Frank Sinatra's Wife, George Harrison's Sister-in-Law. . . How I Loved Women. But the One I Really Wanted Was the Girlfriend of Arolling Stone . . . ; in the Final Part of His Uninhibited Memoirs, Pop Legend Donovan Reveals How a Passionate Love Affair Made Him Walk Away From Money and Fame

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AS THE old train with the seaside prints in its carriages pulled into the station, my friend 'Gypsy' Dave Mills and I grabbed our bags and took a taxi to the hotel: bay window overlooking the promenade, lace curtains and cucumber sandwiches, a drunk porter and no TV.

After a fish supper and a turn around the amusement arcade, it was time for the show. The year was 1965, my first as a pop star, and I was top of the bill at the North Pier in Blackpool.

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Frank Sinatra's Wife, George Harrison's Sister-in-Law. . . How I Loved Women. But the One I Really Wanted Was the Girlfriend of Arolling Stone . . . ; in the Final Part of His Uninhibited Memoirs, Pop Legend Donovan Reveals How a Passionate Love Affair Made Him Walk Away From Money and Fame

Our taxi arrived to find the pier absolutely stuffed with young girls screaming at the arrival of The Walker Brothers. We watched in amazement as two attendants, wearing long coats and caps with the pier's name on the hatband, pushed a large wooden box on rollers up to The Walker Brothers' car.

As the hysterical girls crowded around, the attendants told one of them off in a fatherly fashion: 'Now, Veronica, I'll tell yer mam on ye if ye keep that oop.' Right up to the car door went the box, The Walker Brothers jumped in, the doors were closed and down the pier the box was pushed by the attendants.

The girls followed, banging and clawing the box, screaming at the top of their lungs and poking their schoolgirl fingers through the airholes in vain.

Gypsy and I were in tears of laughter.

Then came our turn. Into the box we went and out went the lights, except for the sma...

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