Paula Bennett was a rarity in the Beatle world in that she knew the Beatles in Liverpool before they were famous and still managed to continue dating a Beatle casually when they were celebrities living in London. She`d first met Ringo in 1963 at the Blue Angel Club in Liverpool, and had been out on a few dates with him. It wasn`t anything particularly serious but they both enjoyed each others company and Ringo continued to see her despite supposedly having a steady girlfriend in Maureen Cox. Paula was very close to the Beatle crowd, and hung out with Ringo`s previous girlfriend Pat Davies, and two other Beatle girlfriends. These four girls were the most supportive of the Beatles crowd and would travel all over with the boys to attend gigs.