Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Film starring Cameron and Ollie wins top award
MONEY can’t buy you love – but it could land a DC Thomson cartoonist’s rare caricature of The Beatles, signed by the Fab Four on a visit to Dundee.
The drawing of the iconic foursome is being auctioned off by Paul Fraser Collectibles, and has already been attracting bids as high as £5,500.
The band signed just 20 of the cartoons, which were given to them when they played the Caird Hall in 1963 just as they were on the cusp of global stardom.
The identity of the DC Thomson illustrator, who worked for the now defunct People’s Journal, is not currently known - though he was pictured with the band backstage.
Daniel Wade, manager of Paul Fraser Collectibles, said: “This is spine-tingling Beatles memorabilia.
“It’s one of the best Beatles autographs I’ve handled.
“The signatures are huge. The caricature smacks you between the eyes. It’s got photo provenance.
“And the date – October 1963 – means the band signed this in the
TWIN brothers Ollie and Cameron Scougal have become movie award winners after a film starring the popular pair scooped a UK charity gong.
The heartwarming collaboration between the youngsters was a partnership with local film company Fingerclick Productions and the Down’s Syndrome Association.
In it, the seven-year-olds became firemen, hairdressers and shop and cafe assistants for the day.
Entitled When I Grow Up, the film was aimed at promoting the message that children with Down’s syndrome should expect to be employed in adulthood.
It has now seen off competition from across the UK to win the film of the year accolade in the Charity Today Awards, leaving the young pair “chuffed” and its makers hopeful the success could bring an important support scheme north of the border.
Ollie and Cameron are already well used to internet stardom after a Facebook page set up by their mum Elaine, when they were just weeks old, took off. It now has more than 230,000 followers who love watching the boys’ home videos.
Elaine said: “We are so chuffed that the video has won the award.
“It was incredible to be part of a film that portrays such an important message and having lots of fun in the process was an added bonus.”