Fifty years ago today, screaming fans welcomed the Beatles back to Blighty after their triumphant US tour.

July 10 in Beatles Day - and this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four's return to Liverpool, just in time for the premiere of their film A Hard Day's Night.

Huddersfield was lucky enough to welcome one of the biggest bands of all time in 1963 when the boys played the town's ABC Cinema in June in November.

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Paul Berriff, whose pictures are included in the gallery above, was a 16-year-old aspiring photographer when he decided to practice his skills at pop concerts around Yorkshire - including gigs by an up-and-coming band called The Beatles.

He took pictures of them in Leeds and Doncaster but it was in Huddersfield where he had his most memorable experience.

Paul had taken his girlfriend June with him to the ABC on November 29 - and ended up having a private audience as The Beatles performed their brand new single I Want to Hold Your Hand live for the first time.

Paul said: “I usually got to the theatres around 5pm but this day we got there at 3pm.

“It was quiet so we went to sit in the auditorium to kill time .

“We’d been there for half-an-hour when the stage lights came on and, surprisingly, The Beatles walked on and started setting up their amplifiers.

“They had just launched I Want to Hold Your Hand and had never played it live before.

“They started singing it and June and I sat enthralled as they practised what became one of their biggest selling singles. It was amazing, just like having our own private concert.”

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