Beatles Tour Liverpool

[@bobbyxhilone9224]

DAAAARRRRAAAA!!!! WOW!!!! I am just SO honored and surprised and thrilled to have been included in your video comments today!! Not in a million years did I expect that! Thank you so very, very much. I was, of course, all ready to make numerous happy comments anyway, about how much I enjoyed all the info and sites and sounds of My Beatles Liverpool that you have shared here. I learned so much more about them -- and thought I already knew everything anyway, but no, you added so much to my Beatles Mental Catalog. Plus actually SEEING all these locales made all the difference, bringing it so much more to life for me. Oh, and the ice cream stop was a bonus too; I think you chose the same flavo(u)r that caught my eye too! Yum!! Well, I have rambled on long enough here, so thank you again for this extra, extra special video. And I'm glad you enjoyed my Beatles Library from long ago!! 🥰❤👍🎶📚

[@tonywilkinson6895]

I’ve noticed you you in the comments Bobby,and I’m glad you got a mention ❤

[@bobbyxhilone9224]

Thank you, Tony!! ☺

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Bobby has known me longer than just about anyone.... and certainly longer than anyone else in the Magenta Otter Tribe. She really did spark my Beatlemania as a teenager!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm so glad that you were thrilled, and not mortified, that I mentioned you! It really was a pleasure to go full circle from reading your Beatles books back in high school. I remember the day in high school when we learned that John Lennon had been killed... I was not a teen when the Beatles were topping the charts, but I was definitely a fan of the next generation. And now, here we are a couple generations later and people still love the Fab Four!

[@itsWonderGirll]

Wowww Congratulations🤗💗✨

[@4cryingoutloud604]

Like 72. Wow, such cool info about the Beatles and about Liverpool. It is a beautiful city too. A Flock of Seagulls (one of my favourite bands of all time) is also from Liverpool. As well, my favourite Bangles song is called "Going Down to Liverpool".

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes! The Beatles are the not the only band from Liverpool. I'll be mentioning that in the final video of my Liverpool series. When I show one of the Lambananas ;-) Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara

[@AdiSneakerFreak]

Another great vlog of Liverpool

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Cheers, mate! I think I still have 3 more videos coming in the Liverpool series... saving a big wrap-up for my Grande Finale ;-)

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Postcard and a Pint!!! 🍻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

So fun to finally meet them! They appear in a future Liverpool video as well 🙌

[@jeanlongsden1696]

Fun Fact: the position of the Beatles arms on the "Help" album, doesn't spell out help in semaphore. they changed it because of aesthetics for the photo. Darren is probable still signing on the dole, hence why he doesn't want filming. lol he said "where did you find this one from" BTW. did you get the "Brahms" and "Liszt" reference? it is rhyming slang for what most people get in a pub.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You always know some obscure facts! Thanks for pointing out the Cockney slang reference that totally went over my head! That's brill! Darren has a 13 year old daughter that he didn't want to mortify by him being on KZbin. haha

[@AidanEyewitness]

All very informative - a taste of the summer. I love Sefton Park

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

A taste of summer during a very Wintery week here in Texas! Sefton really is a lovely big park. I'm glad we had time to make a stop there... and get Ian an ice cream, of course!! 😂

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Cool glasses! And magenta cookie, yay!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Always with the magenta! #Predictable

[@The_Brit_Girls]

A very enjoyable vlog with lots of interesting fun facts 👏👏💕

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Cheers friend!

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

When I saw the title there was this 🎶"Roll up, Roll up 🎶for the mystery tour🎶" thing running through my brain. It is still there Dara 🤣! This was so enjoyable and brought back memories and tunes. I smiled all the way through the video. Too may highlights to pick one. I'm a lemon ice cream fan myself though a salter caramel goes down well too. It was a hot summer. Let's hope we have a decent one again this year. You must have some plans being formed for your next UK adventure? Thank you Dara and Ian. This was another blast. 💖🙏🇳🇿🙋‍♀🇳🇱

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Have you heard of or visited Cinque Terre in Tuscany? We hiked into one of the villages, I think it was Corniglia... it was a hot day and a sweaty hike. We had some fresh lemon gelato made from local lemons and sweetened with local honey and it was AMAZING!!! I still remember it fondly after all these years! Thanks for watching this video. It was a fun (though hot) day, but a nightmare to edit this one! Glad it's over ;-) Hope you are well! I meant to tell you that we just started binge watching a New Zealand TV programme called Under the Vines. Have you heard of it?

[@FlourEggsYeast]

the pub on hope street is where the beer and music make things happen. We would probably get on one of those hop on hop off buses even though it looks like a great day for a stroll

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hop on Hop off buses around Britain are really a nice way to get a feel for the whole city and understand key areas... and then you get get off the bus and explore further in places that interest you.

[@garylancaster8612]

Liverpool is one of the many British cities I've never been to despite living all my life here. Never been to Newcastle or Durham and only visited Manchester and Leeds in the last two years and only spent part of a day in each! I've fancied visiting Liverpool for a while though and this video has confirmed me in that intention. Really want to see the Beatles locations and see the city itself so we'll visit this summer I think. If anyone hasn't seen that Paul McCartney carpool karaoke video it's a must see, one that I regularly rewatch.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm so glad my video has provided a wee bit of inspiration! I do hope you get to Liverpool, and maybe go back to Manchester again to make sure you see the Rylands Library and eat at one of the yummy places in the city! And I hope my Newcastle video made you want to visit there as well! Thanks for watching and all your support, Gary! Cheers! Dara

[@PostcardAndAPint]

Ah Dara, what a fun time we had. I’ve never known Liverpool as hot as it was that day! Thanks for recommending our Beatles locations video. The weather in that video was certainly more Liverpool!!! Cheers 🍻

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes indeed, the weather the day we filmed was freakishly hot! Your Beatles vid was way better than mine, so I hope all the Beatlemaniacs will check it out!

