The Lonely Hearts' Club arrived in London, were able to get a permit for Speakers' Corner but listeners were minimal because of torrential rain. The group did attract interest around London and Evelyn Harrison told Hartlepool Mail that they had a 'swinging reception in London.' She reported that she was asked to appear on the Eamonn Andrews TV show but had to refuse as it coincided with the train back to Hartlepool.
Date (of image) : 27/2/1967
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Creator : NDM
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Evelyn Harrison was a somewhat eccentric voluntary charity worker who founded the West Hartlepool Lonely Hearts' Club. She was very well known in the town and by many in other parts of this and other countries. Some felt that she was something of a laughing stock and brought attention to the town for the wrong reasons. Apparently she wrote to President Nixon offering advice saying 'all men at the top are lonely'. She certainly worked tirelessly to aid a number of charities, putting on concerts and fundraising.
She was seemingly widowed in World War 2, ran a Helen Shapiro Fan Club and eventually founded her Lonely Hearts Club which met in the Engineers' Club.
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