6 January 1963
Concert:
Beach Ballroom, Sea Beach, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
The last night of a four-show Scottish jaunt.
"January 1963 - My friend and I went, as usual, to the 'Sunday Night Concert' at the Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen. Appearing one night was an up and coming group - The Beatles. My cousin, who was in Aberdeen on a visit from Canada, introduced himself to the Manager of the Beach Ballroom, as a DJ in Canada. He was invited to meet The Beatles, and my friend and I were invited too. Had we thought that these four young men, sitting drinking tea and coffee backstage, would reach the heights that The Beatles did, then we might have paid more attention to what they were saying, rather than just falling hook line and sinker for John Lennon. Isobel Henderson."
Source: http://beatlesautographs.com/promotional_cards.htm
"Bill Cowie, 15 at the time, and his brother Mike turned up early, so knocked on the stage door and were invited in to meet them.
"They were tuning their guitars and discussing their playlist," Bill recalled.
He requested Chuck Berry's Sweet Little Sixteen, which John later dedicated to the "lads in the front row". After the first set, Bill and Mike went back to the dressing room and Paul offered them a cup of tea.
Afterwards, Kathleen Donald, 15, and her friend Pat Masson knocked on the dressing room door for autographs.
"When I got married and left my parents' home, my mum had a clear-out and threw away the autographs," Kathleen said. "Can you imagine? When I tackled her about it, she said 'Oh, it was just a few names on a bit of paper'.""
Source: Sunday Post, 25 October 2016
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