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Sam Leach and Joan McEvoy's Engagement Party, 17th March 1962 🕺💃

Earlier in the evening, The Beatles performed at the Village Hall in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. The evening was billed as a "St. Patrick's Night Rock Gala". Sam Leach, (Liverpool concert booker) booked The Beatles and Rory Storm and The Hurricanes to draw a big crowd so that he could make enough profits to pay for his engagement party, scheduled to follow the night's show. Both bands attended Leach's party, which didn't end until the following afternoon. Also present at the party was Mike McCartney, Paul's girlfriend Dorothy 'Dot' Rhone, Brian Epstein, Bob Wooler and Ted 'Kingsize' Taylor.

In his book Sam Leach has a distinct memory of 'a gang of us' (presumably including Beatles and Hurricanes) travelling to the party from Knotty Ash in a van. Their driver (not Neil Aspinall) pulled out from the Village Hall into the path of a speeding articulated lorry which seemed to have appeared from nowhere. Everyone braced themselves for the inevitable impact but miraculously the lorry, its brakes screeching hysterically, managed to stop less than a foot from the side of the van. Shocked, stunned, shaken and stirred, everyone in the van travelled the 1.5 miles to the party in complete silence.

Hurricane Johnny 'Guitar' Byrne diary entry for 1962 mentions the party:

"Bought Zodiac. Knotty Ash, Orrell, then Sam Leach's engagement party. Had row with Eileen. Got home 6."

The party was at the family house in Huyton, thrown by Dolly, mother of Vera and Joan McEvoy.

"I can vouch for the fact that Brian fell in love with Vera and pursued her all night. In fact after the party he wrote more than one letter to Dolly asking her could she help him fix a date with Vera. Unfortunately for Brian she wasn't interested." Sam Leach (She seemed a little interested, as displayed below)

"Brown, who was married (but separated) at the time of her liaison with Epstein in 1962, describes him as "...very emotional. He always gave the impression of being cold and icy, but he was very softhearted, very tender, very gentle, and he had a lot of feelings. And he was all man, I don't care what they say." (Ray Coleman, The Man Who Made The Beatles)

"We’d been to the Knotty Ash Club for my sister’s engagement. The Beatles had played there, as did Rory [Storm] and a few other groups. Afterwards, as usual, we all went back to the house and Brian came along.

If you saw the Beatles in my mother’s they were just a scruffy bunch of boys. And who’d look at them? I wouldn’t bother with them but then Brian stood out and Brian looked like the real thing. He was handsome. He was tall. He was immaculate. That’s why I let Brian get behind the bar with me and help me serve the drinks. He was the best of the bunch.

So we were just behind the bar when Elvis came on, 'Heartbreak Hotel’. He loved it, I loved it, and we started dancing. There wasn’t much room. You know, you could go two steps forward, three steps back and that was it. So we sort of got a bit close and everyone was laughing at us, saying, like, 'What’s going on?’ But if you moved sideways you fell over the crates. There were crates of beer in there and everybody’s coats. We ended up on top of the coats or on top of the crates if we just moved the wrong way. And we got pretty close but I wasn’t surprised by the way he was acting towards me.

We were dancing and kissing at the same time. He was probably one of the sexiest fellas I had ever met. People say, 'Oh well, Brian was gay.’ but he wasn’t very gay with me. He was just like any other man and more. He was very easy-going and casual and funny. He’d make you laugh and he could dance. You know he could move. He said to me, 'I’ve seen you in different places and I thought you were stuck up.’ And I said, 'Well, I thought you were stuck up because I remember being in your shop and you were like the big boss.’

I think he was pretty fresh. In a house where people are looking at you it’s not like a club with all the lights out and people tend to be aware of others but Brian wasn’t that bothered. He was interested and he showed it. Maybe he’d had a bit too much to drink. I don’t know. But I can’t say that because I met Brian afterwards and he was still interested.

The next day he called round to the house. I wasn’t there so he talked to my mother about poetry. I don’t know how they got talking about poems but Brian came the following day with a book of poems for my mother with a little letter. He also gave her a letter thanking her for having the party because everyone had made such a terrible mess of the house. It was full of eggs and rubbish and bottles everywhere and he apologized for the actions of everybody else at the party.

