The mom of the Beatles’ George Harrison mentioned she was “really ashamed to be female” after she watched screaming followers at one of many band’s live shows.
Louise Harrison advised teenager Janet Gray about her disgust at ‘Beatlemania’ scenes at a gig in Manchester in November 1963.
Ms Gray despatched a collection of fan letters to the Harrison household dwelling in Woolton, Liverpool, on a weekly foundation from 1963-1966.
In a collection of 25 letters, just lately put up on the market, Mrs Harrison recurrently responded to Ms Gray, taking a eager curiosity in her private life, in addition to sharing the exploits of her son as his fame skyrocketed.
The teenager was one out of hundreds of followers all over the world, who Mrs Harrison wrote and replied to.
“Last Wednesday I went to Manchester and I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed right through the whole of the Beatles act,” Mrs Harrison wrote in 1963.
“Nobody with any sense would pay and queue for a ticket just to stand on a seat and scream and not hear one sound from the stage. I was really ashamed I was a female.”
Addressing {the teenager}’s quarrels together with her mom, Mrs Harrison wrote: “I do hope my writing to you is not the cause of any trouble at home. For if so, I will definitely not write any more.
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“Now Janet I hope you’ll attempt to do not forget that your mum is your finest buddy, even in the event you do not see eye to eye on some points. Thank God I get on effective with all my 4 kids they usually with one another.
“Anyhow I shall pray that everything will be just fine for you in the very near future. Lots of love, Louise Harrison.
“PS I’ve about 90 letters not opened but and lots of opened awaiting replys (sic).”
In another letter, dated July 1964, Mrs Harrison appears to mention a minor road accident that the Beatle was involved in after crashing his E-Type Jaguar in Fulham, London.
“George was dwelling for 2 days, or reasonably nights – out all day rehearsing at Blackpool. George was not damage, thank God, in a crash,” she wrote.
A couple of months later in September, Mrs Harrison mentioned she had “3,000 letters to answer at least,” describing her son as “very thin but okay”.
Nearly two years later, in August 1966, Mrs Harrison wrote: “Dear Janet, I have just been away on holiday touring around France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and now I am back to about 500 letters and so I am afraid this will have to be rather short.
“I’m hoping the boys could have a profitable tour of America regardless of all of the rumours we have now heard.”
The pair’s letters can be amongst objects listed on the Liverpool Beatles Memorabilia Auction which is happening on Saturday 26 August.
Source: information.sky.com”