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Astrid and George in the flat he shared with Ringo in 1964

“I remember we had a little walk in his park [Friar Park], and I was so full of love and joy to be with him that I cried. He said, ‘You must not cry, I will always look after you.’ He had no fear. No fear whatsoever. I miss his presence, but I’ve got the feeling he’s still around me.” - Astrid Kirchherr

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The Beatles take by Astrid Kirchherr (1938-2020)

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Astrid. 💔💔💔 Reunited with Stu. #astridkirchherr https://www.instagram.com/p/CAODwanhUqS/?igshid=1empf3o5ybgl3

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Astrid Kirchner (1938-2020) #astridkirchherr #photographer #artist #hamburg #thebeatles #stuartstucliffe #johnlennon #paulmccartney #georgeharrison #ringostarr #petebest #klausvoormann #jurgenvollmer #kaiserkeller #reeperbahn #rocknroll #rolleicord https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOGxfzHJzp/?igshid=1ofgdj1x0w9v6

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Beatles in Hamburg

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Astridd Kirchherr (1938-2020) took her favourite picture in April 1962, days after her fiance, Stuart Sutcliffe, died in her arms on the way to a Hamburg hospital. You may have seen it: Sutcliffe's best friend, John Lennon, sits in sombre half-light with a boyish George Harrison behind him. "When you see John's little face, it's so sad," Kirchherr says, a catch in her throat even now. "He looks so lost sitting there, and there's this 18-year-old boy standing behind him looking so strong. I always get the feeling George is saying, 'Don't worry John, I'll be there with you'." #astridkirchherr #photographer #artist #hamburg #thebeatles #stuartstucliffe #johnlennon #paulmccartney #georgeharrison #ringostarr #petebest #klausvoormann #jurgenvollmer #kaiserkeller #reeperbahn #rocknroll #rolleicord https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOIsXKnpeQ/?igshid=14mb5mqico3x5

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Dear Astrid,[...]

I bought you all the records I told you about years ago, and they are still at home covered in dust, so if you have decided where about's you are living lately, then let me know and I will send them to you.[...]

Fat Betty has seen all the Happy holiday Photo's, hasn't she? but I haven't, oh no - you won't show them to me will you! Actually if she had not come to England with King Size, then I would still be wondering which part of the world you where in.[...]

I bought a Jaguar (car) last month, and I think you would like it. I will send you a photograph of it, with the records as soon as I get back to Liverpool.[...]

Could you look through your photographs and find some - or all of the photos that have The Beatles either all together or separately, or that have any of us with other people in them, in fact any photographs at all that may be of interest and then if you felt in a HAPPY ASTRID MOOD, do you think you could either give or lend them to me.[...]

You know that Paul and John are going to be very rich soon, when they collect the money they have made by writing all those songs, and I don't think that you would like to see me poor and hungry, so I have decided to make a book. It won't be a DA SADE type book, but a daft story about the BEATLES, with some photographs in it, and then I hope to sell it to all the nice people and then I can buy food with the money... Can't I? I would like to have some pictures that the people haven't already seen in all the other books, so that is why I am asking you. It would be very nice of you, even if the pictures were old at the Indra and Kaiserkeller and Top Ten.[...]

I have been ill all week, feeling tired all the time. The doctor gave me a tonic which is like liquid preludin. My balls have been aching too, and banging around on stage! We will be in Paris for three week in January. 

I will write again with the records cheerio and love from Georgie (your friend who wants the photos)

Excerpts from a letter written by George to Astrid during The Beatles' six-night residency at the Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth, 19th-24th August 1963. George was feeling unwell and was advised to stay in his hotel room at the Palace Court Hotel, Bournemouth. This gave him the time to write his first song, Don't Bother Me - perhaps just to save him from being poor and hungry! It was also in the hotel that Robert Freeman took the iconic 'shadow' photograph for that forthcoming With The Beatles record cover.

I can’t decide if he intends the irony of complaining that he might be “poor and hungry” once the Beatle bubble has burst, right after he says he bought a Jag last week!

This letter is up for auction at Bonham’s shortly, valued between £15000 - £20000.  Photos are of the letter and George’s jag that he’s talking about in the letter.