55 years on: a ‘forgotten’ photo of The Beatles has been developed

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15 Feb 2019, 15:12

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The misplaced shot was found in a drawer

Back when camera phones were a mere figment of the imagination, Peter Harrison was a 17 year-old working as an apprentice in a photographer's studio.

Now 75, he recently discovered the negative of the picture he'd salvaged from his manager (who'd dumped most of the shots), in a drawer at home. It shows The Beatles playing a gig in Great Yarmouth at the height of their fame in 1963, at the now demolished ABC Cinema. See the image below:

The discovery was made by Harrison's son who developed and revealed its marvellous nature whilst completing a course in photography himself.

Harrison said: “It’s caused quite a stir! I’ve had it for 55 years just at home in a drawer…My son was taking a black and white photography course and I just said to him, ‘I’ve got a negative here, you might be interested in it,’ so I sent it to him, and then everything just happened from there."

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The band played two sets (6pm and 8.15pm) at the gig, and were supported on the bill by a number of acts including The Kestrels and The Trebletones.

 

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