I am still here!!

 Hi.... yes, i have not been abducted by aliens, or been recruited by a religious sect or even been on an extended holiday!

Just been mega busy over June with my 'other' society, the Battle of Stamford Bridge. I had a few shows to attend and had to design and produce a massive Timeline exhibition for the Stamford Bridge History Open Day event we had organised in the village..... but all done for now, - so got time to catch up with my other business...

I have got lots of news and snippets to add so watch this space, and also want to promote the following festival event in July: I'm going, so get yerself there, lets hope its a luvverly summers day!

''Hi Chris, I organise a mini festival every year called Edstock,(Huddstock, madstock, Fifestock.. you get the picture) we knew the beatles link to the rialto was to be our theme so we are having our event at the Fulford arms (nearest venue to original site).

The gig is on Sat 13th July and runs all day with many local musicians playing Beatles songs. Headlining are the Pepperhearts and the whole event is FREE, Radio york have expressed interest and MinsterFM are going to interview me, also written to Look North (you never know!)  we would love to have people bring tickets, programmes etc. and we will award prizes.

There is even going to be a Beatles menu.

Cheers Edwin''

Saw this in last weeks papers, I will add it to the 'Beatles Cars' page when I get round to doing it...

''John Lennon’s first car, a 1965 Ferrari 330GT, is heading to a Bonhams auction at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 12, 2013. Finished in Azzuro blue paint, the classic Ferrari also has a matching blue interior and was priced at a little over $10,000 (£6,500) in February 1965. Lennon would own the car until October 1967, putting on over 20,000 miles.''

Apparently he got it in 1965 after passing his driving test and had it for about 3 years, well its now up for auction so will no doubt it be hyper-inflated for the bidders...it is nice tho... never seen any pictures of Lennon in it or driving it, he never liked driving any way and usually had his live-in chaffeur drive him around most of the time.

The one time he did drive himself was when he crashed in 1969 whilst holidaying in Scotland with Yoko her daughter Kyoko and his son Julian. John crashed his white British Leyland Austin Maxi car in Golspie in the Highlands, Lennon was a notoriously bad driver who had rarely been behind the wheel since passing his test in 1965. He was poor at navigating roads and often failed to notice other traffic. The roads around Golspie were narrow, and Lennon lost control of the car, driving it into a roadside ditch.

He, Ono and Kyoko sustained cuts to the face and Ono's back was injured. They were taken to Golspie's Lawson Memorial Hospital where Lennon was given 17 facial stitches, Ono 14 in her forehead, and Kyoko four.  Julian Lennon was treated for shock but was otherwise unhurt. He was taken to stay with Lennon's Aunt Mater in Durness, around 50 miles away, before his mother took him back to London the following day. When she arrived at the hospital to demand an explanation from Lennon he refused to see her.

Lennon remained in hospital for five days. He later told reporters, "If you're going to have a car crash, try to arrange for it to happen in the Highlands. The hospital there was just great."

Although Lennon was never intending to attend, 1 July was the first official day of recording for what became the Abbey Road album. The crash further delayed his return to London, and after being discharged from hospital he spent three days at home before finally rejoining The Beatles on 9 July.

Lennon later had the car crushed into a cube and exhibited it on his lawn at Tittenhurst Park.