This was the opening night of a new social club for teenagers, based in the cellar of a large Victorian house at 8 Hayman's Green, Liverpool. (more...)
Live: Woolton Village Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen performed at this venue on just one occasion. As with their 1 January performance at Wilson Hall, it was a late Christmas party. (more...)
Live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the last known performance by the Quarrymen at Wilson Hall. Unlike the previous three, it wasn't promoted by Charlie 'Mac' McBain, and there were no Teddy boys causing trouble. (more...)
Live: wedding reception, Speke, Liverpool
Although The Quarrymen had few formal engagements between March 1958 and the end of the year, they did perform often at parties and family events. (more...)
Julia Lennon dies
From 1946 John Lennon lived with his Aunt Mimi (Mary Smith) and Uncle George in their house, 'Mendips', at 251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, after his mother Julia had handed over care of her son to them. (more...)
Recording: In Spite Of All The Danger, That'll Be The Day
The Quarrymen recorded two songs at Phillips Sound Recording Services, a home studio in Liverpool, on this day. It was the first recording session featuring Lennon, McCartney and Harrison. (more...)
John Lennon photographed in Liverpool
This picture of John Lennon with friend and Quarrymen manager Nigel Whalley was uncovered by the BBC during research for a 2007 episode of Inside Out. (more...)
Live: Morgue Skiffle Cellar, Liverpool
The Morgue Skiffle Cellar was an illegal club held in the basement of a large Victorian house at 25 Oakhill Park in the Broadgreen area of Liverpool. (more...)
George Harrison meets the Quarrymen
George Harrison claimed the first time he saw the Quarrymen was at the Wilson Hall, opposite the bus depot in Garston, Liverpool. According to Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, the date was most likely 6 February 1958. (more...)
Live: The Quarrymen at the Cavern Club, Liverpool
The Quarrymen's first performance at the Cavern Club with Paul McCartney took place on this day. (more...)
Live: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool
The Quarrymen's first live engagement of 1958 was their third at the New Clubmoor Hall, a Conservative Club in Liverpool's Norris Green district. (more...)
Live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the Quarrymen's second of four performances at Wilson Hall in Liverpool's Garston district, one of the venues run by local promoter Charlie 'Mac' McBain. (more...)
Live: New Clubmoor Hall, Liverpool
The Quarrymen returned to the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool, less than a month after they first played there. (more...)
Live: Stanley Abattoir social club, Liverpool
A somewhat bizarre booking for the nascent Quarrymen: they performed two raucous sets for the social club of Liverpool's Stanley Abattoir. (more...)
Live: Wilson Hall, Liverpool
This was the first time the Quarrymen played at this notoriously rough venue in the Garston district of Liverpool. (more...)
Paul McCartney's debut with the Quarrymen
Liverpudlian promoter Charlie 'Mac' McBain held regular skiffle and rock events at his venues. On Friday 18 October he ran one such event, at the New Clubmoor Hall in Norris Green, Liverpool. It was the first show in which Paul McCartney appeared onstage with the Quarrymen.
McCartney played lead guitar. First-night nerves, however, caused him to make a hash of his solo during the Quarrymen's version of Arthur Smith's 1946 instrumental hit Guitar Boogie. (more...)
The Quarrymen first play the Cavern Club
The Cavern Club would become a regular venue for Beatles shows while they remained a Liverpool secret. Once Beatlemania took hold, however, they rarely played in their home city again. (more...)
Paul McCartney goes to Scout camp
Three weeks after first meeting John Lennon, Paul McCartney and his brother Michael went to Scout camp at Hathersage in Derbyshire. (more...)
John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
On the afternoon of 6 July 1957 the Quarrymen skiffle group played at the garden fete of St Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool. (more...)
Live: Rosebery St, Liverpool
The Quarrymen played twice on this day. In the afternoon they performed on the back of a stationary coal lorry, and that evening took part in a street party, both in Liverpool's Rosebery Street. (more...)
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