I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

The ship docked in Liverpool on 25 December 1945. Hutchison filled in as drummer at short notice when Best didn't turn up on the evening of his dismissal and played a further two bookings until Starr joined the group. The two went to The Grapes pub in the same street as the The Cavern Club where the group had often played.

He has been married for over 50 years to Kathy Best; they have two daughters and four grandchildren. After working in a number of commercially unsuccessful groups Best gave up the music industry to work as a civil servant for twenty years before starting the Pete Best Band.