Well, my mother just thought he was the most wonderful person in the world. At last a gentleman has come through this door and not Teddy boys and hooligans and all the rest of it. In the first letter he said he’d enjoyed meeting her, loved coming to the house, felt so welcome and would she mind if he came around again to see me. I said to my mum, 'Well, that’s impossible. How can I see him? You know I can’t go out with Brian.’ She said, 'You will have to’.

My mother was in love with Brian: 'He’s beautiful. He’s wonderful.’ So she sort of arranged it. I didn’t want him to come and pick me up at the house because I didn’t want people to see us going out. I arranged to meet him in a little cafe in Bold Street. We had a coffee and a chat and then I can’t really remember where we went. We went somewhere for a drink around Bold Street where there were all these little dives at the time. But I had to be back for nine o'clock. Another time I met him in the Tower and we had a little chat. We met in the back office and had a talk.

I liked Brian as a man and I think Brian liked me. But then he suggested if we were to go out we’d have to go to Southport or Manchester - anywhere out of Liverpool because he didn’t want to walk into my husband in Liverpool. We were separated at the time but it was a little bit awkward, you know.

It’s hard for me to believe Brian was gay. I think if I had been free and if I’d seen more of Brian I think we could have got serious. I think he was all man. I just can’t accept that he was gay.

In the shop Brian seemed like a man, like your dad shouting at you and superior. He had an attitude of superiority. But later on I discovered he was just like any other man. I thought he was a very passionate, loving person. He was like two different people. So if there’s a third person involved - this gay person - I just say he’s one hell of a man to be able to please everybody. You know, he was just unique. That’s all I can say." Vera Brown, In His Life, The Brian Epstein Story.

"George always fancied Joan and when I began dating her, he asked her to let him know when she finished seeing me. 'But don't tell Sam', he added. 'He’d batter me!' Today she probably feels like battering me for spoiling her chances." Sam Leach, The Rocking City

"Later in the evening, Joan had a headache and said she was going upstairs for a lie down. I went to fetch a couple of aspirins from the kitchen and said I'd follow her. Bob Wooler then made a typically cheap remark about pre-marital sex. Before I had a chance to sort him out, Paul and George grabbed him and made him personally apologise to Joan." Sam Leach, The Rocking City

"Rory Storm was lying on the floor hopelessly drunk. He shouted up to Paul, 'I wanna be in the picture'. So, as you can see, Paul bent down and lifted his foot into the shot." Sam Leach

"The night rolled on and I found Lennon, completely sloshed, sitting in the kitchen rolling raw eggs down Ann Barton's birds-nest hairstyle. Each time one broke, he gave a gasp of astonishment at the gooey yellow mess spreading across the tiled floor. Dolly found out and gave him a severe rollicking, which sobered him up enough to utter a sincere, 'Sorry, Mrs Mac'. Everyone liked and respected Dolly McEvoy and that was the only time I ever saw Lennon genuinely humbled. He disappeared for a while after that and was found later fast asleep in the bath.

When he finally came downstairs, he once again started to apologise. Dolly had forgotten all about it, but he was still apologising as he left at nine the next morning. As we stood outside, he shook my hand gravely. 'That was the very best party I've ever been to . . . honest,' he croaked. I was pleased everyone had enjoyed themselves, but when John started thanking me for a third time, I put him in a taxi and packed him off home. As he left, I slipped an egg into his pocket. He never did tell me how that hatched out." Sam Leach, The Rocking City

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johnspookie · 6 months

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The Beatles at Sam Leach's and Joan McEvoy's Engagement Party on 17 March 1962

#the beatles #early beatles #paul mccartney #george harrison #john lennon #pete best #dot rhone

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ludmilachaibemachado · 8 months

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Sam Leach and Joan McEvoy's Engagement Party, 17th March 1962🖤

Via @inmylifeiloveyoujohnlennon on Instagram🖤

#60s icons #early beatles #rory storm and the hurricanes #brian epstein #1962

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harrisonarchive · 2 years

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George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Pete Best, Rory Storm, Joan McEvoy and others at a party at the McEvoy's home in Huyton, Liverpool, on 17 March 1962. Photos by Mike McCartney and Dick Matthews (© Sam Leach).

