presley31
03-06-2010, 08:12 AM
It's 50 years since Elvis set foot on British soil for the first and last time. But the people who saw him on that cold night - March 3, 1960 - at Prestwick Airport have never forgotten their close encounter with the King of rock 'n' roll.
US Army Sergeant Elvis Aaron Presley, then aged 25, had finished his two-year stint in uniform and was on his way home from his German base when his plane stopped to refuel.
Fewer than 200 people saw him but for some, such as Ann Murphy - then aged 16 - it changed their lives.
"I used to babysit for a Sergeant Phelps at the US airbase. I was at work one day when he turned up at my house and told my mum that Elvis would be at the airbase that night and I should go if I wanted to see him. My mum ran to a phone box to call me at work. I couldn't believe it. I loved Elvis. I had all his records.
On the bus home, I was telling everyone I was going to see Elvis that night but they all thought it was just a
rumour. They probably thought I was crazy. I changed into my American jeans, lumberjacket, bobby socks and blue suede shoes and cycled the three miles to the airport base.
When we got to the base there was a small group of people already there, standing at the barrier in front of two huge Cadillac cars. Muriel and I were right at the barrier. We were so excited and suddenly the plane was in front of us. The door opened and there was Elvis. He was so handsome in his uniform. He waved and we started screaming. He shouted: "Where am I?" and people shouted back: "Prestwick" - but I was shouting: "I love you."
He came down the stairs and looked fantastic with that beautiful smile. We could hardly believe we were looking at him. We could nearly touch him.
Then Muriel did an amazing thing. She jumped over the barrier and threw herself twards Elvis. However a couple of huge military policemen scraped her off and put her back over the barrier.
The next thing we knew, he was away. We went to the cafe where the young folk hung out and told people we had seen Elvis. They were all laughing at us but the papers the next day proved it.
I suppose that day changed my life. I went on to marry my own Elvis. I met my late husband Andy at the dancing and he was a great jiver. He had a black quiff hairstyle and was known as the Prestwick Elvis. He used to sing Elvis songs all the time and won a talent contest as Elvis. So my daughters - Angela and Andrea - were really brought up by Elvis. They're both big fans and so are my grandchildren.
I'll never forget the day I saw my idol face-to-face.
I might have been a naive, Scottish 16-year-old - but it changed my life forever. It might have been 50 years ago but feels like yesterday."
(News, Source:SundayMail)
Source:http://www.elvisinfonet.com/
US Army Sergeant Elvis Aaron Presley, then aged 25, had finished his two-year stint in uniform and was on his way home from his German base when his plane stopped to refuel.
Fewer than 200 people saw him but for some, such as Ann Murphy - then aged 16 - it changed their lives.
"I used to babysit for a Sergeant Phelps at the US airbase. I was at work one day when he turned up at my house and told my mum that Elvis would be at the airbase that night and I should go if I wanted to see him. My mum ran to a phone box to call me at work. I couldn't believe it. I loved Elvis. I had all his records.
On the bus home, I was telling everyone I was going to see Elvis that night but they all thought it was just a
rumour. They probably thought I was crazy. I changed into my American jeans, lumberjacket, bobby socks and blue suede shoes and cycled the three miles to the airport base.
When we got to the base there was a small group of people already there, standing at the barrier in front of two huge Cadillac cars. Muriel and I were right at the barrier. We were so excited and suddenly the plane was in front of us. The door opened and there was Elvis. He was so handsome in his uniform. He waved and we started screaming. He shouted: "Where am I?" and people shouted back: "Prestwick" - but I was shouting: "I love you."
He came down the stairs and looked fantastic with that beautiful smile. We could hardly believe we were looking at him. We could nearly touch him.
Then Muriel did an amazing thing. She jumped over the barrier and threw herself twards Elvis. However a couple of huge military policemen scraped her off and put her back over the barrier.
The next thing we knew, he was away. We went to the cafe where the young folk hung out and told people we had seen Elvis. They were all laughing at us but the papers the next day proved it.
I suppose that day changed my life. I went on to marry my own Elvis. I met my late husband Andy at the dancing and he was a great jiver. He had a black quiff hairstyle and was known as the Prestwick Elvis. He used to sing Elvis songs all the time and won a talent contest as Elvis. So my daughters - Angela and Andrea - were really brought up by Elvis. They're both big fans and so are my grandchildren.
I'll never forget the day I saw my idol face-to-face.
I might have been a naive, Scottish 16-year-old - but it changed my life forever. It might have been 50 years ago but feels like yesterday."
(News, Source:SundayMail)
Source:http://www.elvisinfonet.com/