Yes we have here yet another article from "the Write Thing." This one is from the Jan/Feb 1979 issue and was written by Denise Nichols about meeting Paul McCartney at Abbey Road studios!
Friday, November 24th (1978) what a day! And one which I shall never forget! First of all I was to meet my penfriend Bev from Massachusetts and then we decided to go to St. John's Wood. After finding no one home at his house, even though the door was wide open, we decided to carry on to EMI Abbey Road studios. We went in, and I politely asked a man whether Paul was recording. The man was very nice and said he was, but to come back again around 8pm when Paul normally leaves. So walked around the shops in St. John's Wood and then go back around 5pm (we didn't want to miss anything!) It was pouring rain, but we didn't care!
Then around 8:00, Paul's rolls drove up. We knew now that it wouldn't be long. There was 5 other girls there all waiting to see Paul by this time. Then suddenly THERE HE WAS!! I took one photo of him walking over ot his car, where he then stopped to sign an autograph for one of the girls, where I then snapped another one. Then he got into his car, when I thought he'd be driven away by his chauffeur, but no, Paul rolled down the window and said to me, "do you want to take a photo or doesn't your camera work?" (He said that because I tried to take a photo of him in the car, but it didn't flash, simply because I forgot to wind the film on!) I replied yes, and quickly snapped one. Bev then asked Paul for his autograph and told him she was from the States. I asked for one too, and he said, "Sure" so I handed him my autograph book. He didn't have a pen to sign with, so he asked Bev whether he could use hers. Bev who didn't hear what he said, replied, "Pardon?" And Paul said, "That's English for can I borrow your pen?" Bev said, "Hey! Don't insult us Americans!" and we all laughed. Paul then said that he really had to go, if we didn't mind (which we did of course) but we all said our goodbyes. And he was driven away.
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