BEATLEMANIA returned to Hull as shoppers visiting St Stephen's were treated to hits from the Fab Four.
The Beatles Tribute Band performed at the shopping centre on Saturday and Sunday as part of a series of events held to mark the 50th anniversary of the band playing at the ABC Regal Cinema, in Ferensway, in 1963.
Year 6 pupils from Stepney Primary School also took to the stage to perform a series of hits including All My Loving and I Saw Her Standing There.
Crowds flocked to the first-floor terrace in the shopping centre as hits rang out from the Liverpool-based tribute band.
Pam Hoyle, from east Hull, said: "It's just fantastic.
"It's been a great week for Hull, what with the city being named City of Culture, and then this."
Graham Watson, from Anlaby, was also in the crowd with his wife Janice.
He said: " I was lucky enough to see The Beatles when they performed here. I was 12 at the time.
"I queued up with my friend for ages to get tickets and my brother kept coming back to check on us, to see if we were ok.
"No-one will ever be as good as The Beatles but these are a great tribute band."
It's 50 years since The Beatles came to Hull to play on November 24, 1963, at the height of Beatlemania.
The November visit was part of a nationwide tour and came after the group had topped the charts twice – From Me To You made it to number one and stayed there for seven weeks and She Loves You was in top spot for six weeks.
For one Beatles fan, this weekend marked one of the most memorable moments of her life.
Lynda Hill, from east Hull, was lucky enough to meet Paul, Ringo, George and John on their visit to Hull, when her employer arranged a surprise meet and greet for her, after she had failed to get tickets for their concert.
Disguised as a cleaning lady, to avoid attention from the national press, Lynda was ushered across to the ABC and told to sit and wait in an upstairs foyer for the band.
Half a century on, Lynda was part of the celebrations at St Stephen's.
She said: "I feel at the minute that I have reverted back to that time.
"On November 24, I was on the exact spot, at the exact time, on the exact day, that I met them. It is a story has followed me for 50 years."
The highlight of Linda's meet and greet was when her favourite band member Paul, put his arm around the 17-year-old for a photograph - a memory that will stay with her forever.
She said: "They had no airs and graces, they were ordinary guys. They were happy to sit and chat with me and they made me feel special, which is the best way of putting it."