[@GENerationXplorers]

What a great tour to do! Oh i love blue slushies, especially with a shot or two of alcohol in, can’t beat it! Got some great historic photos of them and revealed some great insights! Penny Lane used to be a toll road, well that makes sense! You do suit the John Lennon glasses, were they magenta lenses? Yay Rach and Wills at the Philharmonic, legendary meet up! Very classy loo! Love the conservatory, pity about the wedding on your visit! Lovely story, nice inclusion for Bobby 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I hope you're joking about the blue slushy! 😝 Apparently not all my historic photos were accurate! Oops 😬🙄 Yes it was LUVERLY to meet up with Rach and Wills finally! Fun times! 🍺

[@GENerationXplorers]

@@MagentaOtterTravels oh gosh no, blue slushies our favourite, have been known, way back, to sneak vodka into those on a warm day. You brought it all flooding back. Good times! Hic

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@GENerationXplorers you crack me up!😂💙

[@The_Brit_Girls]

We did a fab Beatles tour when we went to Liverpool a few years ago. Roger is a huge Beatles fan, and he was very impressed with the tour. It was like a dream come true to visit all the places the Beatles lived and sang about.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I felt the same way! I'm so glad you and Roger got to go!

[@AidanEyewitness]

Great to see your take on the Beatles’ Liverpool attractions

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks! FYI... the AIDAN episode of Liverpool is coming soon... probably in two weeks. Next week is our art museum trip ;-)

[@COMEINTOMYWORLD]

Really great video. Would love to go to Liverpool. Hope you had a great time.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

We had a great time in Liverpool! Which is why I'm making about 6 or 7 videos to share all the adventures we had ;-) Cheers! Dara

[@gallivantinggalantes]

Hi, loved the idea of a bus tour, iv'e never been to Liverpool, maybe should put this in our calendar for this year, 😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Liverpool and Manchester both have loads to offer! I published a vid of Manchester, which has gorgeous architecture in it. Liverpool can't be covered in just one vlog, so I'm doing a whole series... across a variety of topics from food to cathedrals to music to art & history and more! Thanks for watching, Galantes! Cheers! Dara

[@gallivantinggalantes]

@@MagentaOtterTravels will be watching x

[@barriehull7076]

According to another video I have seen The Cavern Club was reconstructed. The fire exit, next to the Cilla Black statue, is the location of the original entrance, according to Wikipedia anyway.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes Boppy keeps banging on about how the original Cavern Cub was demolished and they moved it. In Liverpool I think they try not to draw attention to this little secret 😉

[@evancortez2]

I went to Liverpool in 2016 and as a huge Beatles fan, to me it was like visiting Mecca! I stayed at the Hard Day's Night Hotel, explored the Albert docks, took the Magical Mystery Tour and had drinks at the Cavern club, it was such a great experience for me, I'd like to go back there one of these days

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

So glad you were able to visit Mecca! Did my bus tour seem similar to yours? It really just stopped at Strawberry Field... the rest was just looking through the window 😉

[@evancortez2]

@@MagentaOtterTravelsIt seemed about the same - we also stopped at Strawberry Field but also stopped at Paul McCartney's house, John Lennon's house and Brian Epstein's house, but Penny Lane, George and Ringo's house we just drove by. The final stop was the Cavern Club which was part of the package. Conveniently it was located right next door to the Hard Day's Night hotel so I didn't have to walk too far :)

[@Poliss95]

Mecca or Macca? 😁

[@evancortez2]

@@Poliss95 The mecca for Macca! :)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 both!!

[@TravelingTramps]

Beautiful blue tongue Dara! We would have loved to be on this tour with you and Ian. Never knew Paul was rejected for the choir! It would be a wonderful experience to visit the Cavern! We loved both your and Rachel and Wills videos of your meeting. But you do realize people are going to wonder about a lady in the men's room filming urinals. Enjoyed visiting all the Beatles sights. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Apparently lots of women go in that men's restroom to film and take photos! You will note I did have Ian go in first and make sure the coast was clear 😂😂

[@Poliss95]

BBC chappie said he was talking to a 19 year old volunteer who's going to be at Eurovision in Liverpool this year. He said that neither her or her mum had ever heard of the Beatles. 😲

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Whaaaat?!?! Crazy!

[@fredflintstone8569]

Thanks for taking us on your Beatles tour Dara. Looks like it was warmer than Texas today!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That day in Liverpool was Texas summer hot! Thankfully after several days of ice storm the ice has melted and are able to leave our homes today!🙏

[@ms.kayak7seas]

Happy Friday, Dara. It embarrassed to say that I had to take every single word to learn about connections between Liverpool and Beatles. Yes, I have heard about them, listened to their songs, and seen photos/posters. Unfortunately, my parents have never got into their concerts, nor haven't I, except John Lenon and Yoko Ono. The most of information you talked about is fresh to me and fascinates me. Yes, Rachel and Wills are great YT ber as you are. Hmmm stinky mens' room...I can take a cup of ice cream! Thank you, Dara.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

First of all, I am happy that your comment showed up this time without disappearing!🙌🙌🙌 I suspect I'm quite a bit older than you, and I definitely grew up hearing about the Beatles. John Lennon was killed when I was in high school, and I vividly remember it. They came to America right around the time I was born. My brothers are much older than me and they were big Beatles fans and had their records in the house . Yoko Ono was interesting. I can't say I was a fan of her singing! Lol 😆 Thanks so much for watching the video! It was very fun to meet Rachelle and Wills 💕. Have a good weekend! Dara

[@WITYTRAVELS]

Definitely never trust a gull! Great Beatles history!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Gulls are trouble! Thanks 😊

[@jfergs.3302]

