When it comes to booking your Beatles tour, not just any old tour
will do.
For many people, this is a trip of a lifetime, and we at Liverpool
Beatles Tours understand this. That is why our Beatles historian, David
Bedford, has spent the last 7 years researching the history of the Beatles
and Liverpool for his forthcoming book. This has entailed reading
around 100 books on the Beatles and comparing the stories. This was inconclusive.
He has then interviewed the following people from Beatles' history to
get their view on Beatles history, to find out what really happened.
Beatles drummer Pete Best, Beatles manager Allan
Williams, Quarry Men members Rod Davis, Eric Griffiths
and Colin Hanton, Brian Epstein’s right hand man and Beatles’
Mr. Fixit Alistair Taylor, Beatles Press officer
Tony Barrow, John Lennon’s lover in the 1970s May
Pang, Ringo’s childhood friend Marie Maguire, Shea
Stadium promoter Sid Bernstein, Quarrymen member
Ken Brown, Beatles bass guitarist Chas Newby, George
Harrison ’s cousin Irene, Stuart Sutcliffe’s
sister Pauline, Merseybeat legend Faron.
There have been many others, like John Lennon’s
teacher Harry Holmes, plus school friends of John, George, Paul
and Ivan Vaughan, and many others who aren’t famous, but
were eyewitnesses to a special time in the story of the Beatles in Liverpool.
He has shared his knowledge with your Tour Guides so that you get the
real Beatles Story of Liverpool.
Your Beatles tour guides have all been grounded in Beatles' history and
knowledge and can share this with you.
Like everything in life, you get what you pay for. If you are shopping
around, then please check that your guide is trained and knowledgeable.
Liverpool has a great tradition for well-trained blue-badge guides, and
there are many that we work with. There are other tours too. Just make
sure you are happy with the expert knowledge that you will be paying for.
We have also been asked to help TV, filmmakers, magazines, newspapers
and Radio stations with research and history, as well as interviews,
which has been a privilege and fun too. These have included:
· Paul McCartney's pre-show film for his tour
in 2005. I took Paul’s film director and producer Mark Haefeli around
Liverpool showing him the locations where Paul was born and grew up: it
was a great honour, and the short film can now be seen on Paul’s
DVD, “Space Within Us”.
· Fulcrum Production's TV documentary "The Beatles'
Biggest Secrets";
· Acme TV's production of a film about John Lennon for
S4C;
· Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Newspapers as
well as assistance for articles in the Daily Mail, The Times,
The Express and Mirror papers.
Interviews for BBC Radio Stations:
· BBC Radio Merseyside,
· BBC Shropshire,
· BBC Wales
· BBC Radio 2
· and many others.
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