The Beatles: Ringo Starr donated beautiful gifts to local hospital after Globe gig

Friday, October 1, 2021

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Wright revealed how Starr was always thinking of those less fortunate than him, even after he'd just performed to hundreds of fans at a sell-out gig.

Wright said: "Ringo, of course, was a sweetheart. I've seen it here at the Globe. Between the shows, you would get all the toys and everything thrown to the gods [the band]. They used to sweep them up and put them in a plastic bin."

At the time, Beatlemania was in full force, with thousands of young women looking to get a piece of the Fab Four in one way or another.

Wright - whose photography work has been placed on permanent exhibition at the newly renovated Globe - said the venue's employees "would take the [toys] all upstairs into the band's dressing rooms".

"The autograph books," he explained. "The lads would dive in and sign them - no b****y problem."

Source: Callum Crumlish/express.co.uk