Excellent vid, you certainly showed off the city in a great light. And boy did those wall to wall blue skies (for a change) help 🙂 I've frequented all those places numerous times, though I've never done the tour. I was never fussed on the Beatles 😱 I particularly loved the 'Sevvy Park' section, great ariel coverage BTW. As Liverpool's biggest park I think it hold a special place in most Liverpudlians hearts, and can't imagine any scousers who've not been at some time or other. For my part, I've played there as a kid. Used to go fishing in the big lake. Went to concerts there, and on one particularly cold winter, played ice hockey (of a sorts) with a stick and an old tin can 😀 I'm so glad you and yours enjoyed your time here.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I feel very privileged that I am able to do most of my filming in the summer on a nice clear days! Never mind the fact it was oppressively hot 🥵 🔥 Thanks so much for sharing your memories of Sevvy Park! I am most amused by imagining you playing hockey there, John! With a stick in a tin can! Lol Cheer! Dara

[@The_Brit_Girls]

Haha, loved the scouse accent. Did you attempt it, Dara? Ooh, very posh gentlemen's loos! Glad I don't have smellavision!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

No, I am rubbish at all British accents and my attempt at Scouse is an assault to the eardrums! But I did catch a snippet of a fun Scouse accent that I'm saving for my finale episode in the Liverpool series 😉

[@KirstenJoerg]

This looks like such a fun tour - we do love The Philharmonic Pub too, always makes me think how much detail went into everything back then, it's really worth visiting! Thanks so much for sharing this.x

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much, Kirsten! And a huge congratulations to you and Jörg for surpassing 100k!!! 🎉 You are an amazing example and inspiration !💕XX

[@KirstenJoerg]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Oh Dara, thank you so much! It honestly came by surprise. Sending you much love.xx

[@The_Brit_Girls]

The Cavern Club was so much smaller than you expect it to be. A very cool place to visit and listen to Beatles tribute bands.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, everyone says it is surprisingly small! But definitely a place that a true Beatles fan has to make a pilgrimage to... I'm so glad they still have live music there!💖🎸🎤

[@MadameMinima]

11:26 Every excuse is good for Ian to get ice cream......🍦😂🍦😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That's exactly right! You know him well...

[@RobertDobie]

Great video and I'm the tour guide on the bus !!

[@BakkerfeelingAdventures]

Those hop on hop off buses are quite amazing. Every big city has them and they really are convenient. Funny slush puppy picture by the way, although I would have expected a magenta colour instead of blue. 😉 Very interesting tour and information about this great band. Their music is timeless. Those are beautiful mural paintings along the way.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha no magenta slush was available 💖. I do love a hop on hop off bus on occasion 😉

[@griswald7156]

Blue slush puppy, must be similar to Route Beer…

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm not sure about Route Beer... but root beer is delicious. And that blue slushy was NOT! haha... but it was cold. So, mission accomplished!

[@RobertDobie]

Great video and by the way I'm the tour guide on the bus !!!

[@MadameMinima]

Just by reading the title of your video....I knew this would be a good one!!! 👍🎶👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You are too kind!

[@ms.antithesis]

weird details: the area north of liverpool is called Sefton, but sefton park, is south of the city centre. The palm house is almost always closed for a wedding since it's a large part of how the park makes money. But on the day's its reserved for public viewing it's pretty nice. Banana flavouring in dairy products is extremely popular in the uk, i cannot explain that one but you might have noticed.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I'm a big foodie, and spent most of my 30 year career in the food industry, so I'm always interested by food facts! When you say banana flavoring, do you mean artificial or actual bananas? I only ask because I find artificial banana flavouring really gross. But I do love banana cream pie 😋 Thanks for sharing that interesting fact about Sefton! Cheers! Dara

[@ms.antithesis]

@@MagentaOtterTravels kinda both? im assuming it started out as real banana flavouring, but overtime more products use artificial banana flavouring. Banana icecream is the obvious one you saw in Sefton park, but banana milkshake/milk, is super common here, banoffee which is banana toffee, foam banana's which are little banana flavoured sweets i've never seen outside the uk. generally the flavour just seems disproportionately popular here, aritifical or real.. no idea why, likely has some intresting history.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@ms.antithesis well one part of the story might be the fact that the Duke of Devonshire is responsible for the type of bananas that we now eat worldwide all year long. I know culinary historian, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's part of the reason. I do love banoffee pie! But you just met me, so you probably do not yet know that I am obsessed with pie in general! 🥧Except fish pie or steak and ale pie lol 🤣

[@ms.antithesis]

@@MagentaOtterTravels i'm eating some chicken rn but you reminded me that i really could go for a steak and kidney pie lol

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@ms.antithesis haha, the power of suggestion! I could really go for a slice of banoffee pie!

[@michaelmcdonald5175]

Delightful, you've just put me in the mood to go again.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@michaelmcdonald5175 great!😊

[@FeinDining]

Yay! It's not a super bold opinion or anything, but the Beatles really ARE #1. Knew you'd be all over that George cookie! We wish WE could do carpool karaoke with Paul. That Corden has all the luck. Yeah, this was a fantastic tour and who better to take us around Liverpool? Oh, and secret confession -- those Liverpoolian(?) accents are some of the best accents on the planet. Hope all is well with ya -- sorry we've been a bit MIA in the comments department of late! But we still love ya, even if we're not always verbose about it 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I also love the Beatles, but apparently there are some folks who don't think they were all that great... Of course, I heard from them in teh comments ;-) As for people who live in Liverpool, I believe they are called either Liverpudlians (I love that one.. reminds me of Lilliputians LOL) as well as Scousers. If you want to know why they are called Scousers, refer to my video of me tasting Scouse ;-) I also LOVE the Scouse accent! I was able to get a wonderful snippet that I'm going to share in my grande finale video of the Liverpool series... which I hope doesn't kill me before I'm done editing! Speaking of editing, WHEN IS YOUR NEXT VIDEO?! I have checked a couple times and don't see any new ones... Glad to hear from you and know that y'all are OK! XX

[@FeinDining]

@@MagentaOtterTravels You know we're eternally playing catch up! Totally agree about Lilliputians -- it does sound like that a LITTLE BIT 😉 The Scouse one is queued up too, but figured it was better to try to give your most current one a little nudge first if we could. For the record, it's mortifying and unacceptable that some folks are not Beatles fans. The Beatles should be one of the few things that unify us all. Oh, and shockingly, we just posted a new one like a half hour ago. Every time we think we're gonna get more efficient, and somehow it's the exact opposite. Good thing we didn't make a New Year's resolution or anything, at least 😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@FeinDining haha just watched your vid and it was BRILL! Worth the wait!

