Accent Teaser for Searchers when a Cockney joined the Scouse lads!
As this newspaper article shows, from way back in 1964, it sounds like The Searchers had some teething troubles when Frank Allen first joined them because Mike Pender, John McNally and Chris Curtis had thick 'scouse' accents while Frank was distinctly 'cockney' and he had to try and cover up and sound like a Liverpool lad!
~ Article courtesy of 60s' fan Jacqui Minns