Ticket stub signed by Fab Four up for auction

FOR Beatles fan Susan Hutchinson, making her way to the concert at Newcastle City Hall where the group were appearing was excitement enough. But it was about to be ramped up even further when she bumped into the Beatles as they walked around the venue on Saturday, November 23, in 1963.

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She recalls: “I was walking down City Road with a friend and we saw the four Beatles walking around the [City Hall]. I produced my ticket for the show, and they gladly signed the back of it as we were standing in the street.

“I remember Paul McCartney being the most beautiful man I had ever seen.”

The signed ticket, for the Tommy Roe-Chris Montez Show, was discovered at an Anderson and Garland auctioneers valuation event in Hexham.

It will be sold at Anderson and Garland's Newcastle music sale tomorrow, accompanied by a period autograph album featuring other notable signatures including Roy Orbison, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, and Brian Poole. Estimate £3,000 to £5,000.