“Later in the evening, Joan had a headache and said she was going upstairs for a lie down. I went to fetch a couple of aspirins from the kitchen and said I’d follow her. Bob Wooler then made a typical cheap remark about pre-marital sex. Before I had a chance to sort him out, Paul and George grabbed him and made him personally apologize to Joan.  George always fancied Joan and when I began dating her, he asked her to let him know when she finished seeing me. ‘But don’t tell Sam,’ he added. ‘He’d batter me!’ Today she probably feels like battering me for spoiling her chances.” - Sam Leach, The Rocking City: The Explosive Birth Of The Beatles (1999) (x)

Photo 3's backstory, per The Source: The Savage Young Beatles:

"Rory Storm was lying on the floor hopelessly drunk. He shouted up to Paul, 'I wanna be in the picture'. So, as you can see, Paul bent down and lifted his foot into the shot." - Sam Leach

#The Beatles #George Harrison #Paul McCartney #John Lennon #Pete Best #1962 #1960s #Rory Storm #Sam Leach #Joan McEvoy #17 March 1962 #quote #quotes about george #Bob Wooler #et al #fits queue like a glove

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arbeaone · 4 years

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Denise Gough, Arthur Darville, More Set for BBC Short Play Showcase Unprecedented

BY DAN MEYER APR 21, 2020

The digital short plays will air as part of the BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine initiative.

Dozens of U.K. stage, film, and television stars have been tapped for the upcoming short digital play series Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation, including two-time Olivier Award winner Denise Gough and Broadway alum Arthur Darvill. Other notable stage performers joining Gough (Angels in America) and Darvill (Once) are Olivier winner Monica Dolan (All About Eve), Jodie McNee (Faustus: That Damned Woman), Rory Keenan (Long Day's Journey Into Night), and Gemma Arterton (Saint Joan).

The shorts will air as part BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine initiative with playwrights Jennifer Haley, James Graham, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Duncan Macmillan, and more previously reported creators. They'll craft over a dozen new works, which will each be presented using digital conferencing technology and combining live and pre-recorded material. The series plans to go live in May after initially setting its sights on April.

Also attached to perform are Sadia Ahmed, Kae Alexander, Esh Alladi, Patricia Allison, Julian Barratt, Paul Chahidi, Ines De Clercq, Risteárd Cooper, Natalie Dew, Erin Doherty, Michael Elwyn, Frances Grey, Kathryn Hunter, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Geraldine James, Lennie Jame, Sue Johnston, Lisa Kerr, Rory Kinnear, Laurie Kynaston, Alex Lawther, Archie Madekwe, Anna Madeley, Marcello Magni, Lucianne McEvoy, Cecilia Noble, James Norton, Enyi Okoronkwo, Abraham Popoola, Boadicea Ricketts, Golda Rosheuvel, Sid Sagar, Rochenda Sandall, Gyuri Sarossy, Kiruna Stamell, Rebekah Staton, Alison Steadman, Rhashan Stone, Meera Syal, Stuart Thompson, Amy Trigg, Dickon Tyrell, Olivia Williams, Gabby Wong, Fenella Woolgar, and Sargon Yelda.

Curated by Headlong, Century Films, and BBC Arts, Unprecedented explores our rapidly evolving world, responding to how perceptions of community, education, work, relationships, family, culture, climate, and capitalism are evolving on an unprecedented scale.

#Julian Barratt #Unprecedented #Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation #Unprecedented Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation #`❦

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grimmauldplaceirregular · 4 years

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Rules: Name a favorite character from 10 different fandoms.

Tagged by @argyledpenguin

I’ll do the same and pick ladies from the shows I love

Billie McEvoy (Avenue 5) -- a new love

Pam Beesly (The Office) -- couldn’t relate to her more

Piper Halliwell (Charmed) -- #hairgoals forever and always

Molly Weasley (Harry Potter) -- Always a Weasley at heart

Gwen (Merlin) -- Classy and gorgeous

Olivia Benson (Law and Order: SVU) -- I cheated a little bit and put Barba in the GIF as well but I love them both !

