The Beatles in Bedfordshire

 Neil Turner wrote "I've been reading several Beatles bios and came across McCartney's visit to the village of Harrold in June 1968, where he debuts Hey Jude to a dentist and his family.

I made a short film which tells the story and retraces the journey to and through the village."

Don't miss: Tony Booth Poster Exhibition - Liverpool

In the 1960's Tony Booth was the original artist for The Beatles & Brian Epstein in the 1960s where he produced hundreds of the original gig posters and signs round Liverpool during the Merseybeat era.
Starting Wednesday 24th August and running till late September, he is hosting an exhibition in Liverpool City Centre at the View Two Gallery (near the Cavern Club) and this will be the first time ever this original artwork for The Beatles will be shown together in one place.

The exhibition is completely free for anyone who wants to visit.  Below are some links to additional information:

• Press article about the exhibit  
• The official Tony Booth website
• The exhibit official flyer

Tony's grandson alerted us to this event and he says his grandfather just wants "to give as many people the chance to visit the exhibition as it truly is a unique chance to witness a bit of history for any Beatle enthusiast."

Heritage plaque planned for Alistair Taylor

Stuart Allen, with The Runcorn and District Historical Society, has worked to create this blue heritage plaque for Alistair Taylor, who was born in Runcorn. Mr. Allen worked with George Gunby, who wrote Alistair's biography 'Hello Goodbye: The Story of Mr. Fixit', for the making of the plaque.
It will hang on their local theatre - The Brindley. 

The tiny little station that hosted The Beatles

Back in 1964 when the Beatles were filming "A Hard Day's Night" they chartered a train from Paddington for filming the first twenty minutes of the film which take place on board a train.

They also filmed a chase scene outside of Marylebone station.

But a lesser known station in Somerset also had a role to play in this film and it recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the film and their participation in its making.

The train from London stopped in Minehead and the locals went wild to find the Beatles in their midst. Read about this momentous moment in Minehead history (including some amazing photos that most of us have not seen before) written by Timothy King here.