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Post by Windy Miller on Mar 9, 2016 20:42:13 GMT
^ ^ ^ ^ Yes. A particularly tragic road accident. Tara Browne was driving with his girlfriend, the model Suki Potier, in that Lotus Elan through South Kensington at speeds over 100mph. He failed to see a traffic light and proceeded through the junction of Redcliffe Square and Redcliffe Gardens, colliding with a parked lorry. He died of his injuries the following day. Potier claimed Browne swerved the car to absorb the impact of the crash to save her life. I meant to post this in the above .... It's John's scribbled lyrics to A Day In The Life :-
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Post by Del Boy on Mar 10, 2016 23:40:12 GMT
Great posts lads very informative. Love the lyric sheet Windy.
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Post by John Steed on Mar 10, 2016 23:56:33 GMT
Great posts lads very informative. Love the lyric sheet Windy. Great posts lads. I have learned some facts that I didn't previously know
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Post by Villain on Mar 11, 2016 9:58:56 GMT
Suki Potier didn't waste any time after Tara died, within a few weeks she was shacked up with Rolling Stone Brian Jones after he'd been dumped by his girlfriend Anita Pallenberg who'd been 'rescued' by his best mate Keith Richards.... bloody pop stars! Villain
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Post by Charles Bronson on Mar 12, 2016 12:36:22 GMT
Great stuff there Windy and Villain. I read three or four books on The Beatles story about twenty five years ago, but you've added some brilliant insights. A Day In The Life is a really great song and your lengthy piece on how it came to be written is fascinating. I used to regularly drive past the house where John had once lived with his Auntie Mimi, when I worked at Liverpool Airport in the nineties. Bravo
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Post by Gene Hunt on Mar 12, 2016 15:36:39 GMT
I used to regularly drive past the house where John had once lived with his Auntie Mimi, when I worked at Liverpool Airport in the nineties. I took this back in 2014, Aunt Mimi's house.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ry1wdImBa
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Post by Villain on Mar 12, 2016 16:58:27 GMT
Great shot Gene... belies the fact that in truth John wasn't a 'working class hero' at all, he never had a job after he left school and went straight to art college. George started training as an electrician and Ringo as a hairdresser. I don't think Paul had a proper job either. Menlove Avenue was considered upper middle class in those days and Aunt Mimi didn't much care for working class types! Villain
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Post by John Steed on Mar 13, 2016 20:32:50 GMT
I used to regularly drive past the house where John had once lived with his Auntie Mimi, when I worked at Liverpool Airport in the nineties. I took this back in 2014, Aunt Mimi's house.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ry1wdImBa Gene.
We went past there last year, Aunt Mimi wasn't quite on the poverty line was she? We also visited the small terraced house where George Harrison lived in Arnold Grove, Wavertree, which is quite modest. It is reckoned that George Harrison booked into some hotels using the name Arnold Grove. Who knows if there is any truth in that tale?
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Mar 14, 2016 13:27:34 GMT
JS- You've been on the Beatles tour then like I did recently back in December! Enjoyed mystery tour via coach they organise from Albert Dock and some fascinating legends and facts came up.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Mar 14, 2016 16:54:22 GMT
I was talking to the wife briefly, about the Beatles, earlier this afternoon. ( She's not a fan. Donnie Osmond and David Cassidy were her scene.) I was telling her how important it was to their career development, when they went to Hamburg. The lads had to work so hard there, that they really learned to play their instruments properly, and sing better too. Also they met the German girl, Astrid who had a such big impact on their early hairstyles and dress sense. Of course all this is well known. Funny to think, if not for going to Hamburg, and also meeting Brian Epstein, they might not have made it. I've been to quite a few German cities, but not to Hamburg yet. I'll have remedy that some time.
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