Trick or Treat

 Who is Ringo supposed to be?  Any guesses?

Have a scary Halloween!

 

This is the photo that Paul McCartney's people sent out to his fan today.    Even wearing a full face mask, we all know it is Paul -- I mean just look at those eyes. 

Paul and Ringo celebrate Halloween

 

The casper/Beatles Halloween costume

 

A Dark Horse Halloween

October 31, 1974

Trick or Treat!

I still can't decide if these Halloween costumes were cute or creepy. 

Beatles for Halloween

Some kids play the old Halloween classic party game, "Pin the nose on the pumpkin"  and there is a "Beatle" in the crowd!

Newer and Bluer Meanies have been spotted out trick or treating on Halloween
Photo coypright held by Sara Schmidt  - taken from original slide. 

Hallo-winging it

Halloween party with the Macs

Happy Halloween everyone!

May Blue Meanies and Princesses come to your door to receive treats---

Halloween 1970

Nothing like being spooked on Halloween by the McCartney family!   I have been holding onto this little story written by some NewYork fans from 1970 for several months just to post it at Halloween.  

Halloween 1970

By Joanne DiFilippe and Linda Rabe

5 Bites of the Apple Sept/October 1972

There will never be another Halloween like this Halloween!  As you all know, Paul had arrived in New York on October 8, 1970.  We spent three desperate weeks looking for the man.  Well on October 30^th, we went down to CBS Recording Studios where Paul was recording.  After not seeing him for over a year we were quite happy.  The next day, we were sitting by John Eastman's  still trying to find out where he was staying.  That afternoon we were sitting by John’s and watching the little children dressed up for Halloween.  We then decided to go around to the store and buy candy to give to them.  After doing our good deed for the day, we decided to continue with our search.  After having no luck for most of the day, we decided to try 5^th avenue.  As we crossed 81^st street, we saw two women and a man coming up toward 5^th.  They were dressed in yellow sheets with masks and the man was carrying a baby.  As they were approaching us at the corner, the man hid the baby’s face under the sheet and one of the women’s hands reached over to grab the man’s arm (which looked quite familiar!).  And as they came around the corner they were making these ghostly sounds.  We stopped dead in our tracks and figured we play along.  Suddenly thinking, “Oh no!” the guy with the baby came to each of us individually and made ghost sounds in our faces, coming so close he could have knocked us over.  It seemed funny that out of the 5 of us, who were there he came up to only the 4 who had been at the studio the night before.  As they turned to go into the Stanhope Hotel, which we were about to check, we noticed the groovy argyle socks (it was the socks!).  Which after a while, became a well-known trade mark, convinced us that we were right.  After realizing that our search for Paul was ended we realized that if during the course of the day we had been off by one minute in anything, we would not have been this lucky.  Not only had our search been over but we realized we had been put on by a Beatle  But yet, we got our reward for treating instead of tricking on Halloween.  That was the first of many events that followed! 

Halloween McCartney style

Photo of Paul taken by Linda McCartney in 1980.

I thought these were great and wanted to share them.   Enjoy and have a happy Halloween.  I will be posting all sorts of great things in the month of November including my review of the Paul McCartney concert that I will be attending on November 11th!  So please stay tuned.   Taking the rest of the evening off to organize my photos and get ready for the upcoming month of great posts.  Love you all!  Sara S.

Trick or Treat!

I hope some of you saw this little guy at your door tonight.   Ummm...or maybe not.   I still can't decide if I like those 1960's Beatles costumes. 

Beatles Halloween

Here is a worn-out vintage photo of two "Beatles" for Halloween.

Can you believe that this costume (who I think is either George or Paul) is a rare collector's item these days?

And yes...you could even dress as a Blue Meanie in '68! This is a very frightening costume!!

Well Halloween night is coming to an end here in my part of the United States. Such a strange tradition it is to dress up and knock on strangers door and beg for candy. But it is a fun time. I enjoyed handing out candy to the kids that came to my door, most of which were current or former students of mine. I did not see any Beatle related costumes. But in the 1960's some Beatle fans were actually dressing up in Beatles gear. Check out these costumes!

George for Halloween

I know I am a few months behind for posting a Halloween photo, but how cute is this??? Halloween of 1965 and this youngster is dressed as George Harrison!! So cute! So funny! So wonderful!