McCartney Times

It’s coming up to 60 years since a “little known” band from Liverpool called the Beatles first performed a gig in Nottingham. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr played at the Elizabethan Ballroom, above what used to be the Co-op in Upper Parliament Street.It was Thursday, March 7, 1963, before the Fab Four went on to become the world’s best-selling artists with record sales of more than 290 million. One man who was there to witness a moment in history was Bob White.Bob bought the very first ticket to go on sale at a cost of 6/6d (35p) – and that included a buffet. “I’m not sure how many people attended but the venue was by no means full,” said Bob, who was a civil servant at the Land Registry at the time. “Neither the audience nor musicians had any idea they were witnessing the birth of the Merseybeat phenomenon.”

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Source: Memories of the ‘little-known’ Beatles’ first appearance in Nottingham – Nottinghamshire Live