LIVERPOOL BEATLE WEEK 26 aug 2002

George Harrison Tour.
Mathew Street Festival.
Concerts at The Royal Court Theatre
and The Adelphi.

BEATLE STREETS, Kensington Fields Estate. After long and intensive campaigning of stalwart local Beatle fans the Council agreed to name four of the streets on this 1981 private housing estate after The Beatles. We took a closer look at the road signs..

Back again at 12 ARNOLD GROVE in Wavertree. This was GEORGE HARRISON's birthplace on 24 February 1943 and home 1943-1950. He lived here with his sister LOUISE, brothers HAROLD and PETER, mother LOUISE and father HAROLD.


25 Upton Green

25 UPTOWN GREEN, Speke. George's home 1950-1962. The Harrison family had been on Liverpool Corporation's housing waiting list for 18 years before they moved to this house on New Year's Day 1950. Compared with the tiny 'two up, two down' house in a back street in Wavertree, this house must have been palatial. Believe it or not but this house was the highly unlikely setting for a Quarry Men gig - no doubt an unpaid one. The occasion? Big brother Harry's wedding reception on 20 December 1958. The Harrisons lived here until 1 October 1962 when the family moved to a posher part of Liverpool...

174 MACKET'S LANE, Hunts Cross. The Harrison family lived here 1962-1965 during which time George and The Beatles soared to worlwide fame. Like other Beatle houses in the 60's this Council house became the focal point for George's fans. Fan mail by sackload was delivered, often answered by mother Louise and father Harold. And often the fans themselves turned up on the doorsteps in the hope of a 'sighting'.

72 Western Avenue, Speke. The McCarneys moved to this new council housing estate from their flat in Sir Thomas White Gardens, Everton when Paul was four. Among the tricks he and brother Mike got up to was to throw stones at their neighbour's tree 'to speed up the growth of the apples'!

WILSON HALL, Speak Road, Garston (now a Woolton Carpet Centre). In this hall The Quarry Men played four times to a largely local audience of teddy boy roughnecks. And it was here, 6 February 1957, that an embryonic 14 year old teddy boy by the name George Harrison first saw The Quarry Men and was introduced to their leader John Lennon.

BUS STOP, Forthlin Road. On this bus stop Paul jumped on the bus and met George who had jumped on a stop before at Upton Green. This happened often 1955-1959 on their way to school at The Liverpool Institute.

DOVEDALE INFANT & JUNIOR SCHOOL, Dovedale Road. Both John and George attended this school up until the age of 11, but neither knew each other. However George's older brother, Pete, was in John's class.

BLACKLERS (now Wetherspoons), Great Charlotte Street. George had a very short-lived apprenticeship here as an electrician, after leaving school in 1959 before becoming professional musician in 1960. George's electric skills were often put to good use looking after the group's amplifiers.

THE SENSATIONS gave a powerful Motown soul concert. The Supremes,
The Jackson 5, Marvin Gay, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Drifters, Martha & The Wandellas.... Superb!!

PETE BEST introduced his band - for the first time in Liverpool!

Time for the next song...
'I Saw Her Standig There'

Pete Best

PETE BEST BAND!! Had you ever expected to see a former Beatle play at a Mathew Street Festival? Well, here he was. And what a wonderful band he had! Pounding beat together with brother Roug Best accompaning him on drums.

	SEBASTIAN ROOS! All the girls' favourite! And you have developed into a marvellous guitar-man!
Sebastian

CLUBE BIG BEATLES! Another outstanding concert with lots of George's songs - my favourite Beatle! Thank you!


Micke*	Benny & Johan*	Göran*


Friend Stefan* -'Something'	Friend Peter* To Maria: 'Oh Darling'	Manager Henrik* - enjoying the huge audience

LENNY PANE - our heros from home! Another wonderful concert! We were so proud!

THE BOOTLEG BEATLES. After a twenty plus year career they are now the best-known Beatle Act in the UK.

THE CAVERN were welcomed back to the Beatle Week five years after their last appearance. But there has been a little piece of them at Beatle Week each year since then, as Rick Alan and Roy Hitchin have appeared with Hare Georgeson.


Compere Neil	Song-and-dance-man Bosse!

THE BEATALLS from the Midlands in England has performed at Beatle Week since 2000, always showing their love to the music they play.

	Oh RINGER! You were so wonderful this late night! One of the very best bands during Beatle Week!
'Hey Bulldog'