The Yellow Cubmarine

I am reading a book called Palm Beach  The Place, The People, Its Pleasures and Palaces by John Ney (Little, Brown and Company, 1966), and on page 90 he was talking about a Palm Beach resident who helped develop and produce a 2-person personal submarine called a Cubmarine.  (See photo on right.)

Look familiar?  Check out the image of the yellow submarine in the Beatles' cartoon feature  (image on the right.)

The Cubmarine was first marketed in 1962.  In John's song  And Your Bird Can Sing, he talks about when Paul's prized possessions start to bring (or wear) him down.  I think one of Paul's prized possessions might have been a Cubmarine.  But would he have wanted one for amusement or for some other reason?

   Note:  I'm researching Palm Beach, Florida because I believe real John moved to America and settled there.

999

I was looking in the 1968 British Telecom telephone directory and I found something interesting.  On page 5 of this directory (and on page 7 of the 1965 directory), it has the following:
     Call the operator for the emergency services
                Fire
                Police
                Ambulance
                by dialling 999
                      (if available)
 (or by dialling 100 or 0 - see your dial label or dialling instructions - if the 999 service is not available from your telephone)
Tell the operator the service you want.  Give your Exchange and Number.
Wait until the Emergency Authority answers.  Then give them the address where help is needed and other necessary information.

Remember the song Revolution #9?  Reversed, it described a car crash.  And the voice kept repeating number 9, number 9, number 9 . . . .

Also, on the 1967 Beatles Christmas record  (listen at  www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPaMEHAs7nQ  ) at 3:59-4:12 it has someone speaking to the operator with the following dialog:
     Hello.  I'm speaking from a call . . . Hello, hello, operator.  Hello, operator.  I've been cut off!  I've been cut . . .   It's an emergency!!

One explanation of 999 might be that Paul and someone else tried in vain to make an emergency call on the road and was stopped by  ?

Note:  To see 999 being used, check part 5 of The Beatles' movie Help on youtube at:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucNbtCtfgfo at 8:03-8:12.  The Beatles are at Scotland Yard looking for help from the "chief superintendent".  The "superintendent" asks for the phone and says:  "Lifeline of the service.  Dial 999."  When Ringo says he and the other Beatles need protection, the "superintendent" says:  "And you shall have it.  Get me protection."

Rose D'or D'Antibes Festival--Another Explanation of the Yellow Rose

From 1962-1979, the festival Rose D'or D'Antibes was an annual competition for French song writers.  The festival stopped in 1980, but resumed in 1994.  See picture on right and explanation (in French) at the website: http://www.rose-dor.fr/ .

Rose D'or in English means gold rose.  In my post of September 3, 2010, I showed an image of the  Time magazine charicature of the Beatles with real Paul leaning back and appearing dead, holding a yellow rose.  There may be a connection between the Rose D'or festival and Paul.  More coming up.   ---paulumbo.