The Beatles at the Grapes

circa Spring 1961
The Grapes
Matthew Street
Liverpool
Photographer: unknown  

The Beatles at the Grapes pub Mathew Street Spring 1961. The Grapes was across the street from The Cavern.
In 1961 The Beatles were just beginning to play regular gigs at The Cavern.

The Grapes pub in Mathew Street in 1961  

This photo is typically shown reversed. Even today, it hangs on the wall at The Grapes, beside what is referred to as "The Royal Table", as a reversed image.

See the contemporary photo below which illustrates this.

Photo courtesy Steve Petricia