The Litherland Stage - Up For Auction
The Litherland Town Hall building shell is still standing, the stage area and
interior was knocked down because was deemed dangerous and it is now a health centre. I get the feeling that it was
not so much dangerous, more a valuable piece of real estate. The Beatles came back from Hamburg in
November 1960, they played the Casbah on 17th December, the Grosvenor a couple of
days later and the Litherland Town Hall on 27th. It was on the 27th that they really arrived and
blew the audience away. The plaques should be
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Dave Jameson of MerseyRats has announced that
pieces of the original stage at the now defunct Litherland Town Hall, scene of the return of
The Beatles from Hamburg, are to be put up for auction with the
proceeds going to four charities including The Imagine Appeal at Alder Hey Children's
Hospital. The venue closed in July 2004 after it was declared unsafe, due to subsidence and it is now a
medical centre. There will be four relics offered for auction. Each relic will contain the part of the stage
where the individual Beatles stood/sat on their return from Hamburg in 1960. Each relic
will be covered by a specially commissioned picture of the Fab 4 which can be removed to reveal the "Holy
Stage". Dave is not yet sure when the five pieces will be offered, as he is still finalising the presentation.
The pictures show the stage piece in a frame . We will keep you posted as to when Dave will release the five
pieces for auction.
available early next year with proceeds going to three charities and one quarter of
the proceeds going to LIPA. There will be 5 plaques offered for auction , each plaque is one
foot square where each of the Beatles stood. The band that night was John, Paul, George, Pete
Best, and Chas Newby. The supporting bands were The Deltones with
Ian Edwards who went on to form