April Ludgate (Parks and Rec) -- saying what we’re all thinking

Joan Watson (Elementary) -- one of the best interpretations of Dr. J Watson (also the best dressed, fucking love all her outfits)

Ruby Roundhouse “Killer of Men” (Jumanji) -- dance fighting and “kissing” DJ is all I need in a heroine

Winter Hayle (The Lunar Chronicles) -- I have to use an artist rendering because no films for this one but I lovelovelove Winter, so kind and loving. Everything I want to be

Originally from here, artist is Laura Hollingsworth.

#again #crushed it

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perlukafarinn · 4 years

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For the Spotify ask - #3, 8, and 15! 🥰

(spotify wrapped is HERE! send me a number 1-100 and I’ll tell you the song it corresponds with on my top 100 playlist)

3. Juice by LizzoThis one’s an anomaly because I barely keep up with current music lmao.

8. thinking of you by mommy, Philanthrope, Kyle McEvoyI do however listen to a lot of lowfi hip-hop while doing something else.

15. Joan of Arc. by Barnes Blvd.Case in point.

#answered #this is surprisingly painless so far #Anonymous

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ubu507 · 7 years

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Miss Joan Claudia Johnson, in Green

Ambrose McEvoy (1878–1927)

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torentialtribute · 5 years

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Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal: Five things we learned from pre-season friendly at the Nou Camp

Barcelona 2-1 Arsenal – FIVE THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED: Luis Suarez shows that he still has what is needed, Riqui Puig is one for the future and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang offers a handful

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Sportsmail guides you through the five things we learned from the Nou Camp

Luis Suarez showed that he still has enough left in his tank appearance

] Riqui Puig made an impression when he pulled the strings in the No. 10 role for the Spaniards

By Sam Mcevoy for Mailonline

Published: 00:05 BST, August 5, 2019 | Updated: 00:05 BST, August 5, 2019

Arsenal Last pre-season game before the game Barcelona hit out the winners in the Joan Gamper trophy friendly meeting at the Nou Camp.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang broke the deadlock in the first half, which was subsequently canceled by Ainsley Maitland-Niles's own goal. With just a minute of the normal remaining time, Luis Suarez emerged with an excellent volley to win the preseason in a nice style.

Here, Sportsmail you walk through the five things we learned at the Nou Camp on Sunday evening.

SUAREZ OUTSHINES GRIEZMANN

The old football cliche & form is temporary, class is permanent & # 39; is often confused, but Luis Suarez indicates that it is true in the 27 minutes and had on the field.

Suarez was a real thorn in Arsenal's side and often let the Gunners defense run and turn while trying to figure out where he was going.

After struggling to reach his normal heights last season, was back with a bang on Sunday evening and could have grabbed a brace while he was also ha

With less than 60 seconds of normal time left Seeing Suarez his incredible technique to jump off the ground and hit the ball acrobatically past Bernd Leno in the Arsenal goal – a strike worthy of winning every match.

It comes one night when Antoine Griezmann made his first start for a full audience at the Nou Camp, 98,812 fans to be precise, but the Frenchman struggled to create clear chances for himself during his home debut.

Luis Suarez was a thorn in Arsenal & # 39; s all night and showed that he still has enough in the tank

RICHIE PUIG PULLS THE STRINGS FOR BARCA

Riqui Puig has been praised by Pep Guardiola for his flair and elegance when he shows when

The 19-year-old, who turns 20 in 11 days, got a wink at the Gunners and showed those who watch exactly on what Pep meant.

Puig, a graduate of La Masia, pulled the rope in reel no. 10 while squirting balls left and right at the edge of the Arsenal area while camping in their own box.

Frenkie de Jong also played admirably in the middle of the park, but Puig should not be overlooked.

Riqui Puig pulled the strings in the No 10 roll as he spun balls all night long

ARSENAL YOUTH COMES AGAIN TRUMPS

A common theme for Arsenal & # 39; s pre-season so far shown by young talent

Joe Willock had another striking game, while Bukayo Saka delivered two good passes in a few minutes that should have been in goal.