[@FeinDining]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Yay! Thanks a million - we thought we'd go epic for the first one of the year and all 😁

[@_steamfunk_2271]

I live in Blackpool (Not far from Liverpool) And I went here with my mum to the Beatles Museum and the Cavern! We both love listening to the Beatles, Even from where we live, Blackpool (Which is known for its tourists, theatres, sandy beaches, etc) John Lennon would come here 3x a week just to see the plays and would come here with his mother Heck, even during their Blackpool tour in August 1st, 1965 (Which, fun fact, was their tour BEFORE the 1965 Shea stadium tour in August the 15th), Blackpudlians were the first people to hear their new album "Help!" and even the song "Yesterday", before it became worldwide even at 5:13, below the USA flag image, that picture was taken at the Wintergardens theater in Blackpool in 1964

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Well spotted on the photos! I was born in 1964, which was a big year for the Beatles!! I haven't been to Blackpool yet but I know of it... because my mum in law is addicted to Strictly Come Dancing ;-) And I know it has kind of like Atlantic City meets Las Vegas in that it's a coastal touristy town with a boardwalk and bright lights, etc. Thanks for sharing the background on the theatres and John going there with his mum. And thanks for telling me that folks from Blackpool are called Blackpudlians! Kind of obvious, but a fun fact I never knew! Cheers! Dara

[@griswald7156]

We now need a visit to Lubbock and the grassy knoll please..

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Nope. Not gonna do it. I did one video about Texas and nobody watched it, so I gave up! I'm still drowning in lots of extremely good content that I filmed in Britain and I need to get through as much of it as I can before I head back to the UK in less than three months!😬

[@griswald7156]

@@MagentaOtterTravels i watched it…i thought it was really good..

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@griswald7156 and for that, I thank you, my friend! I'm currently editing a video with juicy stories about group of folks known as the Tudors ;-)

[@griswald7156]

@@MagentaOtterTravels juicy steaks and sweet meats,im salivating at the thought of that..bring it on!

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels When you say 'The Tudors' you are talking about the crisp manufacturer I presume? 😁

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Wow! Love love the video as we are huge Beatles fans and Liverpool is on our list as well as this bus tour! Thanks for taking us along!! ~Cara 😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for watching! There are different bus tours, and it sounds like the "magical mystery tour" might be a bit better than the one I went on. But it's also nice to go out and do your own exploring beyond the standard bus tour 😉

[@StephenandAndie]

This is fantastic. I'm realizing that for as ridiculously massive of a Beatles fan as I am (Stephen here 👋), I've never saught out any street-level, personal videos like this. SO, seeing these places from that perspective is making it so much more real, as opposed to "mythical."And wow, John really did live in quite a nicer neighborhood! The murals are beautiful!!! As a professional musician, I've got a short list of venues that give me goosebumps, whether I've been to or played them or not. I've not been to the Cavern, but it's at the top of that list of venues. I literally would prefer to sit in there all by myself, with no one performing, and just imagine. Just some local blokes cutting their teeth in the local pub. And then I'd want to break the silence and play there, too. Sefton Park - 🤣. But seriously, all joking aside, the urinals at the Philharmonic Pub are INCREDIBLE!!! What an unusual predicament though, the limitations on cleaning them due to their listing status. Just gorgeous though! I'll probably be watching this more than once. 😊

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You are too kind! I hope you get a chance to visit Liverpool one day! Not sure you will get the Cavern Club all to yourself, but it is a lovely idea! XX

[@BeforeIKicktheBucket1]

..very cool tour from the start to the end...👏👏👏👏

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks so much! The bus tour was nice, but I'm glad we had the chance to explore some other areas on our own afterwards as well ;-)

[@BeforeIKicktheBucket1]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 👍👍👍👍

[@itsWonderGirll]

Oooo OMG WOAHHH😍❤️ This is such a BEAUTIFUL and ATTRACTIVE place🤗💗✨ The Different Sceneries, Sites and Views Are DROP DEAD GORGEOUS💚🌳✨ I wanna Visit this place🥰💕 Thank Youuuu sooo Muchhh For the Lovely Tour🧡🙌 This was such an Enjoyable And Fun Video To Watch😊💛✨ Simply LOVE it💖 Keep On Going Beautiful💙🧿✨

[@Poliss95]

I was going to ask you if you've ever been on a bus. Spooky! 😲

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You crack me up!

[@jillhobson6128]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Open air buses have an open upstairs hence their name! No need for air con, you still get a breeze even if the weather is sweltering.

