Christopher Nigel Walley was born on 30 June 1941 and is an English former golfer and tea-chest bass player and manager, best known for his association with band The Quarrymen, the precursor of The Beatles which included John Lennon.
12 Facts About Nigel Walley
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Nigel Walley's surname has often been spelt incorrectly as 'Whalley' in numerous books and on web pages.
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The Nigel Walley family lived in Vale Road, Liverpool, which was at the back of Lennon's home at 251 Menlove Avenue, belonging to his aunt and guardian, Mimi Smith.
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Nigel Walley was one of four tea-chest bass players in the fledgling lineup of the group, the others being Vaughan, Bill Smith and Len Garry.
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Nigel Walley then decided to become the group's manager, at Lennon's request.
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Nigel Walley secured two intermission concerts at the Gaumont cinema on Saturday afternoons, and for the group to perform at parties and skiffle contests in the Liverpool area.
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Whilst playing golf with Dr Joseph Sytner, Nigel Walley asked him if his son, Alan Sytner, could book The Quarrymen at The Cavern Club, in Mathew Street, which was one of three jazz clubs he managed.
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Nigel Walley stopped managing the group after his family moved from Vale Road to New Brighton on the opposite bank of the River Mersey to Liverpool, which was too far to be practical, and because he had contracted tuberculosis.
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Nigel Walley's name has been often mistakenly written as "Whalley" in many books and on numerous web pages, but, as he has often stated, there is no 'H' in the spelling of it.
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Nigel Walley then accompanied Lennon's mother to a bus stop further north along Menlove Avenue, with her telling jokes along the way.
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At about 9:30, Nigel Walley left her to walk up Vale Road and she crossed Menlove Avenue to the central reservation between two traffic lanes, which was lined with hedges that covered disused tram tracks.
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Nigel Walley became one of the youngest golf professionals in the UK, working at the Wrotham Heath Golf Club in Borough Green, Kent, and then in Semmering, Austria, in 1961.