~ The Beatles arrive back in Liverpool for the Northern premiere of their movie A Hard Days Night - 10 July 1964 ~ ~ The Beatles flew to the city from London, and were greeted upon their arrival at Speke Airport by over 3,000 fans. They gave a press conference and a series of interviews for the assembled press and film crews ~ ~ We landed at the airport and found there were crowds everywhere, like a royal do. It was incredible, because people were lining the streets that wed known as children, that wed taken the bus down, or walked down. Wed been to the cinema with girls down these streets, And here we were now with thousands of people - for us. There was a lot of, Hello, how are you? All right? It was strange because they were our own people, but it was brilliant. - Paul McCartney, Anthology ~ ~ They were driven to Liverpool Town Hall in a police cavalcade, with an estimated 200,000 people - roughly a quarter of the citys population - lining the route. Hundreds of police officers attempted to restrain the crowds, but several times the cordons were breached by screaming fans ~
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