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Television: The Mersey Sound

For the third day of filming for Don Haworth's BBC documentary The Mersey Sound, The Beatles were filmed in their home city Liverpool.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

This Christmas Eve show at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey was booked by The Beatles' manager Allan Williams on 19 December 1960.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

Having performed at the Grosvenor Ballroom on each consecutive Saturday since 4 June 1960, The Silver Beetles' residency came to a close on this night.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

The penultimate show of The Silver Beetles' Saturday night residency at the notoriously rough Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

This was The Silver Beetles' eighth consecutive Saturday night show at the Grosvenor Ballroom, a venue in Liscard Wallasey run by local promoter Les Dodd under the name Paramount Enterprises.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

This was another of The Silver Beetles' regular concerts at the Grosvenor Ballroom, which took place every Saturday night in June and July 1960.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

The Silver Beetles had been performing regularly at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey, since 4 June 1960. This time, however, they were joined onstage by a special guest: Johnny Gentle, with whom they had toured Scotland in May.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

This was The Silver Beetles' fourth consecutive Saturday night show at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey, a venue run by local promoter Les Dodd.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

18 June 1960 was Paul McCartney's 18th birthday. Instead of celebrating with a night off, he and The Silver Beetles gave one of their usual Saturday night concerts at the Grosvenor Ballroom in Liscard, Wallasey.

Live: Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey

Two days after performing at The Institute in Neston, Wirral, The Silver Beetles performed at another of promoter Les Dodd's venues, the Grosvenor Ballroom in the Liscard area of Wallasey, Cheshire.