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24th April

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By: Huw Llywelyn Rees
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Born this day 1903 in Liverpool,

Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith (grandparents were welsh) who was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of John Lennon.

Other Welsh connections to the Beatles;

* Paul McCartney produced the 13-year-old Pontardawe schoolgirl Mary Hopkin's hit single Those Were The Days.

* Welshman Allan Williams was the Beatles’ first ever manager.

* Cardiff’s Capitol Theatre was the venue for their last-ever UK concert in December 1965.

* The group were visiting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Bangor for transcendental meditation when they heard of the death of Brian Epstein.

* Comic actor Victor Spinetti appeared in three Beatles movies

* Welsh clothes designer Tommy Nutter dressed three out of the four Beatles for the cover of The Beatles album Abbey Road.


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Died this day 1713,

Edmund Meyrick, who was born in Llandderfel, near Bala. He was a cleric and a benefactor of Jesus College Oxford, where scholarships are still awarded in his name.


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Born this day 1973 in Leeds,

Gabby Logan, television and radio presenter. She is also a former Wales international gymnast and is the daughter of former Wales soccer international Terry Yorath.


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Born this day 1959 in Colwyn Bay,

Paula Yates, television presenter and writer, best known for presenting The Tube and The Big Breakfast.

Ceri Shaw
04/24/13 11:32:59AM @ceri-shaw:

The Welsh roots of the Beatles ( John Lennon):- http://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/welsh-roots-of-the-beatles-john-lennon/

and George Harrison:- http://hergestgenealogy.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/welsh-roots-of-the-beatles-george-harrison/

Not forgetting of course the Welsh Beatles themselves:- The VW Beatles