DECEMBER 25, 1957 – An apprentice engineer from Liverpool named Richard Starkey, then already seventeen, gets his first real set of drums for Christmas (the young Starkey’s family couldn’t afford a proper set when he was a child). Later, he would become known as Ringo Starr.In 1953, Starr had contracted tuberculosis and was admitted to…
“That necklace has a story. My auntie bought it for me but when we were in New York, kids jumped on our backs and stole it. I went on Cousin Brucie’s radio show and said, ‘I’ll give you a kiss if you bring me back my necklace’. A girl turned up with the necklace, so…
Ritchie took a messenger job with the British Railroad, but had to quit when he failed the medical exam. He next worked as a barman on a boat that traveled between Liverpool and Wales, but he was fired when he turned up for work in an inebriated state and lipped off to his boss. Finally,…
Ringo Starr Rare Early Teenager Photos, pics, images From small, Ritchie was persecuted by the diseases that compromised her education. At six years old he was operated on for acute appendicitis, remaining for two months in a state of coma, from which he re-emerged after other interventions that forced him to stay in the hospital…
Ringo Starr as a Child (17 Rare Amazing Photos) Ringo Starr as a Child (17 Rare Amazing Photos) 7. July 1940, Richard Starkey is born at 9 Madryn Street, Liverpool 8, Elsie Gleave and Richard; “There is a light at the end of the tunnel, and I had to learn, and I came out, and…