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It was 60 years ago today… schoolboy’s tape of the Beatles transports us to an era of optimism

Private-school pupils unselfconsciously screamed for their working-class heroes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

Please Please Us: Lost tape of Beatles school gig could be saved for the nation

Sixty years ago, a little-known Liverpudlian band took to the stage at Stowe school in Buckinghamshire

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

Recording of The Beatles playing in school hall in 1963 emerges 60 years on

John Bloomfield, then 15, had no idea what to expect when the Fab Four turned up to play at his boarding school for £100 on April 4, 1963

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2023

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One of the earliest live recordings of the Beatles emerges 60 years later, but will we ever get to hear it?

John Bloomfield was a teenager at the all-boys Stowe boarding school in 1963 when the Fab Four came to play, and after all these years, he reveals to the BBC that he recorded the set

MusicRadar · Apr 4, 2023

An hour-long recording of The Beatles playing at a Buckinghamshire boarding school in 1963 has just been unearthed

It was 60 years ago today

Louder · Apr 4, 2023

BBC shares one of the earliest live concert recordings of The Beatles

The recording was taken at Stowe boarding school in Buckinghamshire on April 4 1963 and revealed by the BBC almost exactly 60 years later

Wales Online · Apr 4, 2023

Designer to Hollywood stars including Kevin Costner launches exhibition whilst battling dementia

Ann and John Bloomfield from east Surrey had a spectacular 40 year career. Now their work including never-seen-before sketches of characters from The Mummy, is showcased at an exhibition at the prestigious British Film Institute running until January 2023.

Wales Online · Oct 18, 2022

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