AS I enter my gloaming years I remain baffled by certain life experiences, such as how to open a circular pack of biscuits by using the tab and, most of all, the attraction of Beatlemania.

I may get lucky with the biscuits but I’m certain I’ll never understand the the Beatles phenomena.

What on earth was it about?

They were to music what the Krankies are to comedy.

I was a young man when they started to perform and, although I consider myself a music lover, I thought their material was awful with repetitive, raucous melodies and lyrics to match.

Perhaps even worse than the music was their increasingly infantile behaviour, both on and off stage.

I remain perplexed and I’m glad the craze passed me by.

VJ Connor, Bishop Auckland