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There was Freddy and The Dreamers, booked for 22 pounds 10 shillings. When they got to Hull they were No.2 in the charts with If you gotta make a fool of somebody. The next night they played in Milton Keynes and cost £600. John Science was instrumental in putting the Rolling Stones on at the City Hall in 1962.

But it is another iconic name that weighs heavy on his mind; when he let four young musicians, just back from playing in Germany, slip through his fingers.

John explained, 'And there was another time, which I'm thoroughly ashamed of. There was a ballroom on Witham called The Majestic (it's not there now) and it was owned by Top Rank. The manager was a friend of mine, called Ron Turner, Ron said, I've got a big Bingo night on and I want to get some young people in. We'll have an interval of about half an hour, could you get me a group? Yes, Mr Turner, I said.

I don't want to pay much - £20 tops, says Ron. I thought, he won't get much for £20. Anyway, there was a guy called Robin Eldridge, an agent in Doncaster. He rang me up and said 'John, I've got this group, don't' know whether you've heard of them or not, but they're called The Beatles. They'd just come back from Hamburg.

Robin says, Well, they're doing a bit of a tour and they've got a spare night. Are you interested? They're only 18 pounds, 10 shillings. So I said, well, I don't want them... but I know someone who will. So I phoned up Ron and told him about them and that apparently they'd been playing at some club called The Star Club in Hamburg. Well, he said, are they any good? Well, I said, I don't know. Anyway, this group came, very few people turned up - nobody had ever heard of them. Ringo Starr wasn't with them then. Ron said, Well, they won't do any good anyway...

Hull had a lot of talent. There was a guy in Hull called Dave Tenney whose stage name was Dev Douglas and I still believe to this day that he was one of the greatest guitarists that England has ever produced - on a par with Eric Clapton. His mother managed him ... although there was a lot of opportunity in those days, he never managed to make it. His mother sent him to London to be a session man. I always remember people used to cry when he sang a solo number called Scarlet Ribbon on guitar - I promise you; there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Real tears would be pouring down the faces of the crowd; if a pin had dropped you would have heard it. He should have been one of the greats.

I had a very close friend - a very famous guy who looked after the door. His name was Sammy Evans. He played rugby for Hull, played at Wembley and he was also an all in wrestler and a champion ballroom dancer! Now you looked at Sam - he was like a gorilla! Big cauliflower ears! But he was a gentle giant. We never had any trouble - Sam just used to walk around and if he saw anybody having a quick snog, he'd break it up!

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