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<p><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption"><keyword id="683629" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Freda-Kelly">Freda Kelly</keyword> pranked Ringo Starr, got sacked by <keyword id="85881" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="John-Lennon">John Lennon</keyword>, and crushed on all of them during her 11 years as their <keyword id="44284" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Secretary">secretary</keyword>.</p></div></div>Freda Kelly was at the heart of Beatlemania.</p>
<p>She was a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodolfreda/info" target="_blank">shy teenager from Liverpool, England</a> who managed a local band's fan club. Then in 1961, the group's manager, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FIAmA%2Fcomments%2F1lsqui%2Fi_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years%2Fcc2d7ef&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKKNMXxN82W8-Hwzlr0b2YVCJ4KQ" target="_blank">Brian Epstein, asked</a> if she'd like to help them make it big.</p>
<p>Kelly remained with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr for 11 years as their secretary, confidante, and <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FIAmA%2Fcomments%2F1lsqui%2Fi_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years%2Fcc2cqxk&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBUwTCbtAdlCL2JIxSX-_6EJeaUw" target="_blank">number-one fan</a>.</p>
<p>She shares her favorite stories in the documentary "<a href="http://www.goodolfreda.com/" target="_blank">Good Ol' Freda</a>," which premiered at SXSW Film Festival in 2010 and is rolling into <a href="http://www.goodolfreda.com/#story" target="_blank">select theaters across the country</a> now.</p>
<p>You can watch "Good Ol' Freda" on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/good-ol-freda/id689570862" target="_blank">iTunes</a>.</p>
<h2>Here are the best behind-the-scenes anecdotes and reveals about the <keyword id="24243" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Beatles">Beatles</keyword> from Freda Kelly's <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/?sort=confidence" target="_blank">recent IAmA thread</a>:</h2>
<p class="normal"><strong>12. Politics couldn't hold their attention as teenagers.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Early on, did you find members of the band very politically driven?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/headinmyphones">headinmyphones</a></p>
<p class="normal"><div class="image-container float_left"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">Kelly helped run a fan club before she became their secretary.</p></div></div>"No. When we were just teen-agers, we weren't discussing politics (although we were all Labor party then until the Tax Man came along. And then George wrote the song "Tax Man" and complained about Labor and the Conservative party)." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2dk22">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>11. Later, they became public activists for LSD.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"How open were they about the use of LSD? I know Lennon took it." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/timmytheh">timmytheh</a></p>
<p class="normal">"They were very open about LSD. Paul signed a petition for one of our national papers supporting it." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2ctfd">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>10. They ate grilled cheese with "plastic cheese."</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"What was/is their favorite types of cheeses?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/Salanderson">Salanderson</a></p>
<p class="normal">"Well really we just had cheddar or Cheshire in those days. Cheese on toast. But we used kraft cheese singles to make it. We called it 'plastic cheese.'" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2dfok">FredaAndRyan</a>10. "Funniest groupie story?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/zanthelad">zanthelad</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">Kelly said the Beatles were always waiting for the other shoe to drop.</p></div></div>9. They had low expectations.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Since they blazed a trail in stardom and celebrity, how did the massive beatlemania phenom affect them? Did they have trouble dealing with it?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/FatherDamo">FatherDamo</a></p>
<p class="normal">I know John thought this could last about 2 years. Nobody could see, not even them, how long it was going to last or the way things were going to go." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2dq5a">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>8. Ringo Starr needed ego boosts.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Do you have any stories of members of the band playing pranks on each other or yourself?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/scalzo19">scalzo19</a></p>
<p class="normal"><div class="image-container float_left"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">Ringo Starr, Freda Kelly, and George Harrison. </p></div></div>"A few months after Ringo joined the band, I went to see them perform in a theatre, and before I went to see them I decided I was going to shout a request to Ringo to sing 'Boys,' but I didn't know that someone had already told them I was going to do that. I was shouting it out for Ringo because he was not getting as many requests as the other three. But when I did shout the request, Ringo knew it was me, stood up from his drum seat and he told me to sit down and be quiet. He said something like "oh sit down Kelly." So I didn't come out from under my seat until the show ended out of embarrassment." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2d7wo">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>7. They lived with mom and dad for a while.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"what is something that most people would not know about the beatles but you think should?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/shtaaap">shtaaap</a></p>