[@theresabigwideworld2632]

This looked like a great day out, despite the heat! I've got friends who have just returned from being in the UK since the beginning of December. They also did the Liverpool and Beatles pilgrimage and let's just say their photos were a lot greyer!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

LOL I believe you! We are blessed to get to do so much filming on nice pretty days with blue skies! And then I spend ALL WINTER editing the gigantic amount of footage! I hope you are well. Thanks for watching! Cheers! Dara

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Dara, My Dad and Auntie Margaret went to see The Beatles in October 1963 in Carlisle, Dad said "you couldn't here the music for screaming girls", I seen where John Lennon was shot before I seen where he was born I went to New York in October 2005,I bought Sgt Pepper T shirt at the Beatles shop on Mathew Street, Liverpool, John's mam (Julia) who Julian is named after was tradgically killed by an off duty drunken driver police officer, that's when his Aunt Mimi adopted him, I enjoyed this vlog about Liverpool and The Beatles,I also went to Elleanore Rigby's resting place, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hiya Choppy! Always good to hear from you. I have heard the same thing about the Beatles concerts... just a mass of screaming girls and no hope of hearing the band play. I think the Fab Four couldn't even hear THEMSELVES playing and singing, which must have been surreal! The deaths of John and Julia are particularly tragic. Interesting that you've been to New York! I think it's a bit nicer now that it was in 2005... much like Manchester and Liverpool, it's gone through an improvement in recent years to be cleaner and safer. Thanks for your comment. Cheers! Dara

[@paulguise698]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Hiya Dara, that's why John and Yoko moved to New York, John described it as "living in Liverpool, but on the other side of The Atlantic", when I was in New York I asked the guard on the door at the Dakota "does Yoko still live here, He just nodded his head"

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@paulguise698 wow! 😯

[@WhereisBingle1]

I have the same picture in strawberry field!! Did you make out Sir PMc signature?

[@WhereisBingle1]

Oh no I think it was in Penny Lane that i had my picture taken😆 i have to go back

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I finally found Paul's signature, yes! I am sure so many people have taken selfie's in front of the Penny Lane sign and the strawberry field sign 😂

[@RichardWells1]

My first ever 45rpm single was *She Loves You* by The Beatles, costing 6s 8d from our local gramophone record shop. Thanks for the Beatles tour - fascinating!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes first 45 I remember was also the Beatles! Fun times! 🎸

[@BeforeIKicktheBucket1]

Great tour..if I ever visit Liverpool I will do the same as you!! I visited the Abbey Road, and sone other places in London with Beatles connection....and Liverpool is a must for me as a Beatles fan! Very interesting video, take care!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Cheers, friend!

[@Poliss95]

There's an Airbnb ad on the telly now with the Yellow Submarine song. It's driving me nuts! (I listened to it too often when I was young).

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Interesting. Are they renting out a yellow submarine?

[@dragonmac1234]

I was born in the mid 60's, but I've always been more of a fan of John, Paul, George and Ringo's solo music rather than The Beatles. I will watch the Postcard and a Pint vlog (and press the like and subscribe button of course), I'm always looking for more travel videos to watch. It sounds like you all had an interesting time.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Cheers, Mark! Wills and Rach do brill vlogs. They live in Wales but not far from Liverpool... so tell me, have you lived in Wales??? ;-)

[@dragonmac1234]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Yes I have lived in Wales three times in my life (a small town near the Brecon Beacons, Aberystwyth and Abergavenny) and once on the England/Wales border (near Hereford). As I said in a previous comment my family have lived all over Wales and England 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@dragonmac1234 well then, when you watch some of @Postcard And A Pint's videos you might be able to say "I lived near there" 😂

[@dragonmac1234]

@@MagentaOtterTravels I have a feeling I may be able to say that, I will watch the videos and see 😉

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Mark, have you watched Jamel aka Jamal Pink Floyd blogs, there good to watch

[@RhubarbAndCod]

Could you imagine being at the Philharmonic when Paul showed up?? Oh my goodness. That's a highlight place I'd love to visit. What a wonderful tour! Thanks for this Dara!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That would have been SO WILD! Just between you and me, I have my doubts they were really surprised... I bet they knew it was about to happen and were just acting. But that's me being wicked suspicious! hahaha

[@MadameMinima]

0:49 Ian's special friend followed you from Cornwall to Liverpool??? 😱😱😱

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

It might be his northern cousin! Lol

[@FunandBudget]

I saw that episode of Car Ride Karaoke - so good and so touching

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes it was a wonderful episode! So nice to hear all the insights directly from Paul himself ... and hear the singing!

[@ceedoubleyou]

we spent 4 nights in Liverpool, in May 2016, but we took the taxi tour with a much more personal guide, very much reccommend.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That sounds great! I would've preferred that. Especially if the taxi had air-conditioning! 🤣

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Great stuff Dara Always loved the Beatles from when I was a kid Our friends live just outside the city and so we’ve had a couple of great tours of everything there. You visited the best places especially the Philarmonic loos😃. They really are amazing!! And the Beatles history you shared is really cool along with the photos and music clips. Top stuff Hope you guys are doing well 👍👍🤣

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Hi Dave! my little trip down Beatles memory lane. We are good. I hope you and Sue are doing well. We are looking forward to heading back to Britain at the beginning of May! ❤️🇬🇧 Cheers! Dara

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

@@MagentaOtterTravels that’s cool. Safe trip when you do👍👍👍👍

[@Poliss95]

@MagentaOtterTravels I can't find the post where you8 mention her so this music post is the next best thing. 😁 Cyndi Lauper will be appearing at Glastonbury this June. Just wondering if you've bought your tickets yet? 😁😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Well, you could have put the comment on my Glastonbury vlog? Haha, just kidding. This is fine. That's very fun that CL will be at Glasto! But no... I won't be attending. Ian has seen the footage of the festival on the telly and said NO WAY! The crowds are ridiculous!

