Beatles History - 1960:  The Institute, Neston, Wirral, Cheshire

1960: The Institute, Neston, Wirral, Cheshire

Sunday, June 2, 2024

All Day

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Event Description

The first of six consecutive Thursday-night engagements at this venue, situated on the west side of the Wirral, close to north Wales. Paramount Enterprises, alias promoter Les Dodd, had been running “strict tempo” evenings at this venue _ and also at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallesy – since 1936, but had, rather grudgingly, come to the conclusion that rock and roll/jive sessions were more lucrative. On this evening Dodd paid the Silver Beetles £10, out of which they gave £1 commission to Allan Williams.

the Beatles’ stage debut as the Beatles. They gave theirnames to a Heswall & Neston Advertiser reporter as John Lennon, Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison, Stuart de Staël and Thomas Moore. Going to school next morning, Paul swore he’d been home long before his dad claimed.