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Im not from London but there are guided tours of beatles places of interest in London. A google search will bring them up. One random site taken by pure chance is here.  I have never used it and didnt know it existed until 3 minutes ago; there may be a better suited one for you. It also lists the places it takes in so you can always use that as a guide and go yourself.

I wouldnt go on a guided tour as you have more freedom to do as you like.

John was filming a scene for Not Only… But Also, a British comedy with Dudley Moore and Peter Cook amongst others. John played the part of a nightclub doorman called Dan and the entrance was the stairs heading down to the public toilets. John's appearance, all 51 seconds is below.

Note: For anyone who has heard of it, L.S. Bumblebee, a song wrongly passed off as some Beatle thing in the 70's by many bootleggers, a clip of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook miming to it, followed by the above clip of John.

And then we have John's other appearance on Not Only… But Also with readings from In His Own Write. Filmed over 2 days in November 1964 it was broadcast by the BBC on 9th January 1965. Norman Rossington, Norm from A Hard Days Night also appears.  Joe has an entry for it.

You can sit on the curb across from 57 Wimpole Street and talk about what happened in there. You might be lucky enough to find a coin on the ground while you are sitting there like I did. I carry that coin with me every day.

Beatley things I did today:

1. London Palladium – Ron Nasty and I spent time thinking about what the street crowd would have been like on the night that led to birth of the word Beatlemania. RN mentioned that there is a theory that the cropping of the photograph disguised the size of the crowd. Maybe there wasn’t as large of a crowd as some people assumed.

2. HMV – His Masters Voice music shop – where Brian brought the Decca Audition reel-to-reel tapes and had them transferred to disk. He was ushered upstairs and the series of events from there led him to George Martin. I bought a copy of Ocean’s Kindom there.

3. 3 Savile Row – WHAT a thrill to stand there and gawk at that historic place. I stood on one of the steps up to the door while RN took my picture. A man walked out of the store next door and just smiled at me and laughed to himself. There is not a 3 on the building. You just figure it out because of the way it looks and it is next to number 2.

4. Saw the building on Monmouth street where Brian had an office from 1963-1964. The building is covered up with scaffolding right now, but the Blue Plaque is still visible. Brian liked that location in the Seven Dials area because it is in the theatre district.

5. 57 Wimpole Street – I refrained from trying to climb up the drain pipe to get to the attic windows to get into the room where Paul lived with the Ashers. While we were sitting on the curb across the street discussing what songs Paul and John wrote in that house, I found a 1 pence piece. I will treasure it always.

6. MPL headquarters on Soho square. I admit, I touched the building. I fan-girled majorly. There are pictures. I am glad there was a temporary construction wall between me and all the people in Soho Square Garden.

Edit: added from https://www.beatlesbible.com/f…..4/#p236800

Ron Nasty and I went by 24 Chapel Street today. Brian moved here in January 1965. He died in the house in August 1967.