Good Ol' Freda Page #5

and then there was a store room

behind his office,

so I worked in the store room.

They changed that

into an office for me.

In the beginning,

the lads were

in the office

nearly every single day,

you know,

they just popped in and out.

They would sit by

my desk for a chat

or while they were waiting to go

into Eppy's office,

so I got to know them more.

I was 17, so naturally

I did have crushes on them.

The way I describe it,

and this is the truth,

if Paul looked nice or sang

a song for me or something,

I was in love with Paul that day,

I fancied him that day,

but then the following day,

if Ritchie asked me how me dogs were

(because he knew I

had Yorkshire Terriers,

he'd say "Oh,

how are the dogs?")

I'd think "Oh,

yeah, I fancy Ritchie,"

and then I think, if George offered me

a lift home from work,

I'd be in love

with George that day,

and I'd think "Yeah, yeah,

I definitely fancy George. "

But then if John came in

and started talking about various things,

I'd think "I like his nose,

I like the Roman nose,"

but it would only

be for a day or two.

Did you go out

with any of them?

No.

Pass.

No stories there?

Oh, there is stories,

but I don't want anybody's hair

falling out or turning curly.

That's personal.

It was the end

of a working day,

and Eppy just

came in and said,

"Come on Freda,

put your coat on,

I'm going to

take you somewhere. "

I had no idea where.

And next minute we

were at The Empire,

and then next minute

we were in the box,

I'd never been in the box of The Empire.

It was this one on the left.

He'd managed to

get The Beatles

a spot on

the Little Richard show,

and I think somebody

was sick or something

and he'd managed

to get them on.

And I remember

sitting in the box,

it was just Eppy and I,

and I was to the left,

and then I looked

down on the stage

and the whole theatre and the stage

were in darkness,

except for this light

shining on Paul's face,

and he was singing

A Taste of Honey.

I don't cry,

but my eyes sort of filled up

and I just couldn't believe

that The Beatles were on The Empire,

the biggest

theatre in Liverpool,

and I thought

"This is it. They've made it.

They're going to

be famous one day. "

The Beatles' first hit, as far as I'm

concerned, was Love Me Do, I mean,

I was one of

the ones that bought it,

and I didn't have

a record player,

and there was

loads of girls like me

that didn't have

record players,

but we bought it

just to boost the sales.

You didn't have

pop stations then,

but we had one station

called Radio Luxembourg,

and they used

to do the charts,

and I remember

staying up late,

sitting by the radio,

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