[@Distant394]

Did I hear you right Dara “Sevvy Park” ???? 😀👍👍👍 a Honorary scouser award earned just then , nice vid and fun fact Ringo’s past me once as I played outside my aunties home he was visiting a relative in the same street very early 70’s I think , great vids on Liverpool you done us proud thank you 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you so much for welcoming me into the fold! That is super fun that you got to see Ringo in person! And I need to know... did you understand what that Scouse Uber driver said to me? Lol 😂

[@Distant394]

@@MagentaOtterTravels he said “ where did you find this 1 from” 😀 obviously meant it for your hubby about you lol in a nice way of course lol we sort of talk I guess in joined words lol he just sound normal to me 😀👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Distant394 I eventually figured out what he was saying, but I probably listen to it five times before I did! Ha ha... I do love a Scouse accent! In my last video of the series I have a special surprise ... fun footage with the accent 😉

[@Distant394]

@@MagentaOtterTravelsohh that sounds interesting I’ve looked forward to all this series sad to see it finishing but looking forward to the accent one should be a laugh 🤣 , have a fab weekend Dara 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Distant394 there might be three videos left in the Liverpool series. I filmed so much content and want to share all the good stuff!

[@AC-js9pf]

Hey from a scouser I hope you enjoyed your visit 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, we love Liverpool! If you haven't already seen it, please watch my video about our favourite spots in Liverpool. Thanks so much for watching! Cheers! Dara

[@vibrationoftheone]

Lol the blue tongue! I don't know how it's there but for some reason when I was in france I noticed the seagulls are quite big there in comparison to Canada. It really took me back like they were double the size.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes there are different species of gulls of course... and a lot of the ones I see in England seem to be huge! Lol

[@petersymonds4975]

Hello Dara and Ian. Another great video. In the Philharmonic Pub you showed that they had two rooms called Brahms and Liszt. I am not sure how much Cockney Rhyming Slang you understand, “Brahms and Liszt” is rhyming slang for ****** (drunk). Your a lady, I will understand if you don’t know ******!!!! Here in the UK we call “Bunking Off School” as Skiving or Mitching

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for teaching me new slang! I totally forgot about the cockney slang for pissed! And how perfect that it's also appropriate for a Philharmonic hall location!👍😂

[@barriehull7076]

Just bunk off, when I was last at school 1970.

[@Poliss95]

Earliest live recording of a Beatles concert discovered after 60 years. Stowe schoolboy John Bloomfield recorded it on a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That's awesome!

[@MadameMinima]

Are you sure they are doing breakdance? It seems to me like they try to practise Capoeira

[@Distant394]

That’s what I thought when I saw it thinks there’s a few groups in Liverpool that practise it seen them both at maritime museum and the Liverpool museum great to watch when in time with music and clapping 👍

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You might be right! I was trying to figure out what they were doing! And I don't know what Capoeira is, so that was probably it ;-)

[@lizbignell7813]

Not a great Beatles fan but Sefton, to me, means the wonderful, brave horse who suffer horrendous injuries in the Hyde Park bombing. He was nursed back to health and made many public appearances.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Oh, I vaguely remember that story! Thanks for the reminder! 🎖️🐎

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol what are you even doing here then?

[@gerrymccartney3561]

Took me a few days to get round to watching it but that was a great tour of Liverpool

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thanks for watching, Gerry! We spent several days in Liverpool, and I was filming nonstop... so it's resulting in quite a few videos! I'm currently slogging away on a video about The Tudors (always brutal, since I am NOT a historian!... but we visited a lovely art exhibit and I just had to share it!)... then I'll do an architecture video which will hopefully include our trip to the Wirral peninsula. Then the best bit will be my grande finale video of the 10 reasons to love Liverpool! I'm saving the best overall fun nuggets for the wrap up vid ;-)

[@gerrymccartney3561]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Blimey, take your time and don't exhaust yourself. I look forward to your film on the Wirral as I have friends there.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@gerrymccartney3561 I think everyone has at least one friend on the Wirral 😉

[@iankelly5387]

Very best channel on YT❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Cheers, Ian!

[@TheHikingHermit]

Great Beatles tour tho I wasn't too interested in the Beatles part but you visiting some of my old students haunts where I would hang out for happy hour etc straight after lectures. Went in the Cavern Club a few times but was a regular supping beer in the Philharmonic pub. It's not changed at all since I was there. in recent times I have competed, in the loosest sense of the word, in cross country running races around the rather large Sefton Park. The race had runners who competed for Great Britain so I was a little way behind them 🤭

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I love that! I'm impressed you "competed " at all! My finale video in 2 weeks should hopefully have several more places of nostalgic importance in it! 😉 Cheers, Paul!

[@MadameMinima]

Do they serve any special "Beatles" dishes at the café?

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I don't remember them having anything with a special Beatles names or themes. The sugar cookies were the only things that seemed very Beatle specific...

[@griswald7156]

Cod ,chips and mushy peas with salt and vinegar or Egg and Chips or a bacon Butty,or beans on toast with a poached egg on top.or a packet of crisps with a pickled egg inside the bag..a cheese toasty, a tub of cockles with pepper and vinegar..sausage egg and chips..fish fingers chips and garden peas ,i imagine..

[@jillhobson6128]

I'm sad there wasn't much about George Harrison. He was so talented and very underrated.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I agree! I don't remember them talking about him on the bus tour at all!

[@griswald7156]

@@MagentaOtterTravels thats because he was the shy one..and he didn’t practice much on his guitar…which was gently weeping usually.

[@andrewfitzgerald2327]

Hello Dara, my beatles history is sparce been too young when they were at their best. Did enjoy George Harrisons later music sometimes l don't think he got the credit he deserved. My older brother enjoyed them but unfortunately he died at 14 year old and his small record collection disappeared. I did find it when my mother died 40 years later, my younger brother had got into them so l gave them to him, they now take pride of place in his vast music collection. On one visit to Liverpool we went to the Albert Dock for a meal and the Boot leg beatles were playing and were very good. Did enjoy your Carvern trip but you didn't mention Cilla Black who was discovered there by the Beatles and Brian Empstien and was for decades an important part of culture in Liverpool.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I agree that Cilla Black was an unfortunate omission on my part! Americans are not as familiar with her. And I also agree that George Harrison deserves more credit and recognition. He was definitely an undervalued member of the band. I don't think they talked about him at all on the bus tour I went on! I am very sorry to hear about your older brother. 💔 I'm glad you had some mementos of his life that you could pass along and keep in the family. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Cheers!

