Nov. 2, 1964 - American teenager Elizabeth Freedman, who ran away from her Newton, Mass., home and travelled 3,000 miles to see the Beatles, met her idols last night at the Astoria Palace in Finsbury Park.
“The girls back home in Boston will never believe me,” she said. “I’m still in a daze. I began to think I’d never see them.”
Elizabeth, 13, met the British pop quartet in their dressing room and ate a hot dog while talking with them.
Ringo Starr greeted her: “So, this is the little girl we’ve been reading about.”
George Harrison said: “I don’t think we’ve been to Boston,” but Paul McCartney replied: “We have. That’s where we had the tea party.”
Elizabeth’s mother, Mrs. Barbara Freedman, said: “They’re such nice boys. I’ve become a Beatle fan myself.” Mrs. Freedman flew to Britain last week to find her daughter, who made her way to London two weeks ago determined to see the Beatles. Elizabeth took $400 from her savings account to finance the trip.
Mrs. Freedman found Elizabeth on Friday in Brixton staying with a friend.
They plan to fly back to Boston today so that Elizabeth can return to school.
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