"side view of John's house."
"front view of Ringo's house":
"In front of Paul's house"
"Jane Asher's house. Paul sometimes stays on the second floor over to the left."
"George's house"
"Me holding George's cat, Corky"
"Me in front of Sibylla's--George's club. I'm standing where Paul stood the night we stared at each other."
I never got around to posting the other part of the article Carol Bedford wrote for Datebook about her 1966 trip to London. It was published in the September 1967 issue.
I went to England last summer with my Mom and my brother, Billy. We stayed two wonderful weeks in London. The first week we went to the historical sights. The second week was all mine! Guess what I did!
First I went to Paul's house because he is my favorite. I saw two girls standing under a tree. As I got out of the taxi, the two girls told me that they had thought I was Jane Asher! I couldn't have been there for more than two minutes when Mr. Kelly, Paul's gardener, came out screaming and waving a hoe at me. He said that Paul had just come in at 3 a.m. and needed rest. I looked up to see the curtains being rustled on the middle window of the second floor. Mrs. Kelly came out, and when asked if Paul and Jane were married, she answered, "No, of course not! That's a bunch of rubbish!"
Neil Aspinall drove up and went into the house. As he was coming out, one of the girls asked, "Did you touch Paul today?" "No, luv, not today," he said.
That night, my brother and I decided to go to Sibylia's, George Harrison's club. Billy and I walked down the stairs that wind around. We saw, over to the left, two coat-check girls. Billy asked them if we could speak to the manager. A tall, good-looking young man dressed in black slacks and a red/white striped shirt came over. After convincing him that we really wanted to see the club, and after paying a cover charge, we followed him to a table right in front of the dance floor. Everything was blue -- blue lights, blue rugs, blue walls, blue ceilings, blue tables, and even blue ashtrays.
At 12 o'clock, I saw Jane Asher and Paul McCartney walk in! I nearly died! She wore a brown striped suit and her hair was almost down to her waist. Paul wore tight, black slacks and a white shirt without a tie. His coat was open. They sat down opposite us, across the room. Jane sat smiling as Paul talked to her.
The young manager who had spoken to us earlier went over and asked Paul to join him and his girlfriend a their table. Paul and Jane got up and went to sit with them.
At about 1 or 2, Billy hit me in the ribs with his elbow -- Jane was walking out and Paul was coming behind her. An old woman stopped him at the door to introduce him to her daughter, who wasn't even interested! Paul was smiling, laughing and shaking hands with all the people standing around. I could tell he wanted to catch up to Jane. He gently pushed past the people and walked out. I was about ready to faint!
Wednesday night we came back to the club. WE sat there until 3 a.m. I told Billy that I would go and get a taxi while Billy went to the rest room. I went outside and told the doorman to get me a taxi.
I saw a blue, compact station wagon drive up. A man got out of the driver's side and I realized it was Mal Evans! The doorman walked over to the passenger's seat and said, "Oh Mr. McCartney, how are you tonight?" Paul got out of the car saying, "Oh you know how it is. Nothing going on, so I decided to come here." I could have fainted! I didn't' know what to do, so I just stood there. Mal and the doorman drove the car off to park it. Paul stood beside me, about 4 feet away! We were the only people on the entire street!
I stood paralyzed and looked straight ahead. I decided to look at Paul because I didn't know how long it might be before I would ever see him again. I turned my head to find that he was looking straight at me!
I didn't know what to do! I couldn't speak! If you've ever loved the Beatles, you'll know how I felt. I just stood there looking into his face. I took a step toward him and he said something to me! I Was too numb and scared to ask him what he had said.
Mal joined him and they walked into the club. I was just about to faint when Billy came out and said that he just bumped into two guys as he was coming up the stairs. Billy and I immediately went back into the club. I could not find Paul anywhere. I went into the rest room to try and calm myself. As I came out, Paul brushed past me and walked up the stairs. That was the last I saw of him!
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