Beatles (75 page)
Authors: Hunter Davies
Fred Lennon, holding up his number as a prisoner aboard a liberty ship. He was about 40 at the time, the same age as John was when he was killed. The resemblance is striking. Fred gave me this photo, but too late to include it in the first edition.
I tried to buy the original artwork for the first UK edition of the book in l968, done by the inimitable Alan Aldridge – who lived in the next street to me at the time, and played in the same football team. But by the time I’d made him a half-decent offer, he had already sold it to a Japanese collector. However, first editions of the book itself are now greatly prized.
On holiday in Portugal in 1968. From left to right: Me, holding my son, Jake, Linda, Paul, Linda’s daughter, Heather, my wife, Margaret and our daughter, Caitlin.
Postcards from Paul, sent to me in Portugal.This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.
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First published in 2009 by Ebury Press, an imprint of Ebury Publishing
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First published in the UK by William Heinemann in 1968
This edition published 2009
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