[@andrewfitzgerald2327]

@@MagentaOtterTravels it was 1970 the day before we were due back to school he died. Took a long time to "get over" but always there now. Just the good memories are there we were best mates. Unfortunately my younger brothers don't really remember him because they were so little. Back to Cilla she's all over you tube if you like the Liverpudlian accent you will love hers. She hosted Blind date on TV and many other shows but will be remembered for the announcement of her retirement live on air. The producer's didn't know nor anyone else she told her friend Paul O'Grady that she didn't really want to live after 70yrs old and she didn't. Mersey beat will always be a turning point in Britains pop history and the beatles a huge part of that. I do remember my aunt watching the news when John and Yoko were staying in bed to protest, my aunt saying they can't have any children or they wouldn't know what a bed was. She had 4 girls and a adopted son happy times.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@andrewfitzgerald2327 thanks for sharing all the memories 💕

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

That was very cool. Fab even. I love a bit of music history and trivia. Funnily enough I would never have called my self a big Beatles fan but I have all the Albums - love Sgt Peppers and the White Albums. And I love Paul McCartney and Wings and a load of Lennon's stuff. So I might like the Beatles a bit I suspect. 😂 I was listening to Sir Paul's latest album from a couple of years ago and it is really good. If it was really Paul. Everybody knows Paul is dead. He died back in 1966. Google it, it's true. 😂He has been quite prolific for a dead guy. Makes that John Lennon bloke a bit of a slacker. He hasn't had a new album in decades. One of my earliest TV memories was the Beatles. Their famous last rooftop concert. We got a TV in about 1969 and it was one of the first thing I remember seeing. That and a very vague recollection of the moon landing. And Rin Tin Tin. Loved that dog. Actually I just remembered my mum's best friend saw the Beatles when they visited Melbourne in 1964. Apparently it was quite hysterical. I've seen the concert footage and you can barely hear the Beatles. My mum was pregnant with me so I was sort of kind of in the country at the same time as the Beatles. Sort of. 😂 Otherwise the closest I've come to seeing the Beatles is seeing the Beatnix perform at a pub I worked at in the 80's. The Beatnix are the oldest Beatles tribute band in the world and have been going since 1980. Fascinating eh. 😂 Very cool seeing Rachel and Wills in the video. Actually we only saw Rach sitting awkwardly in the back of your uber. I'm assuming Wills was underneath there somewhere. 😂 Those urINals reminded me of the ones we have in a lot of old pubs here too. Old railway stations and public facilities will have them as well. I love a bit of toilet history and trivia. Good on you for having ice cream too. Nobody ever started fight having ice cream. But then I read there was something called the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. Sigh. 😁🍦🍦🍦 This was a terrific video. Excuse my waffling on... mmm waffle cone... gotta go, pretty sure I have some ice cream in the freezer. PS was listening to Sir Paul while writing this. Ooh, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry's Jealous Guy from 1981 just came on. Best cover ever. Interestingly Roxy Music's Avalon was the first CD I every heard in 1982. The local record shop got a CD player and bunch of CDs when they first came out. But I don't think I got a CD player till about 1990. The first CDs I bought were Midnight Oil and I think Hotel California by The Eagles. I don't think I bought another vinyl record after that. I think I'll skip the ice cream and go to bed. 😴😂

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you for one of the longest comments I've had in quite a while! That was a fascinating chunk of your life history, Shane! So many interesting topics covered in one comment! 🙌 I also saw a Beatles cover band in Chicago. I can't remember the name of it, though. What I most remember from their performance was Paul coming down and sitting on the front of the stage and singing yesterday. It was beautiful. Have you seen the James Corden Carpool Karaoke video? It's good fun. Actually, I love all the Carpool Karaoke videos! There will be more Rachel and Wills coming up in another Liverpool video. 😉 Wills is surprisingly tall, that was my impression when I finally met them in person! Despite his height, he was still totally obscured by me in front of him during the Uber ride video clip 😂

[@Poliss95]

A song kids used to sing while skipping. Rin Tin Tin swallowed a pin. Went to the doctor's. The doctor wasn't in. Walked through the door. Fell through the floor and that was the end of Rin Tin Tin. 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 you know the strangest things! Both of you guys!

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

@@MagentaOtterTravels 😍 I have to cut down on the those 4am stream of conscious essays 😂

[@ShaneNixonFamily]

@@Poliss95 😂😍

[@baylessnow]

It's funny how the Penny Lane Road sign was just painted onto one of the sand stone bricks in the wall. People have been writing on it for years. The council would come out and refresh it back to a white road sign and people would just sign it again. Then one day, Macca comes back to Liverpool, with James Cordin on his show (IIRC) and he signs his name on it. Suddenly the council slap a sheet of perspex over it! ps, you can't pinch a whole sandstone brick from a wall, that's why the council decided to make the brick a road sign as the original was always being nicked!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Very interesting backstory! Thanks for that! I hope you can check out my video tomorrow of the top 10 reasons I love Liverpool 😉. Cheers! Dara

[@tonywilkinson6895]

Who would’ve guessed you were such a feisty lady,men’s toilets?ooohh madam! But seriously it looked a good day out.❤

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I am so seriously dedicated to my art as a KZbin Creator that I will even endure a scandalous visit to a smelly men's toilet! LOL

[@Poliss95]

Sheldon type Fun Fact: Ringo narrated the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. A children's series about a railway where the engines, carriages and trucks can talk. Story example: Henry, the green engine, wouldn't come out of a tunnel in case his paint got spoiled by the rain. The Fat Controller was so angry he had Henry bricked up in the tunnel.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

