Originally Posted by
the_yankee
Hi Cuz!
I have a couple pictures of our Grandmother (Betty) and Frank inside/outside the cafe. Nana visited us once or twice a year in Massachusetts when I was little. I was a young kid, but remember her well. My cousin Donna (creator of this thread) can expand/confirm more details about the following info: but Nana and Frank's plan was to sell the cafe (supposedly, one potential buyer was John Lennon) and then move to the states and live with us, but her Cancer took hold quicker than expected. Nana passed away in the early 70's, the cafe was sold, Frank moved to the US and lived with my family in Massachusetts for a few years (great memories of 'Grampy'). Frank remarried in Massachusetts and passed away a few years later.
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One of the pictures I have may be Pete Best with Nana at the cafe, on the back it just labels a 'peter' in the photo, so I'm not sure....I have posted over at petebest.net to ask Pete if it's him or not. (whatcha think Donna? you've seen the picture, is it him?)
After I upload, links to the cafe pictures will be posted here shortly. I scanned them hi-res, so they are too big to post on a forum.
p.s. Hi Donna!
-Ed Morris
I can well believe that John Lennon could or should have been a prospective buyer for the cafe as he spent a fair bit of pre fame time in there in the early days- Probably the fame caught up with him too quickly and killed the deal. I never really knew who he was back then only that he was a bit older than me and a very stylish feller. Some years later the penny dropped when I started working in the Cotton Exchange and visiting the Cavern for the lunchtime sessions. There he was again the guy and his pals who used to go to the Dutch Cafe, centre stage and belting out "Give Me Money- That's What I Want" Most of the girls were drawn to John then, he stood out from the rest of the group and had loads of Charisma. Cilla Black was the cloakroom girl then and Bob Wooler the owner and DJ. I got on well with the bouncer on the door but can't remember his name. I met him again in the 90's working for a building supplies firm just of Queens Drive near the flyover at Rice lane. ( I was delivering plastic drain pipes then )
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