The March Hare pub turned down the opportunity to host the Beatles in the early 1960s
In the mid-1960s, Nottingham was as good a place as any to be. By the end of the decade, the city’s music fans had been treated to three performances from the Beatles, two from the Rolling Stones and one from Led Zeppelin.
Not bad going, but the Fab Four could have made their first appearance in Nottingham in very different circumstances had it not been for a shrewd pub landlord.
After opening in 1958, the March Hare pub, in Carlton Road, became well-known for hosting live music and entertainment.
Such was the popularity of the pub’s live music scene that, as the story goes, in the early 1960s the then-agent of a little-known Liverpool band called the Beatles was keen on a performance there.
However, the pub’s landlord, George Dove, was not prepared to pay the band’s performance fee of £25.
The fee was, in Mr Dove’s opinion, unjustified given he could fill the pub by hiring a far cheaper performer.
Despite this missed opportunity, it’s fair to say that both parties went on to achieve success in their respective fields.
Mr Dove, alongside his wife Maragret, oversaw the pub’s operations until his death several years ago, while the Beatles became the biggest band of all time.
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