On August 8, 1963, following two nights of performances in Jersey, The Beatles embarked on a short 30-mile journey to Guernsey. Instead of taking their equipment with them on the plane, it arrived separately by ferry.
In Guernsey, the group held two concerts at the auditorium in Candie Gardens, St Peter Port. The shows, scheduled for 7 pm and 9:15 pm, were their only performances on the island and were organized by Baron Pontin. Tickets were priced between 10 and 17 shillings and sixpence. Several support acts accompanied The Beatles, including Vic Sutcliffe, Les Dell, the Rob Charles Combo, The Robert Brothers, and Mike Kelly.
After the concerts, John Lennon visited the rented flat of beat poet Royston Ellis. The Beatles had previously backed Ellis during a performance in Liverpool in June 1960. That night, Lennon, Ellis, and Ellis's girlfriend Stephanie experimented with dressing in polythene bags out of curiosity about "kinky sex."
Reflecting on the experience, Ellis later recalled that while they didn't find the experiment particularly exciting, it did inspire Lennon's song "Polythene Pam," which was written in 1968 and featured on The Beatles' Abbey Road album the following year.
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