Post by liddypool on Jan 14, 2010 18:55:01 GMT
HI EVERYONE,
I HAVE ALREADY MADE A FEW POSTS BUT I FEEL I SHOULD SAY HELLO AND TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I`AM 38YRS AND I HAVE BEEN INTO THE BEATLES FROM I WAS 15YRS.FIRST ALBUM I AQUIRED WAS "A HARD DAYS NIGHT".IT ALL TOOK OFF FROM THERE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC AND PERSONALITIES.
I FOUND OUT FIRST OF ALL ABOUT THE BEATLES WHEN I WAS AROUND 9YRS AND JOHN LENNON WAS MURDERED.OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS AND AS A YOUNG LAD I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
ITS A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR ME AS I ALSO SUPPORT LIVERPOOL F.C. MY DAD FIRST TOOK ME TO LIVERPOOL WHEN I WAS 8YRS OLD IN 1979 TO SEE LIVERPOOL F.C. I LIVE IN N.IRELAND SO WE TOOK THE OVERNIGHT FERRY FROM BELFAST.WHEN I ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL THE FIRST SIGHT I REMEMBER SEEING WAS THE LIVER BUILDING.THE PEOPLE WHERE VERY FREINDLY.
I NOW VISIT THE CITY AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR FROM I WAS AROUND 16YRS TO WATCH FOOTBALL AND VISIT THE CAVERN/BEATLES HUNTS.
THERE IS NO FREINDLIER/BETTER PLACE ON EARTH FOR ME.
I`VE MADE A FEW GOOD FREINDS IN LIVERPOOL WHICH I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH REGULAR.
AS WELL AS THE BEATLES MUSIC I AM ALSO HEAVILY INTO THE COLLECTING SIDE OF THEIR RECORDS AND MEMORABILIA.I DON`T HAVE A MASSIVE COLLECTION BUT I DO HAVE A FEW GEMS.
I`VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE MET PETE BEST,ALSO THE GUY WHO PAUL BORROWED "DEL SHANNONS RUNAWAY" FROM AND MY WIFE BABY SET "KEN BROWN`S,CASHBA CLUB FAME" GRAND DAUGHTER FOR A WHILE.I ALSO SEEN PAUL AND RINGO IN CONCERT IN DUBLIN.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME.GLAD TO MEET YOU ALL.
JON.
P.S THE PIC IS OFF MY 7YR OLD SON CALUM ON OUR LAST VISIT TO LIVERPOOL IN OCT 09.GETTING HIM INTO THE BEATLES ALREADY....
I HAVE ALREADY MADE A FEW POSTS BUT I FEEL I SHOULD SAY HELLO AND TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
I`AM 38YRS AND I HAVE BEEN INTO THE BEATLES FROM I WAS 15YRS.FIRST ALBUM I AQUIRED WAS "A HARD DAYS NIGHT".IT ALL TOOK OFF FROM THERE AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC AND PERSONALITIES.
I FOUND OUT FIRST OF ALL ABOUT THE BEATLES WHEN I WAS AROUND 9YRS AND JOHN LENNON WAS MURDERED.OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS ALL OVER THE NEWS AND AS A YOUNG LAD I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
ITS A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR ME AS I ALSO SUPPORT LIVERPOOL F.C. MY DAD FIRST TOOK ME TO LIVERPOOL WHEN I WAS 8YRS OLD IN 1979 TO SEE LIVERPOOL F.C. I LIVE IN N.IRELAND SO WE TOOK THE OVERNIGHT FERRY FROM BELFAST.WHEN I ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL THE FIRST SIGHT I REMEMBER SEEING WAS THE LIVER BUILDING.THE PEOPLE WHERE VERY FREINDLY.
I NOW VISIT THE CITY AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR FROM I WAS AROUND 16YRS TO WATCH FOOTBALL AND VISIT THE CAVERN/BEATLES HUNTS.
THERE IS NO FREINDLIER/BETTER PLACE ON EARTH FOR ME.
I`VE MADE A FEW GOOD FREINDS IN LIVERPOOL WHICH I KEEP IN TOUCH WITH REGULAR.
AS WELL AS THE BEATLES MUSIC I AM ALSO HEAVILY INTO THE COLLECTING SIDE OF THEIR RECORDS AND MEMORABILIA.I DON`T HAVE A MASSIVE COLLECTION BUT I DO HAVE A FEW GEMS.
I`VE BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE MET PETE BEST,ALSO THE GUY WHO PAUL BORROWED "DEL SHANNONS RUNAWAY" FROM AND MY WIFE BABY SET "KEN BROWN`S,CASHBA CLUB FAME" GRAND DAUGHTER FOR A WHILE.I ALSO SEEN PAUL AND RINGO IN CONCERT IN DUBLIN.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME.GLAD TO MEET YOU ALL.
JON.
P.S THE PIC IS OFF MY 7YR OLD SON CALUM ON OUR LAST VISIT TO LIVERPOOL IN OCT 09.GETTING HIM INTO THE BEATLES ALREADY....