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Today in Beatles history
1964
Arrival in Australia.
Huge crowds greeted them everywhere they went but one of the biggest turnouts was in Adelaide, where an estimated 350,000 people flocked to the city to catch a glimpse of them
This is a letter that was left backstage when Jane Asher was on tour with Romeo & Juliet in 1967. A cleaning person found it and kept it but leaked the contents to fans (I read about it in a fan club newsletter from 1968). Do you think it really is from Paul?