THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your childhood friend Brian Evans is touching and reflects his admiration and respect for you. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….

You will always be remembered by us and we are immensely proud to call you our Cousin. R.I.P

I remember you long ago when we were all young and carefree, walking unnoticed behind my sister and me as we were singing "You've lost that loving feeling" and joining in. xxx

Dear PFC John Shell, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Tomorrow is your 54th anniversary, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is another new year. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

The Hideaways were a pop group that flourished in the mid-1960s as part of the Merseybeat era. They are recognized as playing The Cavern Club over 400 times, more frequently than any other band including The Beatles; (now and undisputed record). They are also noted for their connection to the Timex Watches advertising campaign of the time. The band went through a few personnel changers over the years but can boast to be one of the few remaining Mersey bands to still perform with the original members (apart from our dear old pal John Shell).

The original line up from October 1963 includes; Ozzie Yue (guitar, vocals), later to become an actor, Frankie Connor, now a BBC Radio Merseyside DJ, John D (Donaldson) drums now retired and travels the globe and John Shell, who would later die in the Vietnam War aged twenty.