Love snap

Photo from Tracks 

Who is Aunt Milly and why should she come back

This photo taken by Mike McCartney shows Uncle Albert and Aunt Milly taking a rest at the McCartney home on Forthlin Ave in Liverpool.

Every time I watch the film of "All you need is love" I see a sign that says "Come Back Milly" and I wonder to myself.   "Who exactly is Milly?   Why does someone want her to come back?"     

The Milly in question is Jim McCartney's sister.    She was married to man named Albert Kendall, (Uncle Albert).        She must have been a special woman in Paul's life.    When Paul's mother, Mary passed away, it was Paul's aunties that really stepped up and helped out Jim take care of the household needs and the two young boys.      Paul honored her memory by giving the middle name of "Milly" to his youngest child, Beatrice.    (And here I thought it had something to do with her mother's last name!).        Aunt Millie was the only family member that was concerned when Paul was to marry Linda.    She wasn't sure about her nephew marrying an American woman.     Although maybe others in the family had concerns and only dear Auntie Milly had the guts to speak up and say something.      

In the spring of 1967, Milly traveled to Adelaide, Australia to visit her son, Jim.    There was some real worry in the family that Milly might decide to live in Australia and never return to England.  The McCartney's wanted to get a message to her to let her know that she is loved and missed at home and they want her to come back!

Her nephew, Paul was going to be on the first ever world-wide satellite broadcast with his band, The Beatles, performing their new song, "All you need is love."    This would be the perfect way to get the message across to Milly.    And so Paul painted a very simple sign that read "Come Back Milly!"

 photo by David Magnus

The sign was displayed during the broadcast and 400 million people around the globe saw it while they watched the Beatles perform. 

One of those 400 million people was, you guessed it Milly Kendall.   Angie McCartney wrote in her book, My Long and Winding Road,   "Milly told us she had not long arrived and was tired and exhausted from her journey.   But they had the telly on in the next room and she was half watching the screen when suddenly this placard came up.  She was flabbergasted , as at this stage we were not as tech saturated as we are now.   It was a real link between our two hemispheres."

No one knows if Milly really was going to stay in Australia indefinitely, but after a short time she came right back to England.    I guess you can say that the sign worked.    

Let's hear it for Eppy

These are the last photographs that I am aware of that show Brian Epstein with members of the Beatles.    I like these photos because Brian seems relaxed and happy around the guys.     I am sure he was proud of the Beatles during the recording of "All you need is love."  

All you need are photos from David Magnus

All photos taken by David Magnus 

The Beatles with sandwich boards

It was 50 years ago this weekend that the Beatles universal song "All you Need is Love" was first heard.    I think the simple message of the song is still as important today as it was 50 years ago.   I have always loved these publicity photos of the guys with "All you need is love" sandwich boards in many different languages.    The ultimate advertisement for love.     Try to spread a little love to those around you this weekend.  

Rehearsal Time!

Who is this guy with Paul?  

Bonus George photo

I really like this George photo and so I thought I would post it as well.

All you need are these two fellows

If these photos of George and Ringo don't put a smile on your face, then I think you came to this blog by mistake.

All you need is food -- the Beatles at the canteen during All you Need is Love rehearsals

Summer of Love Contest!

If you were able to join me on Facebook for the live broadcast tonight, you will already know about "the Summer of Love" contest.  

Between today (June 1) and June 11, I am giving away one Summer of Beatles Love gift bag!  Here is what is in the bag:

• double sided Sgt. Pepper Beatles shopping bag
• An "all you need is love"  picture to hang in your house
• a George Harrison keychain with Richard Avadon photo
• Sgt. Pepper magazine (the one that is currently out on the shelves)
• Sgt. Pepper flip book
• 2 Sgt. Pepper picks
• A Sgt. Pepper hot wheels car

One blog reader will win all of these wonder goodies!   All you have to do is email me at meetthebeatlesforreal@gmail.com    and tell me the name of your favorite song from the summer of 1967!    It doesn't have to be a Beatles song.    However, my favorite is "All you need is love."  

This contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world.   Just one entry per household.    I will collect the names of those entered and will assign each person a number.   Then on June 11 at around 8pm (Central Time), I will use the random number generator online and get the number of our winner!   It is that easy!     The name of the winner will be announced here on this blog as well as the Meet the Beatles...for Real facebook page. 

Once the winner is announced, he/she has three days to contact me with his/her mailing address.   If after three days the winner does not come forward,  he/she loose the opportunity and I will pick another number.  

Have a great summer Beatle friends!

Peace and Love!

The unmade Bed-in

Sending love to the whole world

A break from needing love

Not just a guitarist

You pour als es

All you need is Ringo

Love is all you need

The girl in the background does not seem to care that Paul McCartney is about to hold hand with his long-time girlfriend, Jane Asher.  Jane who????

Thank you!

 

I want to thank everyone who has written to me through comments and on facebook that supports me and this blog.  Your support really  means a lot to me and I cannot express how much your messages touched me. 

You know, I do this blog because I want a place to keep the stories and photos of the fans.   I started the blog for myself and I continue to do things the way I like them to be done.  That being said, it really is an honor that MTBFR has become part of so many of your daily routines.  

As for the accusations that I am liar, I am not sure what to say.   I am never purposely a liar.  I work hard to find the correct information to post.  I admit that some nights I am lazy and I do not put as much effort in finding out things as I do on other nights.   I also know that there is a lot of false information about the Beatles out in the world.    I am thankful for friend of this blog, Mark Lewisohn's work in getting the true Beatles history in print.   But I am not Mark Lewisohn---far far from it.   I try my best and I might get some wrong information out.  But I promise that my intentions are pure.   One thing I love about the internet and this blog is that we can work together as Beatle fans to find the correct information.   Alone I am not a Beatles expert, but with all of you working with me---this blog has turned into a goldmine of correct Beatles information.    I am proud of it and I thank all of you who have been positive and helpful along the way.

I am not sure why I seem to have made some enemies except that they must be jealous in one way or another.     The arguments that they make do not make a lot of sense to me and when I try to understand them, I end up being called "rude" and "immature" and other things, so I am done trying to understand.    I do admit that I have been not so nice to some people online a few times.   I get frustrated and irritated and while I never curse and try to stay calm, it isn't always easy to do.  I apologize for that. 

But at the end of the day we are all Beatle fans, right?   Shouldn't we be sticking together?    We are a special group of people and we should not be divided.   We can disagree on things, but at the end of the day we love John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

Peace and Love,

Sara S.

It's easy

See the young lady in the background carefully watching?   

There she is again!

So who is the girl in the glasses?   I see her in a TON of photos of the All You Need is Love reception and in almost all of them she is standing close to one of the Beatles (can't blame her on that one.)   Is she a reporter or a just a fan who is hanging out?   Since she is holding paper, I would guess that she is a reporter, although she could always be a fan who has decided to suddenly become a reporter for a school paper in order to meet the Beatles.