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Man Who Gave The Beatles Away made Citizen of HonourExclusive: Allan Williams and Fab Four’s top aide Freda Kelly catch up on Town Hall balconyWritten by  Larry Neild | Follow @larryneild | Tuesday, 10 May 2016 13:05AddThis Sharing ButtonsPictures: Angie Sammons Two of the surviving key players in the birth of the Beatles had a nostalgic reunion last night on the balcony of Liverpool Town Hall.Allan Williams, the self proclaimed Man Who Gave The Beatles Away was at a ceremony to receive one of the city’s top accolades: Liverpool Citizen of Honour.The founder of the Jacaranda and the Blue Angel joins an elite group of people deemed to have played a part in Liverpool’s growth and development.I wish I had 10 per cent of it, one per cent, even half a percent … anything Now a sprightly 86, Allan was the first ever manager of the Beatles in the early 1960s, way before the foursome would “shake the world”.Last night, on the same Town Hall verandah where John, George, Paul and Ringo looked down on a sea of screaming fans in 1964, Allan swapped memories with Freda Kelly, 71, Brian Epstein and the Beatles secretary and who, for 10 years, ran the official Beatles Fan Club.

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