😂🤣Bob Katter chucking eggs at The Beatles as a teenager I wouldn’t be surprised if Sir Joh brought them the eggs “Now off you go and show them what’s what”😂
Tearing down Festival Hall and replacing it with a meaningless nothing building is one of the greatest travesties in Brisbane history! Irreplaceable! Stupid politicians!
My father was the restaurant manager of Lennon's and organised the food for the Beatles . My dad hated them they destroyed the rooms they were in . I own some of the plates they ate off while staying at Lennon's. The old Lennon's where the Beatles stayed in is now called the Mecure hotel just across the street from the old City Hall.
@@walkaboutwithrob but the Beatles did not stay at that older Lennon's the stayed at the one nearest city hall opposite the square . So no you are wrong.
Only knew Lennon’s on Queen Street for the $7 seafood buffet on a Sunday. This will be good to share with my mum, remembering the old buildings, sadly Brisbane likes to demo. I thought for sure it would have been St Bernard’s hotel at Tamborine, I wasn’t aware of the timber Eagles Heights hotel. Great story to remember.
@Wendy Fry I really enjoyed researching and travelling to the places in this video. As a huge Beatle fan I really learnt a lot. And coming from Sydney where a lot of old buildings still exist, the contrast with Brisbane is quite astounding and distressing. I just hope current administrations don't knock down any more old ones - there's just not that many left.
@@walkaboutwithrob as a Brisbanite if I want to see historical buildings i head to Melbourne although I did search for Matthew Flinders cat in Sydney by the direction in Bryce Courtney’s book by the same name. A bit of a Beatles fascination myself saw the Beatles story in Liverpool, then walked the Albert docks with lots of plagues and information boards, you would be in heaven.
@@1247rimini I'm looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully soon too! I did meet George H when I was 14 up at Hamilton Island. Had a nice chat with him while my Dad chatted with Keith Hamilton.
Hey Rob - great video. I used to work in the building next to Festival Hall. I managed to get a few bricks while it was being demolished and they are now part of the garden path at the side of my house. One of my co-workers got the actual seat she sat in from the Beatles concert (because she still had her ticket). From memory I think it was a whole row of seats because they were attached.
Hi Rob, this is very informative, thank you so much. I just realised where the Lenno hotel is. My friends William and Susanne spent a lovely afternoon there with the Beatles in 1964. And I have been working very close by to the location too.
I’m a Beatles collector down the gold coast,thanks for the extra information and showing the old sites ,regarding festival hall I have three seats and the matching tickets 69,70,71
My mum saw one of the shows, sadly I already had been born and was not in utero. She reckoned she could not hear them at all, but she saw 'em play. When Macca hit the GC last year, I finally had the pleasure, too.
When the Beatles visited Brisbane there were thousands of screaming fans in Queen St. I was in the Kings Building having singing lessons from Mr Will Stay, organist of the City Tabernacle Baptist Church. I was singing "I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair". The cultural difference was bigger than the grand canyon.
I don’t know why they threw eggs and so forth at them. The infamous “Beatles are bigger than Jesus “ was in 1966. That was the beginning of the end of the Beatles massive popularity. I suppose they made the mistake of talking about politics or religion when they should have just kept quiet. Anyway those security guards that accompanied them up to Mt Tamborine and the Gold Coast would have some interesting stories. Probably too old or gone now but I’m sure their families were told plenty
😂🤣Bob Katter chucking eggs at The Beatles as a teenager I wouldn’t be surprised if Sir Joh brought them the eggs “Now off you go and show them what’s what”😂
Tearing down Festival Hall and replacing it with a meaningless nothing building is one of the greatest travesties in Brisbane history! Irreplaceable! Stupid politicians!
My father was the restaurant manager of Lennon's and organised the food for the Beatles . My dad hated them they destroyed the rooms they were in . I own some of the plates they ate off while staying at Lennon's.
The old Lennon's where the Beatles stayed in is now called the Mecure hotel just across the street from the old City Hall.
@Spaceman Leo actually the old Lennon's Hotel was on George Street and the corner of Ann St. There is a map of its location in my video at 1:42
@@walkaboutwithrob but the Beatles did not stay at that older Lennon's the stayed at the one nearest city hall opposite the square . So no you are wrong.
