Beatles Came, Saw, conqueredBy Peter SchneiderThe News AmericanSirens blared, teenagers screamed, and three cars--one of them with four shaggy maned occupants screeched up to the Hopkins Place...
View ArticleGood Morning Baltimore!
photo by Morton Tadderphoto by Morton Tadder*Note---story about Morton Tadder will be added on Sunday. Currently I am not at home and need more practice with my new Chrome book to understand how to...
View ArticleBackstage girls
I was looking at my copy of Curt Gunther's wonderful photo book of the Beatles 1964 tour and noticed these backstage photos from Baltimore. These two girls are in most of the photos and they are just...
View ArticleBaltimore Beatles concert memories
I was at this show in the evening, 8 rows from the front. I could not speak for one week. People were passing out. You could not hear one word sung or spoken but I was there. – ginaI was at the second...
View ArticleFlying to or from Pittsburg
I have posted this photo before and I am sure I will post it again because it is one of my all time favorite photos of George Harrison. He looks relaxed and happy and this photo is posed. It is...
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