Beatles mural honours city’s entertainment history

A mural that celebrates two occasions when The Beatles performed in a city has been completed on a shop window.

The band played in Peterborough at The Embassy Theatre twice in the 1960s, and stayed at the Bull Hotel in Westgate in the city.

Nathan Murdoch, the artist who created the work, said he did not know the band had visited Peterborough until the mural was commissioned by Peterborough Positive.

Mr Murdoch said: “The reaction so far has been amazing.”

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