<p class="normal">"They came home on a regular basis for family celebrations, weddings and christenings, Paul had so many relations he was back in Liverpool more than the others and still is. And they all lived at home up until they moved to London (even when they had the number one record in the world)." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2e0tz">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>6. And when they found fame, the US of A became their second home.<br /></strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Did they have a favorite tourist spot or local attraction they were fond of in America?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/BaysideLo" class="author id-t2_bgpcv">BaysideLo</a></p>
<p class="normal">"They just loved America but didn't say what particular part. When they got back from America the first time, they were amazed." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2dk4c">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">George Harrison gives Freda Kelly a smooch.</p></div></div><strong>5. "Funniest groupie story?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/zanthelad">zanthelad</a></strong></p>
<p class="normal">"There were two sets of girls, and they were both called the Apple Scruffs. They were about 14-17 years old. And they used to just hang around Apple all day, they would go from school and stay there until eight or ten o'clock at night just waiting for a Beatle to go in or out of Apple. Eventually the Beatles got to know them, and George wrote a song about them because all the Beatles got to like them." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2d3dy">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal">"Was the song released? If so, which song?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/SECRETLY_STALKS_YOU">SECRETLY_STALKS_YOU</a></p>
<p class="normal">"It was released but I think it was on George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' album. The song was called 'Apple Scruffs.'" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2d3dy">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>4. John Lennon needed the most attention.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Whats your favorite story about john lennon?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/davidleewhite">davidleewhite</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong><div class="image-container float_left"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">John Lennon, Freda Kelly and George Harrison.</p></div></div></strong>"John Lennon fired me in a dressing room one time! He was upset that I spent too much time with another musical group called The Moody Blues' dressing room. What happened when I went into The Beatles' dressing room, he was not amused that it had taken me all that time to come into the dressing room. So he asked me whose fan club secretary I was - are you the Moody Blues' fan club secretary or the Beatles. And I just laughed it off and said theirs, and he said I'm sacking you you can go back to the Moody Blues. Well what happened then I said fine, but I went to the other 3 and asked if they were sacking me and they said no, certainly not, so I said to John well you can do your own fan mail and I'll just do the other three's. And then he turned to me and said he was only joking, and I said no you weren't, you were telling the truth, and he said please come back. Then I said "get on your hands and knees and beg me to come back." And he said "I'll meet you halfway" and I knew I couldn't push him any further, he said he would get down on one knee and I said that will do. And I kept working for him for another 7 years." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2cqis">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>3. They cared for Freda as a dear friend.</strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Did you get any cool merchandise or memorabilia as a result of your job?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/scalzo19">scalzo19</a></p>
<p class="normal">"My wedding telegrams are my most treasured. They were all in India when I got married, and they all individually sent me telegrams congratulating me." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2d8xc">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong><div class="image-container float_right"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">Kelly said the Beatles were like brothers to her.</p></div></div>2. And she crushed on a different Beatle every day. </strong></p>
<p class="normal">"Did you secretly wished to be one of their other half?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/fishbonez">fishbonez</a></p>
<p>"Not really, no. I was a teen-ager when I started this job, and I naturally had crushes. But the crushes changed all the time, and by a certain point they became like brothers to me." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2cvoo">FredaAndRyan</a></p>
<p class="normal"><strong>1. Fifty years later, she can sum them up in four words.</strong></p>
<p class="normal"><div class="image-container float_left"><div class="image"><p class="source"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqO3DIaKTXM">YouTube screenshot</a></p><p class="caption">Kelly spilled all in a documentary, "Good Ol' Freda."</p></div></div>"If you had to sum up each member of the group in one or two words based on your time with them, what would they be?" -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/MonaMonzano">MonaMonzano</a></p>
<p class="normal">"John the moodiest. Paul the one was never cross or angry. Ringo for humor, really, and dancing. And George was thoughtful." -<a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1lsqui/i_was_the_secretary_to_the_beatles_for_11_years/cc2csco">FredaAndRyan</a></p>

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