Kathy and Freda.

We had a great day when we had these visitors stop by the class room,

Kathy McCabe and Freda Kelly, to talk a little about the background of their documentary, "Good Ol' Freda"
A Story about how Freda Kelly got to be the secretary  one of the biggest bands in all time, The Beatles, but don't get me wrong this isn't a story about them, the Beatles take the back seat as the mine focus is on Freda, and it's clear when Freda starts to recall a few memories from her past, Kathy had told the class hat Freda kept most of her Beatle tale to herself for years and yet when Freda began to speak it was like she's been a storyteller her whole life.

Her Irish accent was a breath of fresh air and judging from the cold weather recently it was exactly what we needed, In her native lingo she told us about how she got the job one summer and how she nearly had to lie to her father about it, since he claimed that the Beatles were a couple of "scruffs" who "didn't have a future."

 After finally making a deal with her father she managed to take off, and in the summer of 1962 she began her career working with the Beatles.

Cut to 2011 and Kathy McCabe meets up with her close friend to talk about a few things and who may this be but Freda Kelly. It isn't long that Freda tells a bit of her past and Kathy already knows she has to set out to make a film about it, to share these unknown Freda stories to the world... and it takes years.

For one when one decides to make a documentary on giants like The Beatles it is expected to be hoops to jump over... but when a project as something like The Beatles attached to it, the hoops are made of fire.

But Kathy was determined and even though the music rights to any Beatle song was near impossible to get she and Freda pulled though and we are ever so blessed to have the Documentary "Good Ol' Freda." released.
and ever more so blessed that we got to speak to both of the ladies in class...

It was a good Ol' day indeed.