Ex-county cop remembers the day he met The Beatles in Campbell Square Police Station in Northampton
They loved The Beatles in sixties, yeah, yeah, yeah and we still love them today, yeah, yeah, yeah.
On November 6, 1963, when The Beatles played at the old ABC Theatre in Northampton for the second time that year,the first being on March 27, one 18-year-old police cadet walked out of Campbell Square police station and into the car park and knocked on a limousine with black out windows.
The passenger window was rolled down about two inches by one John Lennon and the police cadet, Richard Moisey posted in a sheaf of pink carbon typing paper and a pencil.
John Lennon took the items and shut the window. A few minutes later the window opened two inches and out came the papers containing the Beatles autographs.
Some had two Beatles signatures, others three and some lucky ones had all four autographs from the Fab Four. Richard who was the youngest person in the building had been sent out by the female secretaries and typists who were looking through ever window and ever vantage point to see if they could catch a glimpse of The Beatles.
As soon as he returned into the building he had his own experience of Beatlemania when he was mobbed as all the excited secretaries wanted the Beatles autographs. Richard now 71- years-old, managed to keep two sheets of paper, One for his girl friend and now wife of 47 years, Carol containing three of the Beatles, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and one for his sister, Helen, which had all four.
By: Lawrence John
Source: Northants Herald and Post
