Mersey Beat.. it was 50 years ago today...

..... the 1st edition of Mersey Beat the music newspaper was launched..
by my friends Bill Harry and his girlfriend at the time, his now good wife Virginia..


In a little office on Renshaw Street up these stairs....



Happy Anniversary Mersey Beat. (Bill and Virginia..)






Individual photos of The Chants in The Blue Angel...
and lots of Bill Harrys personal photos... unseen and unpublished
and.. an Interview by me with Bill..

On >>> Here..

Page needs scrolling at bottom.. theres 3 pages with over 200 of Bill Harrys own photos...




The Chants... the only group supported by The Beatles on The Cavern..

See this.. >> Bill Harry's Sixties City..


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