A Beatles Tour in London with Richard Porter

In the afternoon it was RICHARD PORTER's turn to bring us around other London Beatles sites. Richard is the manager of London Beatles Fan Club.
	Richard Porter

No, that picture is from 2 July 1964, actually! So they had to be satisfied with these:


Hotel President	Outside Hotel President

Being in Guilford Street, THE BEATLES were captured at the main entrance of HOTEL PRESIDENT by DEZO HOFFMANN on 2 July 1963, in a single lucky photograph - reproduced in countless publications all over the world.


57 Wimpole Street

57 Wimpole Street was the ASHER family's home. Here Paul McCartney's girlfriend JANE ASHER lived with her brother PETER , member of the popduo PETER AND GORDON. Paul lived here too, with the Ashers, between November 1963 till the beginning of 1966. In this house Paul wrote classics like 'Yesterday', 'And I Love Her', 'I'm Looking Through You' and 'Eleonor Rigby'. In Mrs Asher's music-room in the cellar, Paul and John wrote one of The Beatles' greatest hits, 'I Want To Hold Your Hand'.


Apple Shop today	Mural of Apple Shop 1968

94 Baker Street was the place of the famous APPLE SHOP 7 December 1967 - 31 July 1968. During its short eight-month tenure, the shop bore two markedly different exterior designs. The first, being a brightly coloured psychedelic mural conceived and painted by THE FOOL (a group of Dutch artists), was the subject of much complaint from local residents and shopkeepers and was duly painted over on 18 May 1968. It was replaced by a plain coat of white paint bearing the word Apple in black script.


Martin at 34 Montague Square

34 Montague Square was RINGO STARR's house. He lived here in 1965 shortly before he married Maureen Cox. In July 1968 JOHN LENNON and YOKO ONO moved in. The naked photo for the TWO VIRGINS album was shot in the cellar. Also there , Paul McCartney recorded the demo version of 'Eleonor Rigby' in a demo-studio he had built . On 18 October 1968 John Lennon was busted by a drug squad, who found cannabis. John and Yoko was arrrested and John was convicted later.

	Westminster Council House is the place of MARYLEBONE REGISTER OFFICE, where PAUL McCARTNEY married LINDA EASTMAN on 12 March 1969. Also here, RINGO STARR married BARBARA BACH on 27 April 1981. Among the guest were then Paul McCartney and George Harrison. It was the first time they met after John Lennon's death.
Merylebone Register Office

	Boston Place is the place where the opening scene of 'A HARD DAY'S NIGHT' was filmed on 5 April 1964.
Boston Place

Marylebone Station. Here many well-known scenes for the 'A HARD DAY'S NIGHT' movie were filmed on 5 April 1964.

In EMI House 1963 and 1969	EMI House 1998. (The house is now demolished.)
20 Manchester Square was the place of EMI HOUSE. (They have now moved to 43 Brook Green.) The photos for the 'PLEASE PLEASE ME' album were shot here in February 1963 in the entrance staircase. The Beatles came back for a new photo session, intended for the unreleased 'GET BACK' album, on 13 May 1969. The photos were later used for the 'RED' and 'BLUE' albums.

	The tour ended outside ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS!! We shouldn't stay outside for long! As the selected (55 only!) European Beatles-fans, we should soon get INSIDE!!!

At Abbey Road - at last!