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Paul and George

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You know, when you have someone, who you love so much, even though they go, you don’t want to let go. They’re in your memory. They’ll always be in your heart. And I think that is very true. – Paul McCartney, 2023

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THE BEATLES at Abbey Road Studios during recording sessions for the "A Hard Day's Night" album, February 1964.

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Free as a bird, Real love and Now and then, the holy trinity of bawling your eyes out

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The Beatles being menaces in Northern Ireland, 8th November 1963 - part 2 (part 1)

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The Beatles interviewed by Frank Hall for RTE. Dublin, 7th November 1963 - part 2

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george posing <3

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Beatle Nut Ice Cream. No comment.

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George Harrison backstage in East Ham, November 9, 1963; photo by Jane Bown.

A few days prior, in Ireland:

“Another relative promised a fan that she would ask George for his autograph at the get-together [between George, his mother Louise, and her Irish relatives] in Drumcondra. She was as good as her word. [The fan, Sandra Grant - then 16 - recalled] ‘[A woman] happened to say that her nephew was on the show. I said, ‘Who would that be?’ She said, 'George Harrison.’ I said, 'George Harrison! He’s my favourite.’ He always seemed to me to be the underdog of the group. He was the quiet, gentle one. I always had a sneaking sympathy for him. He was overwhelmed by the notoriety of John and Paul for their songwriting ability and Ringo for his personality and looks. She actually took out of her bag a Polaroid photograph of George doing the washing-up in the council house in Liverpool. She took out another photograph of him in the back garden with his parents. They were little, coloured Polaroid photos, like you got in those days. I begged her if possible would she get an autograph for me. She couldn’t understand how anybody could be looking for an autograph of somebody. But she said the family were meeting up later and that if she got an opportunity she would. 'She told me she worked at the hat counter in a shop on George’s Street. The next morning, instead of going to work I went straight to the ship to see if she had the autograph. I whizzed off on the bus into town and ran all the way from Eden Quay up to George’s Street. I was there at nine o'clock on the dot. I went in and recognised her immediately. I asked her if she had got the autograph. She said she had. There were counters there with very deep drawers where the hats would have been stored. She opened the drawer and took out the autograph. She gave it to me. I practically kissed her with gratitude and thanked her so very much for remembering me. That’s how I got George Harrison’s autograph.’” - The Beatles Irish Concerts (x)

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John Lennon and George Harrison in the Beatles home movie at the Gresham Hotel, Dublin, 7th November 2023

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Ringo Starr

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You know, it just dawned on me that these photos were taken at the exact same press conference where photographer Allan DeLay recalls being fascinated by Paul’s beauty, so much so that he couldn’t take his eyes off of him (photos he took below):

Something was in the air that day.

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THE BEATLES: GET BACK (2021)

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