Only knew Lennon’s on Queen Street for the $7 seafood buffet on a Sunday. This will be good to share with my mum, remembering the old buildings, sadly Brisbane likes to demo. I thought for sure it would have been St Bernard’s hotel at Tamborine, I wasn’t aware of the timber Eagles Heights hotel. Great story to remember.
@Wendy Fry I really enjoyed researching and travelling to the places in this video. As a huge Beatle fan I really learnt a lot. And coming from Sydney where a lot of old buildings still exist, the contrast with Brisbane is quite astounding and distressing. I just hope current administrations don't knock down any more old ones - there's just not that many left.
@@walkaboutwithrob as a Brisbanite if I want to see historical buildings i head to Melbourne although I did search for Matthew Flinders cat in Sydney by the direction in Bryce Courtney’s book by the same name.
A bit of a Beatles fascination myself saw the Beatles story in Liverpool, then walked the Albert docks with lots of plagues and information boards, you would be in heaven.
@@1247rimini I'm looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully soon too! I did meet George H when I was 14 up at Hamilton Island. Had a nice chat with him while my Dad chatted with Keith Hamilton.
@@walkaboutwithrob wow now that’s well connected. How cool at 14 to chat with George.
Just found out by watching this video the building I work in is on the same site of the old Lennon's hotel...
@Courtney Helen does your building have any plaques or info in the foyer about the history of this site?
Hey Rob - great video. I used to work in the building next to Festival Hall. I managed to get a few bricks while it was being demolished and they are now part of the garden path at the side of my house. One of my co-workers got the actual seat she sat in from the Beatles concert (because she still had her ticket). From memory I think it was a whole row of seats because they were attached.
Great job...It's nice to see the places where the Beatles stayed in June '64 during their tour "Down Under".
One of those women screaming in the background would have been my Mum. She was totally besotted with them
I reckon Mt Tamborine would have been pristine back then and being winter would have been perfect for them then
Still is pristine! I live near the falls. Paradise
Hi Rob, this is very informative, thank you so much. I just realised where the Lenno hotel is. My friends William and Susanne spent a lovely afternoon there with the Beatles in 1964. And I have been working very close by to the location too.
Nice work Rob. You do get around! My memories of Festival Hall early 80's are great aussie bands, and sneaking in half bottles of spirits😁.
I’m a Beatles collector down the gold coast,thanks for the extra information and showing the old sites ,regarding festival hall I have three seats and the matching tickets 69,70,71
My mum saw one of the shows, sadly I already had been born and was not in utero. She reckoned she could not hear them at all, but she saw 'em play. When Macca hit the GC last year, I finally had the pleasure, too.
Same here , l had no idea Paul and George did the touristy thing . Cheers Rob .
When the Beatles visited Brisbane there were thousands of screaming fans in Queen St. I was in the Kings Building having singing lessons from Mr Will Stay, organist of the City Tabernacle Baptist Church. I was singing "I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair". The cultural difference was bigger than the grand canyon.
Never knew about the exploring part of the Brisbane trip. Great Video!
This was very cool - I had NO idea 2 of them went to Tambo 🙂
Great video. Didn’t realise they did any exploring around the place.
I have a pic of them at Curtis Falls :)
@campbellclan awesome, would you be willing to share it?
Great video, I always like to stay at Festival Towers when I go to Brisbane. Love all the old concert photos throughout the building.
That was amazing! Thanks Rob!
Hi Rob,
Can you do a Vlog on Buddy Holly's visit to Brisbane and the Goldcoast in 1958 please🙏🏽
Great video
Great job, I had no idea they went exploring.
Well there is one person in this story who is still the same tosser. Thanks Bob.
Thanks for making this video- it was very entertaining and informative.
Interesting as always Rob. 👏🙂
fantastic as always, thank you...
Another subscriber who learnt something new - thanks for the great research!
Great video.
I don’t know why they threw eggs and so forth at them. The infamous “Beatles are bigger than Jesus “ was in 1966. That was the beginning of the end of the Beatles massive popularity. I suppose they made the mistake of talking about politics or religion when they should have just kept quiet.
Anyway those security guards that accompanied them up to Mt Tamborine and the Gold Coast would have some interesting stories. Probably too old or gone now but I’m sure their families were told plenty
hahaha aaa the old cricket bat hey , well thats what we use to call it .the lennons hotel.
5:53 haha Robert and Robert
Did you go in for a dip after you turned your camera off?
Not that time, no