Peregrine9
Feb 08, 2011, 03:59 PM
Echo,Liverpool.UK
February 1, 2011
The Cavern prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first lunchtime session
LUNCHTIME, February 9 1961 – all over Liverpool city centre, thousands of workers were streaming out of offices and shops to enjoy an hour away from the cash till, telephone or desk.
One of them was Alex Mckechnie. But instead of his usual lunchtime routine, on that Thursday he headed straight for nearby Mathew Street where he’d been told a local band just back from Hamburg was making an appearance.
That band was the Beatles, and next week – and half-a-century later – Alex will be among those back in the (current) Cavern to mark the 50th anniversary of John, Paul, George, and Pete Best’s first appearance at the legendary club.
Cavern Club bosses are planning a day of celebrations to mark the date, and they want as many Liverpudlians, particularly original ‘Cavern dwellers’ from the early 1960s to come along and join the free festivities.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/02/01/the-cavern-prepares-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-the-beatles-first-lunchtime-session-100252-28089138/#ixzz1DHpI1s4g
February 1, 2011
The Cavern prepares to celebrate 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first lunchtime session
LUNCHTIME, February 9 1961 – all over Liverpool city centre, thousands of workers were streaming out of offices and shops to enjoy an hour away from the cash till, telephone or desk.
One of them was Alex Mckechnie. But instead of his usual lunchtime routine, on that Thursday he headed straight for nearby Mathew Street where he’d been told a local band just back from Hamburg was making an appearance.
That band was the Beatles, and next week – and half-a-century later – Alex will be among those back in the (current) Cavern to mark the 50th anniversary of John, Paul, George, and Pete Best’s first appearance at the legendary club.
Cavern Club bosses are planning a day of celebrations to mark the date, and they want as many Liverpudlians, particularly original ‘Cavern dwellers’ from the early 1960s to come along and join the free festivities.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2011/02/01/the-cavern-prepares-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-of-the-beatles-first-lunchtime-session-100252-28089138/#ixzz1DHpI1s4g