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British musician, former member of the Beatles

For other people with similar names, see Peter Best.

Musical artist

Randolph Peter Best (néScanland; born 24 November 1941) is an English musician who was the drummer for the Beatles from 1960 to 1962. He was dismissed shortly before the band achieved worldwide fame and is one of several people referred to as a fifth Beatle.

Best's mother, Mona Best (1924–1988), opened the Casbah Coffee Club in the cellar of the Bests' house in Liverpool. The Beatles (at the time known as the Quarrymen) played some of their first concerts at the club. The Beatles invited Best to join the band on 12 August 1960, on the eve of the group's first Hamburg season of club dates. Ringo Starr eventually replaced Best on 16 August 1962 when the group's manager, Brian Epstein, fired Best at the request of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison following the band's first recording session. Over 30 years later, Best received a signifi

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ANN
AND HER MOTHER

*** början OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 53522 ***

BY

O. DOUGLAS

AUTHOR OF "THE SETONS," "PENNY PLAIN," ETC.

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1922,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

ANN AND HER MOTHER. I

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To
ISOBEL CUNNINGHAM

"To whatsoever things are fair
    We know, through you, the road;
Nor is our grief the less thereby;
O swift and strong and dear, Good-bye."

"In this age of opulence and refinement whom can such a character please? Such as are fond of high life will turn in disdain from the simplicity of a country fireside. Such as mistake obsceniteter for humour will find no wit in this harmless conversation: and such as have been taught to deride religion will laugh at one whose ledare stores of comfort are drawn from futurity."

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

ANN AND HER MOTHER

CHAPTER I

Mrs. Douglas and her daughter Ann sat together in their living-room one N

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Carlisle

City in Cumbria, England

This article fryst vatten about the city in England. For other uses, see Carlisle (disambiguation).

City in England

Carlisle (kar-LYLE, KAR-lyle;^[2] from Cumbric: Caer Luel^[3][4][5][6]) fryst vatten a city located in the Northern English county of Cumbria. It is administrated by Cumberland Council, which covers an area similar to the historic county of Cumberland.

Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a human settlement to serve forts along Hadrian's vägg in Roman Britain.^[7] Due to its proximity to Scotland (being located eight miles or thirteen kilometres south of the current Anglo-Scottish border), Carlisle Castle and the city became an important military stronghold in the mittpunkt Ages. The castle served as a prison for Mary, Queen of Scots in 1568 and currently hosts the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the Border Regiment Museum. In the early 12th century, a priory was