That is a rather severe punishment! Lol We had all the Thomas the tank engine trains in our house and a big track when our boys were a little! Of course YOU would be most interested in the train history related to the Beatles 😉

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Thomas the Tank Engine series were the first books I ever read. That's why I'm such a good reader. 😁 Hornby, the model railway company, make lots of Beatles related items from the Beatles singles train pack to a magical Mystery Tour bus and a yellow submarine of course. I'm surprised they didn't try to sell you a Magical Mystery Tour bus on the bus. 😄

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 they probably didn't because there is a competing bus tour in the city called "magical mystery tour".🤣 I'm glad that we have trains to thank for you being such an avid reader 😇

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels The Thomas books and my reading teacher with blond hair and bright red fingernails. 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 that sounds like a school boy crush!

[@tiamotzz]

The boy pictured on the left at 12.57 is NOT John Lennon.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Thank you for setting the record straight! I'm sorry, I was misled by some Internet research...

[@Poliss95]

Did the tour guide mention that it wasn't the original Cavern? (The Animals were a far, far superior pop group btw). 😎The songs from The Animals make me cry, especially When I was Young. None of the Beatles songs do that.

[@Poliss95]

My little brother was the lead singer in a pop group in the early 60s. He got the nickname 'Cilla' because his hair was like Cilla Black's. I thought he was the spitting image of Eric Burden of The Animals. Talking about Cilla. My bosses wife was a very good singer. Better than Cilla Black so they say. Instead of going into music, she went into the pharmaceutical industry. She sang for us at an office party in a pub. She was very good.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Nobody talked about the Cavern moving... I think it is a dirty secret that they don't like to discuss because then fewer tourists would want to visit the Cavern Club that exists now ;-)

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

I need to look up Cilla Black... Britons always talk about her, but I still don't know who she is! Am I as bad as the 19 year old who hadn't heard of the Beatles?

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels She tried to break through in the USA but she didn't like it so she came back. That's why you won't have heard of her.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 makes sense!

[@Poliss95]

Umm. Let's see. What do I know about the Beatles? 1) They were going to spell it Beetles, as in the insect. 2) Ringo was not even the best drummer in the Beatles. 3) An early member of the group couldn't play guitar, so always stood with his back to the audience. 4) Elvis hated them. 5) The original Cavern Club was demolished to make way for a ventilator shaft for a railway extension that was never built. 5) Brian Epstein was a cheapskate that put them on a low cost airline where one of the engines caught fire. 6) You could say that Linda McCartney invented modern vegetarianism with her food range. 7) (And I think this is exciting). My sister has some of the original Beatles magazines from the early 60s. They must be worth a fortune now. 😁

[@Poliss95]

Oh, I nearly forgot the most important one. 8) The ONLY surviving recording of The Beatles on Top of the Pops is in a Doctor Who story called The Chase where you can watch them singing Ticket To Ride. All the others were wiped. This is not available in the USA for copyright reasons. That was the case in 2010 anyway. I don't know if they've sorted out the copyright problems now. You wouldn't have seen much of the early Beatles on TV because there were very few pop music programmes on TV. The same with radio. No UK music stations. You would have to tune in to Radio Luxembourg to hear the latest hits, and the station was frequently hard to hear because of atmospheric interference, or to one of the pirate stations, such as Radio Caroline.

[@Poliss95]

Some people returned their gongs when the Beatles were awarded MBEs. 'Frightfully bad show giving gongs to the unwashed classes dont'ya know wot.' John Lennon returned his MBE in 1969 as a protest against Britain supporting the Nigerian government in the Biafra war.

[@kevinwhitelightermusic2373]

Original cavern club was demolished

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes, but that seems to be a secret LOL... the tours fail to mention that bit ;-)

[@MadameMinima]

DARA!!! What are you doing in the men's toilets??? 😂😂😂 But anyway, they are very beautiful. Even those rooms can be extravagant.

[@Poliss95]

Probably thinks she was on NCIS. Ziva David was always in them. 😁

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

What am I doing? Filming a key historical location for my KZbin channel, of course! My trusty husband made sure the coast was clear first 😉

[@Poliss95]

@@MagentaOtterTravels Newcastle airport has female cleaners in the gents. It's no big deal these days.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@Poliss95 true!

[@sm9571]

Liverpool the best city in the world

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@sm9571 we loved it!🥰

[@sm9571]

@@MagentaOtterTravels August bank holiday, st patricks day are great times to be in liverpool, new years eve and new years day in the cavern is the place to be, cavern club beatles on new years eve and new years day is just a nice relaxed atmosphere with everyone happy

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@sm9571 sounds fun! Did you see my other Liverpool vlogs? I usually just do one video about a place, but I did six about Liverpool!

[@sm9571]

@@MagentaOtterTravels i will do

[@BrianKeenan-x5o]

The Barber Shop has now been gutted and is no longer a barbers. The rumour is it's going to be a bar.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@BrianKeenan-x5o makes sense. Everything becomes a bar or restaurant eventually 😉

[@wencireone]

So, you got a ticket to ride

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

YES! 🙌

[@FlourEggsYeast]

and the lucky people getting married didnt have the signs in the toilet area i bet haha

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Haha I'm sure!

[@TheJthom9]

That doesn't look like breakdancing. More like gymnastics and martial arts

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

Yes others said the same thing... what do I know? 🤷‍♀️

[@Billjawn]

Dear Otter, How to Reach you for a business inquiry? kindly provide any social media links or email address.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You can call me Dara ;-) My email address is [e-mail]

[@RobertDobie]

Great video and I'm the tour guide on the bus !!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

You were the tour guide on OUR bus in this video?! Well done! Cheers! Dara