Arthur Kelly: The Man Who Really Was Bert

In the play featuring a fictional former member of The Quarrymen, the part was played by a man who really did pass up the chance to be in The Beatles

Arthur and George in a photograph taken by Arthur’s mother.

Willy Russell’s play John, Paul, George, Ringo…and Bert proved a runaway success in 1974 selling out the Everyman in Liverpool before moving to…