Following their 48-night residency at Hamburg’s Star-Club, in which they notched up 172 hours of stage time over seven weeks, The Beatles began their journey back to Liverpool.
In the afternoon they caught a Lufthansa flight to London Airport, from which they caught a connecting flight to Manchester Airport.
They arrived at 7.25pm and were driven to their homes in Liverpool.
Page last updated: 9 September 2012
The photos of them taken at the Hamburg airport by a fan who befriended them after seeing them perform at the Star Club a few days ago on this timeline — that smirk on John’s face says it all! They knew they were going to go straight and rehearse for the EMI session and BBC radio show after they got back home to Liverpool!