It could be argued that Martinelli really should have scored to restore Arsenal's lead, but the future certainly looks bright in the Emirates.

STRUGGLED BOAT WITH AUBAMEYANG PACE

Even at the age of 30, Aubameyang has shown that he does not slow down quickly.

The defense of Barcelona struggled with his pace and had fought. no answer when he broke the deadlock with a power shot in the first half on Sunday.

While the hosts dominated most of the property, they often looked vulnerable in defense and struggled to cope with the Gunners' attack output as a

Aubameyang remains a top dog for Arsenal, and with the news that Alexandre Lacazette is struggling with an injury, he is crucial for the club prior to the new campaign.

The lightning-fast pace of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang occupied the defense of Barcelona

DEMBELE SHOULD BE HELD AT ALL COSTS

Neymar has been associated with a sensational return to the Nou Camp, and reports suggested that Barcelona was prepared to use Ousmane Dembele as a makeweight in a deal for the Brazilian.

At the age of 22, Dembele has shown that he has enormous potential and would be crazy to lose the talented Frenchman.

Dembele was next to his countryman Griezmann a constant handful for Arsenal, left back Nacho Monreal and was sometimes unplayable.

Barcelona sh could keep him at all costs.

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adrian-paul-botta · 5 years

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Miss Susie Slagle’s (1946)

Director: John Berry

Writers: Hugo Butler (screenplay) Anne Froelich (adaptation)

By BOSLEY CROWTHER Published: February 7, 1946 As a gentle and soothing mitigation from Danny Kaye’s madness on the stage, the Paramount Theatre is offering on its new bill which started yesterday a sweetly sentimental little picture, “Miss Susie Slagle’s” by name. (At least, that’s the best explanation for the swift change of pace that we can see.) And assuming that all your nerve-endings will be tattered by the thwacks of Mr. Kaye, you should find it a pleasant refresher—and moderately charming, at times. Based on the reminiscent novel which Augusta Tucker wrote—a humored and wistful reflection of life in a boarding house for medical students in Baltimore—it follows the episodic pattern of Miss Tucker’s flavorsome book, with a couple of romantic by-plots worked in by the Hollywood scribes.

There is nothing exciting about it, nor is it hung on a line of strong suspense. Just a half dozen medical students check in at Miss Slagle’s domicile, a dignified diggings for young gentlemen with good recommendations back around 1910. And, through four long years of med school, which are bridged in less than an hour and a half, they indulge in many student shenanigans, personal problems and proper amours. A coolly responsive critic might observe that the film fails to give a full and impressive comprehension of the ardor of a medical neophyte. And the mixing of love into the doings keeps it all in a familiar romantic groove. (Also, a reader of the novel might wistfully object that some of the most flavorsome episodes have been needfully left out.) But the playing is genial and winning and, except for some oddly rough jumps, the story lines flow together entertainingly. Sonny Tufts is disarmingly amiable in the principal student role—that of a good-natured plodder who has an unaccountable phobia of death.

And Renny McEvoy, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Edwards and Billy De Wolfe are amusing, too—the latter dominating deliberately with fancy, theatrical airs. Joan Caulfield is winsome but sturdy as the little lady who encumbers Mr. Tufts, while a respectably modest performance as a student nurse is given by Veronica Lake. Lillian Gish is decidedly limited by the script as the boarding-house marm but she manages to give an impression of respectability and pride personified. And Ray Collins, Morris Carnovsky and J. Lewis Johnson are picturesque in other roles. One would refrain from recommending “Miss Susie Slagle’s” as a fine drama of medical school. But it is a cheerful, nostalgic and personally engaging little picture of fabricated life. – The New York Times –

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Miss Susie Slagle’s (1946) Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) Director: John Berry Writers: Hugo Butler (screenplay) Anne Froelich (adaptation) By BOSLEY CROWTHER Published: February 7, 1946 As a gentle and soothing mitigation from Danny Kaye's madness on the stage, the Paramount Theatre is offering on its new bill which started yesterday a sweetly sentimental little picture, "Miss Susie Slagle's" by name.

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