My BBFC


Welcome to My BBFC - the part of the fan club website that belongs to our wonderful club members*. The purpose of this page is to showcase the Beatles related fun that members of the fan club get up to.

Submit photos and stories of your outings, pilgrimages, costume parties, discoveries,concerts and more. We will showcase the photos on this page so that you can share your experiences with other fans.

If you are planning an event and would like to invite other club members to join you, submit the details in advance and we'll try to post it here.

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Marco Lasagni and Family from Florence, Italy
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Club Member Feature Story

Member Michele Copp Publishes Beatles Book

There's a new book out there just itching to be put on your wish list for the holidays. Michele Copp, club member and Yahoo Group Moderator for the BBFC, has written a Beatles book that was published just this week. Unlike most new Beatles books, this one is fiction and promises to be a fun read.

You can learn more about the book, Michele, and the true life events that inspired the book, at the book's website or on Amazon. It is available on the UK Amazon in Kindle format.  Below is how the book is described on the back cover.
What if the Beatles had secretly reunited in the 70’s and recorded an album of their best work in complete secrecy, but hid the work away after another break up? And what if you discovered this information 40 years later?

Follow the action and adventure in this fictional account of a group of Beatles fans who stumble upon a clue and set out to find this unreleased music.  Their hunt takes them from Scotland to the Isle of Wight and it appears that someone else is determined to get to the music before them.

Beatles fans around the world will enjoy the exploits this group of die-hard fans experience in their efforts to follow clues left by Paul 40 years ago as they set out to prove that this music really existed.
p.s. Do any of those faces on the cover look familiar? They should as some of them are real members of the BBFC and friends of Michele.
Member Dan Richards starts Apple Core Beatles Tribute Band

There is a brand new tribute band out there in SW London started by our very own fan club member Dan Richards and his band mates Carl Gibbons, Andy Deevey, Chris Brown and Allen Hall.

The Apple Core Beatles Tribute band got together last July through their love for all things Beatles. Ranging in age from 30-50, these long time Beatles fans pride themselves on faithfully recreating the sounds of the sixties and putting on a great show playing the music they love.

Even more amazing is the fact that Dan has only been playing guitar for 2 years! His love of the Beatles started at age eight thanks to his “wonderful dad who got me to watch A Hard Day's Night and made me listen to Beatles for sale.” That was all it took! He was hooked, but it wasn’t until 2009 that he took it to the next level and decided to learn the guitar!

After Dan and his wife traveled to New York to see Paul McCartney in concert (for the first time) at Citifield Stadium, he was so inspired, he decided to learn guitar himself. Back in the UK, he bought a Beatles guitar chord book and started to learn the songs. A mere two years later, this determined fan has a tribute band that has been performing for five months.

All the band members are die hard fans who are making their dreams a reality with the formation of the Apple Core Beatles band. As Dan said, “We have all put in a lot of hard work just to get to this stage. We hope to have a successful 2012.”

If you live in, or plan to visit, London anytime soon, check out the band’s website for their gig schedule. And better yet, if you want to hire them, check out their availability on Lemon Rock! They’d love to be involved in any fan club events happening in the London area.

Band Lineup
Dan Richards - Rhythm Guitar,Vocals, Harmonica
Carl Gibbons- Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica
Andy Deevey - Lead Guitar,Vocals
Chris Brown - Bass,Vocals
Allen Hall - Drums,Vocals


Note: Dan and the band are on the look out for affordable Beatle suits. If you have any leads for them, please contact them through their website.

Photos and Stories

Club members from around the world at the famous Abbey Road crossing

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Club members visit Chiswick House in London where Paperback Writer and Rain videos were filmed
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Bengt's story- invited to watch the Beatles film a video
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More about Bengt's Day at Twickenham

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