Hotelier hopes for Fab Four-tune

The Beatles were touring with Helen Shapiro

A Beatles fan is hoping an old hotel register signed by the Fab Four will earn him a fortune.

Mick Longworth was only 15 when John, Paul, Ringo and George stayed at his father's hotel in Doncaster, South Yorkshire in 1963.

But after storing the valuable register in a bank vault for the past 15 years the grandfather-of-five is now planning to put it up for auction on the internet.

Mr Longworth hopes the sale could raise up to £30,000 to buy a family holiday home.

When I found out they were staying I cancelled my paper round and ended up serving John Lennon morning tea in his bed Mick Longworth

He said: "People tend to have an inflated view of what something like this is worth, but I am going to put it on the internet and see what happens.

"If I can get enough to buy a villa in somewhere like Spain for the family then it is much better than leaving it in a bank vault.

"Mind you, I could just as easily end up with enough money for a caravan in Cleethorpes."

The Beatles were touring with Helen Shapiro at the time of their one-night stay and had just reached number two in the charts with Please Please Me.

Mr Longworth said: "When I found out they were staying I cancelled my paper round and ended up serving John Lennon morning tea in his bed."

In the register each Beatle gives an address in Liverpool and under the nationality section Lennon jokingly scribbled "White Man" with McCartney scrawling "Green".

Mr Longworth added: "It's a piece of pop history and should be on display somewhere."