The Scouser was celebrating a special milestone today15:31, 07 Jul 2026Huge crowds gathered in Liverpool to wish Ringo Starr a happy birthday. The Beatles star turned 86 today, Tuesday, July 7, but among the crowds was someone who knew the musician long before Beatlemania was even a thing.‌Barry Chang, alongside former Jacaranda owner Allan Williams, drove The Fab Four on their inaugural trip to Germany in August 1960. Allan was married to Barry’s sister Beryl and so he, a trainee civil engineer, went along “more or less as a summer holiday”.‌Allan, The Beatles' first manager personally drove the band to Hamburg, to secure their legendary residencies.‌The cramped van contained no seats, forcing the John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best to sit on thei