In my last post I wrote about Paul and George going to English composer and writer Lionel Bart's house sometime in August, 1966 as was listed in one of the Beatles' "itinerary" books. Well, it is easy to narrow down the time frame of their visit: George (but I do not believe our Paul) left for the US on the 1966 American tour, arriving at Logan Airport, Boston on Thursday, August 11, 1966. They arrived back from the tour on August 31, 1966, so that leaves a window of August 1st. through possibly August 10th. for George and (our) Paul to have visited Lionel Bart's home.
What I am trying to do is map out where our Paul was from day to day during the critical months of mid-to-late, 1966 and every point of reference helps.
---paulumbo
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Widening our Paul's Still-Public Presence to August, 1966
I was reading Piet Schreuder's (et al) 1994 book, The Beatles' London: A Guide To 467 Beatles Sites In And Around London and I found a listing for Paul and George visiting English song-and-playwright Lionel Bart's home sometime in August, 1966. As I said in my March post, I'm trying to track down when Paul disappeared from public view.
In the listiing, it said that soccer player Bobby Moore was also at Bart's house that night. So I went looking for a book about Moore and found he wrote one, in 1970, called England! England!.
He wrote an entire chapter on England's first World Cup win in 1966. He was a member of the winning English team and they won in England, giving a special meaning to the title and the players amongst the English.
They won the match and trophy on Saturday, July 30, 1966.
The team was treated to a special banquet in their honor the evening of July 30th. Moore said:
"No wives or girl-friends were invited to the banquet and as finally we took our various presents up to our rooms in the Royal Garden when the feting was over, we all then split up into our parties with our wives and others to disappear into the night here, there and everywhere to continue our various junketings."
And, later in the chapter, Moore said:
"This last event [the World Cup] in a way, of course, helped to widen my horizon, change my social life and make it busier. I found myself being feted and asked out here, there and everywhere, making personal appearances."
I found a 1994 book written by David Roper called Bart! The Unauthorized Life & Times Ins And Outs Ups And Downs Of Lionel Bart that states that the 1966 World Cup-winning squad had their post-match party at Bart's house.
So, since Bobby Moore was introduced to Lionel Bart's night scene on July 31, 1966 and since Moore mentioned our Paul's Revolver album song, "Here, There and Everywhere" twice in describing his widening social life, I think it's a good guess that he met our Paul some night at Lionel Bart's house in August, 1966. But, again, no photos.
In the listiing, it said that soccer player Bobby Moore was also at Bart's house that night. So I went looking for a book about Moore and found he wrote one, in 1970, called England! England!.
He wrote an entire chapter on England's first World Cup win in 1966. He was a member of the winning English team and they won in England, giving a special meaning to the title and the players amongst the English.
They won the match and trophy on Saturday, July 30, 1966.
The team was treated to a special banquet in their honor the evening of July 30th. Moore said:
"No wives or girl-friends were invited to the banquet and as finally we took our various presents up to our rooms in the Royal Garden when the feting was over, we all then split up into our parties with our wives and others to disappear into the night here, there and everywhere to continue our various junketings."
And, later in the chapter, Moore said:
"This last event [the World Cup] in a way, of course, helped to widen my horizon, change my social life and make it busier. I found myself being feted and asked out here, there and everywhere, making personal appearances."
I found a 1994 book written by David Roper called Bart! The Unauthorized Life & Times Ins And Outs Ups And Downs Of Lionel Bart that states that the 1966 World Cup-winning squad had their post-match party at Bart's house.
So, since Bobby Moore was introduced to Lionel Bart's night scene on July 31, 1966 and since Moore mentioned our Paul's Revolver album song, "Here, There and Everywhere" twice in describing his widening social life, I think it's a good guess that he met our Paul some night at Lionel Bart's house in August, 1966. But, again, no photos.
Is This Our Paul at the Ivor Novello Award Ceremony, July 12, 1966?
I found an extremely short video on Youtube that is supposed to be our Paul accepting two Ivor Novello awards for his and John's 1965 songs, "Yesterday" and "We Can Work It Out." You can see the whole video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=INvqw4qKjF8 .
As I said in my last post, I've been searching unsuccessfully for photographs of Paul past early July, 1966. The award ceremony was held July 12th.
Again, I have not found any photographs of Paul from the awards ceremony. ???
Also, see my next post because it's very possible that Paul was around London laying low, so to speak, as late as August, 1966.
As I said in my last post, I've been searching unsuccessfully for photographs of Paul past early July, 1966. The award ceremony was held July 12th.
Again, I have not found any photographs of Paul from the awards ceremony. ???
Also, see my next post because it's very possible that Paul was around London laying low, so to speak, as late as August, 1966.
