Good Ol' Freda Page #10

'cos I couldn't leave them in the office,

and although I said I

wouldn't write again

and I wouldn't

answer any letters,

between running

my home and doing

the normal

things a mother does,

I did answer the letters.

Slowly.

You know,

I'd maybe do three one night,

I might do none

the next night,

I might do five

on the Saturday.

But it took me,

on average, about

three years to

answer all those letters.

Once I ended

the fan club, that was it.

I was then not

Freda Kelly anymore,

and I just lived a normal life

like everybody else,

nothing to do with

The Beatles anymore.

When I look back, it is shocking

how many people that have gone

that I knew from those days.

Well,

we lost Eppy first of all.

You've got the main two...

you've got John and George,

you've got two wives...

Mo Cox, Linda McCartney,

you've got all the parents,

you've got Neil Aspinall,

Derek Taylor,

my friend Laurie McCaffrey...

it brings it home to me.

I think fame and money

doesn't mean anything.

All the wealth

doesn't cure cancer, does it?

I worked with a lot of good people,

I did, I loved them.

Giving a job like that, to what

became the biggest band in the world,

to a girl of 17, that was

an unbelievable thing to do,

and she never let 'em down.

The tide washes

the sea in every day.

Freda was the tide

... you saw the effects

of the tide like you see

the effects of Freda...

but you never actually see a tide as such,

it just happens to be there,

and Freda was,

so tell the story.

I don't know why

Eppy picked me.

Maybe it was just fate.

And I was taken along

for this ten-year,

exciting ride,

and then dropped off

on the corner where I started it.

You know, I'm not famous,

I'm not wealthy,

I'm still working for a living,

I'm still a Beatle fan,

so although there's a 50-year gap

since I started it,

I still like to think that I'm back

where I was in the beginning.

I don't ever have to

tell this tale again.

It's down now,

on record, isn't it?

End of.

Peace and love.

My name is Ringo,

and this is a message

to all of Freda

Kelly's grandchildren.

Freda was a great friend to The Beatles,

she was the fan club leader,

and we've known

her for a long time.

Anyway, we all loved Freda.

She was great,

and Freda was like part of the family,

and she knew all our families,

she was just one of the best.

Peace and love. Peace and love.

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