A Yorkshire hotel owner has revealed how she gave up her bed for the Beatles when they secretly came to stay at her family's private members club almost 60 years ago.
Gail Moss was just 14 when the Fab Four came to Holdsworth House Hotel, in Halifax, on October 9, 1964, during the start of their UK tour. Her dad Freddie Pearson, who'd turned their stately home into a club a year earlier, had persuaded band manager Brian Epstein to let the band stay that night. Police roadblocks and diversions were even set up around their Jacobean manor to ensure they were not disturbed during their visit.
'My mother had been desperately worried that the gardens would be trampled by thousands of screaming fans but, in the end, thanks to a police diversion their destination remained a secret. Holdsworth House wasn't a hotel at the time, so my family had to vacate our bedrooms for The Beatles to sleep.' She added: 'I did tell one close friend whom I trusted, Alison Butterworth, she is still a good friend today but I'm not sure that my other school friends have ever forgiven me.
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