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davidwache police station
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Located in the red-light district of Hamburg, the Davidwache (or Reeperbahn, for the street) Police Station is one of the most notorious in Germany.
It was here where Paul McCartney and Pete Best spent three hours on arson charges for setting a condom on fire at the Bambi Kino. They were deported on December 4, 1960.
the bambi kino
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A former porn theater in Hamburg, the Bambi Kino is most famous for its tenants in the early 60s.
The Beatles arrived in Hamburg on August 17, 1960. Bruno Koschmider, the owner of the Indra and Kaiserkeller clubs in Hamburg, let them stay in the storeroom behind the screen of the theater, which he also owned.
McCartney later said: "We lived backstage in the Bambi Kino, next to the toilets, and you could always smell them. The room had been an old storeroom, and there were just concrete walls and nothing else. No heat, no wallpaper, not a lick of paint; and two sets of bunk beds, with not very much covers—Union Jack flags—we were frozen."
When the Beatles got a better offer in Hamburg, Koschmider reported Harrison as being underage for a work visa, and he was deported on November 30, 1962. McCartney and Best retaliated by nailing a condom to the wall and setting it on fire. They were arrested for arson. Now an apartment building, the cinema entrance was where the garage door now stands.
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In 1957, Alan Williams leased a former watch-repair shop and turned it into a coffee shop. Located near the Liverpool institute (Paul McCartney) and the Liverpool Art College (Stu Sutcliffe, John Lennon), members of the Beatles would hang out here. Williams hired Stu and John to do a mural in the ladies restroom.
The Beatles booked a number of gigs here, and Williams became their manager. It was under his instruction and supervision that they went to Hamburg, Germany.
the casbah
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Opened on August 29, 1959 by Mona Best, mother of original Beatles drummer Pete Best, the Casbah Coffee Club was located in the cellar of the Best's family home. It was a member's only club for her sons and her friends to meet up and listen to music.
The Quarrymen (John Lennon and Paul McCartney's band before the Beatles) went to the club to arrange a performance there. Mona Best agreed, but said she needed to finish painting the club. All of the Quarrymen grabbed some brushes and started painting, including spiders, dragons, rainbows and stars.
The paintings still exist, and the basement is a Grade II listed building with a blue plaque (by English Heritage) and is open to the public for tours. It also contains 1960’s musical equipment, amplifiers and original chairs.
ringos childhood home
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Ringo moved here with his mother as she remarried. He lived here from the age of three onward.