Maccalennon ... thanks for the description of the Waterstones signing - absolutely amazing!
And Tkitna - the hat story is so cool - especially how it was for 'With a Little Help From My Friends' ... that hat is now immortalised

---

I've never met any Beatle
Only seen Paul at one of his gigs .... . . ..  .. . (How Depressing)

Quoted from Indica

I've never met any Beatle
Only seen Paul at one of his gigs .... . . ..  .. . (How Depressing)

Atleast you've been to one of his gigs... I've been waiting my whole life to go see a Beatle...

I have never met a Beatle and I will never meet a Beatle but I know three people who have met a Beatle and I hate them for it!  

Quoted from tangerine

My best friend's Dad met all the Beatles. He was in Weston-Super-Mare for a Beatles concert, waiting for his secretary who was car-hitching down to meet him there. ... Apparently they were really lovely guys who were genuine, down to earth and sensitive. I love this story  

What a great story, Tangerine. Thanks for sharing it!

I wish I did.... I wish they were all alive, so I could meet all of them

I never met a Beatle, but I once saw John and Paul get out of a limo and go into a stage door at the Paramount Theater in NYC in September, 1964. I had been waiting across the street, behind a wooden barricade for about an hour. They really looked like gods. It made a strong impression on me at the time.

I met Brian Epstein once in May, 1964.

Gerry and the Pacemakers were doing the Ed Sullivan Show. They were staying at the Americana Hotel on Seventh Avenue a block away. I was eleven years old and some teenage girls told me what floor the band was on. They said I could get up there easily if I pretended to be a hotel guest, because I was a boy.

I got past security and took an elevator up to the right floor and knocked on a few doors. Mr. Epstein, dressed in a white business shirt with a light blue collar, opened a door and said, "Yes, may I help you?" I was so flabbergasted, that I asked if it was okay to shake his hand. He said sure. Then I asked him for an autograph, which he gave me. He pleaded for me to excuse him because, " the boys are in the middle of a photo session."

What a gentleman.

I went back downstairs to the girls who had put me up to this, so I could proudly display my Brian Eptein autograph. When I showed it to them, someone said they would give me $5. for it. I pointed to the prettiest of them all, and said, "you can have it for a kiss."

True story.

A friend of ours met The Beatles backstage at Preston Public Hall in 1963. After the show John went back to Liverpool in the van with Neil, Paul went to Nelson to judge a beauty pageant and  George & Ringo went to a party at a house in Preston that our friend also went to.  

I've never met any of them to talk to , however I was once stuck in a lift in the Adelphi hotel, Liverpool with Gerry Marsden and we talked about being stuck in a lift.

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I met Paul and Linda [...] at The Royal Photographic Society in Bath. Linda was having an exhibition and as I'm a member I got an invite to the opening night. Paul signed my copy of A Hard Days Night. He was very keen that people focus on Linda and not him. This was around 1992/3. That's it really.

I was at that RPS night too! I was 16 at the time (I grew up in Bath), and felt like the luckiest person. It was 9 October 1992 - I remember telling a reporter from the Bath Chronicle that it was Lennon's birthday, and he worked it in to his report, along with a quote from me (I don't think I have the cutting anymore, sadly).

I wrote about it briefly on another thread: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/m-1081452096/s-all/#num86

Quoted from Joe

I was at that RPS night too! I was 16 at the time (I grew up in Bath), and felt like the luckiest person. It was 9 October 1992 - I remember telling a reporter from the Bath Chronicle that it was Lennon's birthday, and he worked it in to his report, along with a quote from me (I don't think I have the cutting anymore, sadly).

I wrote about it briefly on another thread: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/m-1081452096/s-all/#num86

Nice one Joe. I've never met anyone else who went to that. You were lucky to get a ticket.

I know. I think my parents knew someone who was an RPS member, and - somewhat incredibly - didn't want to go. So me and a fellow Beatles-obsessed friend went along. There were crowds of people waiting behind barriers outside for the McCartneys - who were only rumoured to be turning up - and inside it became a bit of a scrum too.

I bought a copy of the Sixties book before they arrived. I remember people inside watching Paul and Linda as they entered, but nobody bothering him too much. But being young and bold I bowled up to them and asked if they'd sign the book. That seemed to open the floodgates and they signed a great many more autographs for the next hour or so.

I remember at one point, later on, asking Linda to put a date in my book. "Can't you write it yourself?" she replied. "Well, it's John Lennon's birthday and it'd really mean a lot to me..." I don't think they'd realised the date, but that was enough to persuade her. I even called her Mrs McCartney to try and be extra polite!

I had long hair and granny glasses at the time, looking a little like Lennon circa the White Album. Quite different to my 32-year-old self today! Sigh...

I'd love to hear your memories of the night. It seems so long ago now.

As a member I got in early. Had a glass of wine and looked around the exhibition for about an hour. When Paul and Linda turned up they signed a couple of autographs for me, and had a brief chat. And I do mean brief! Then the place was engulfed, so I left. Went to see a band in The Hole In The Wall (I think), which is now a restaurant, I believe?

The Hole in the Wall is a restaurant, yes. I didn't know they used to have live music. I think it was once run by the people behind Moles nightclub next door, which still gets a lot of bands. Could it have been there that you went? THITW has been a restaurant for as long as I can remember, and if they did live music in 1992 it must have stopped shortly afterwards.

Yes, my mistake, it was Moles. Don't remember who I saw though.

Wonderful stories everyone! After reading this thread I must say I am extremely jealous! I try not to be jealous because nothing good comes of it, but it is hard not to be!

I did get to see Ringo in concert and I am very pleased about that.  And i hope to see Paul the next time he comes around.  

HeatherBoo, you and I are in the same boat.  I got to see Ringo Starr in concert recently and had a lovely time.  Ringo looks absolutely fantastic for a man who is approaching 70!

I'm also hoping that Paul will tour as well.  If he'll be in concert anywhere near my area, I'll get tickets for sure.

I would love to meet a Beatle but the chances of that happening are very slim, so I'm happy to settle just for seeing one at a concert!