The Beatles at a mystery station

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Fab pictures - more from the same photo shoot here > http://www.beatlesarchive.net/the-beatles-by-david-hurn.html

 

Skimming my copy of The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewinsohn, the date is likely Friday 13 March 1964. Also here > https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/03/13/filming-a-hard-days-night-10/ 

 

If you've got (very) deep pockets, you can get prints here > https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/david-hurn/

[Steamport Southport]

All You Need Is Cash.....

 

[Pacific231G]

11 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

It is Paddington - when the subway was still signed for passenger use.

Definitely Paddington. The roof is quite distinctive.

The sign is a bit odd though and, from the typestyle appears to be one of the original GW signs . It's on platform 4 5 . so to Platforms 1 to 2 3 make sense though oddly expressed but what's after that? I guess it could be to Platforms 1 to 2 3 10  &  11.  Was there a logic to the subway serving some platforms but not others - apart from the fun of watching passengers trying to get to their trains and failing?   Oh hang on logic, Brunel,  GWR  what was I thinking of?

 

Edited May 14, 2021 by Pacific231G

[St Enodoc]

On 11/05/2021 at 01:00, The Johnster said:

Gatport Airwick.

You are the late Ray Moore and I claim my five pounds.

[Johann Marsbar]

A bit off at a tangent, but when I went to the Whippany Railway Museum in New Jersey back in 2014 they actually had a number of photos photos of railways taken by the Beatles as part of their exhibits display in one of the buildings.

It was entitled "The Beatles travel by train" and covered a journey they made from New York to Washington on the PRR in 1964. I think, from memory, most were taken by George Harrison, but several were of the Infrastructure along the line and some rolling stock which gave the impression he had an interest in what he was photographing rather than just  being a selection of "holiday snaps"...

[Enterprisingwestern]

5 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

All You Need Is Cash.....

 

 

No, not him, definitely the Beatles!

 

Mike.

[BernardTPM]

9 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

All You Need Is Cash.....

Prefab four, eh?

[Rugd1022]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rugd1022]

Bonus 'Fabs on a train' pics from the flower power period when they caught a train from Euston to Bangor on 25th August 1967 to see their giggling guru the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, John's wife Cynthia just missed the train when a big burley copper held her back thinking she was a fan, one of the Beatles entourage then drove her all the way to Bangor....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think these photos illustrate very well how much and how quickly they changed in the short space of just three years. Such was the pace of their creativity and exploration in the '60s, these days it takes Coldplay five years to get out of bed!

 

 

 

 

[melmerby]

11 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said:

 

 

I think these photos illustrate very well how much and how quickly they changed in the short space of just three years. Such was the pace of their creativity and exploration in the '60s, these days it takes Coldplay five years to get out of bed!

 

And consumption of "medicinal compounds"

[Philou]

9 minutes ago, melmerby said:

medicinal compounds

 Shades of Lilley the Pink there, methinks.

[The Stationmaster]

10 hours ago, Pacific231G said:

Definitely Paddington. The roof is quite distinctive.

The sign is a bit odd though and, from the typestyle appears to be one of the original GW signs . It's on platform 4 5 . so to Platforms 1 to 2 3 make sense though oddly expressed but what's after that? I guess it could be to Platforms 1 to 2 3 10  &  11.  Was there a logic to the subway serving some platforms but not others - apart from the fun of watching passengers trying to get to their trains and failing?   Oh hang on logic, Brunel,  GWR  what was I thinking of?

 

I think the only WR enamel signs the subway ever gained said something like 'Private' as it was taken out of public use a long time ago.  I can't remeber which platforms it linked to but it definitely wasn't all of them and some were at any rate only for staff use.  It was taken out of public use, as far as I can remember, because it was downright nuisance as a way of getting round ticket barrier controls plus - judging by its later condition  (not much later than the date of those pictures) it didn't present a particularly pleasant image to passengers.

 

I'm sorry to have to admit that I did got to Twyford one evening to watch the 'Beatles' train' pass on its return trip to Paddington - contrary to my (limited) expectations it was nothing special to look at from a railway interest point of view.

[David Bigcheeseplant]

Even the railway liveries have moved on Lined marron to blue and grey on the coaches.

 

It is crazy to think the changes in music and fashion that happened from 1962-1970 in those eight years the Beatles were active as a recording group. Shoot me down but music really was a creative force from the late 1950s to mid 1980s thirty years and we are now 40 years on and there is nothing that comes close to those years. 

[melmerby]

3 hours ago, Philou said:

 Shades of Lilley the Pink there, methinks.

And Paul's brother.

[TJ52]

I hate to point this out, especially to those like me who lived through it, but the year Abbey Road was released is closer to WW1 than today.

 

I'll get my coat.

 

Terry

[Pacific231G]

8 hours ago, TJ52 said:

I hate to point this out, especially to those like me who lived through it, but the year Abbey Road was released is closer to WW1 than today.

 

I'll get my coat.

 

Terry

The Battle of Britain, that we tend to dwell on rather a lot,  is now a decade further back in time than it was from the Franco-Prussian War. America's entry into WW2 is now further back than it was from the end of the American Civil War and the end of WW1 is now as far from us in time than it was from the end of the Napoleonic Wars.  

[Joseph_Pestell]

14 hours ago, TJ52 said:

I hate to point this out, especially to those like me who lived through it, but the year Abbey Road was released is closer to WW1 than today.

 

I'll get my coat.

 

Terry

 

Same applies to model railways.

 

In 1970, it was very rare to see any pre-grouping model railways. Yet the grouping was only 47 years previous. These days we see lots of models set in 1970, more than 50 years ago. 

[melmerby]

22 hours ago, Philou said:

 Shades of Lilley the Pink there, methinks.

And a Beatles' brother.

[melmerby]

My birthdate is closer to the inauguration of Kaiser Bill 1 than now.

Edited May 15, 2021 by melmerby

[Right Away]

On 10/05/2021 at 11:43, anroar53 said:

It's the old Gatwick Airport station.

Agreed, and complete with a “Nelson” cluttering past on the main!

[Rugd1022]

Another Beatles / railway related nugget - in September '67, during the filming of 'Magical Mystery Tour' they travelled on the Minehead branch behind NBL Type 2 D6336 

 

A few more shots taken at Euston on 25/8/67....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Enterprisingwestern]

On 13/05/2021 at 13:08, TEDDYBEAR D9521 said:

The Beatles film A Hard Days Night was filmed in March 1964 on the Minehead branch ,the reason being was the branch was closed on Sundays due to being no service in the winter, the same went for Marylebone station. For those Hydraulic fans , the train was hauled by Hymek D7047 from London , also D6333 played a part in it on the Minehead branch.

 

9 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said:

Another Beatles / railway related nugget - in September '67, during the filming of 'Magical Mystery Tour' they travelled on the Minehead branch behind NBL Type 2 D6336 

 

 

Seems like the Minehead branch was a favourite, it was destined to become a preserved line!

Does the WSR promote it's Beatles connections to any great extent?, if not they are missing an opportunity.

 

Mike.