McCartney Times

A fan dubbed Britain’s first ‘Honorary Beatle’ after he ran away to meet the Fab Four is selling his precious band mementoes.Russell Jamieson was just four-years-old when he went to his first Beatles gig and even went missing from home while trying to find them – eventually being found by police in Walton Vale.The toddler cheekily told officers his name was ‘Russell Beatle’, a tale which got back to Lennon, McCartney and Co who wanted to meet him.Russell became firm friends with the group, and would regularly visit Ringo Starr’s home.Now, the 56-year-old is selling a treasure trove of his previous Beatles souvenirs, keeping a pledge he made to his mum before she died in 1997.

Source: ‘Honorary Beatle’ – who ‘ran away’ to meet the band – to sell Fab Four memorabilia – Liverpool Echo