OK, I know these girls are waiting to catch a glimpse of The Beatles outside Glasgow's Odeon Cinema in April, 1964, but before we get round to The Fab Four, can we just gaze at their black PVC coats for a moment? I had a black PVC coat, admittedly a few years later than this, and thought I was the cat's whiskers, to use the more acceptable animal-based phrase. Curlers under headscarves were also a common sight as young women would do their own perms at home. I have a vague memory it was called "A Toni" after the brand-name, but I could be wrong.

And the girl next to them is way ahead of her time be wearing a baseball cap. In 1964 The Beatles were at the peak of their appeal. They had just finished filing A Hard Day's Night, and their concerts were sold out in minutes. They did two shows in The Odeon that night with 3000 screaming fans each night.

Traffic was halted outside, windows were broken, and a car overturned as police tried to hold back the crowds. Even The Herald back then realised the importance of The Beatles and had a lengthy front page story about the crowds.

Being The Herald it was only very slightly patronising as it reported: "Several thousands of highly vocal non-ticket-holding fans kept up a ululating dirge in the streets to let everyone know thier idols were in town and they could not get near them."

"Ululating dirge" - what a great phrase.