The balcony

 

Sharing a couch in France

 

Late night at a hotel in Toronto

 

August 17 (or maybe even early on August 18), 1965 in Toronto.  

Walking the halls

At the window

It must have been super exciting for fans to see one of The Beatles waving to them from their hotel window. 

Bad Boy with his luggage

Tune up

Cleveland hotel

Dave Schwenson, the author of the book "The Beatles in Cleveland" posted this photo on his book's Facebook page last night.   Great fan shot of Paul walking by some girls in the hotel in Cleveland in 1966. 

Matching ties

Who says that John and Yoko had to be the only couple that wore matching jackets and ties?   Looks like Paul and Linda sported that style as well.

Little blips on the balcony

Give my Regards Inverview

Jam session in the room

Made to the Sao Paulo Hilton

Photo by Paulo Fernades 

Photo taken February 2, 1979 during George's trip to Brazil.   I love the guy in the blue Beatles t-shirt.   Whoever originally owned this photo wrote on the back "I'm the girl beside George!"  (with a heart in the o of the word George).    A day these fans will never forget.  

A big Kiss for Paul

Manchester Piccadilly Hotel

By Susan Dilorenzo

McCartney Ltd. 

Fall/Winter 1979/1980

I’d brought a Hershey’s Chocolate kiss to give to Paul.  It was a large bit of chocolate in a pink box with large blue lettering that read “A Big Kiss for You.”  I’d tried getting close enough to give it to him before but unfortunately the opportunity never presented itself.  Tonight I was bound and determined for results!   I was contemplating just what I’d say as we sat in the lobby of the hotel.  He’d used the elevator yesterday and we expected him to do this again today.  He surprised everyone by using the stairs (to our right) and in less than a second, we flew over to the stairs.  It was myself, Doylene, Marie, Barb, Mary Ann, George, Shelia and Mar.  As if we alone weren’t the equivalent of a crowd, well, you know how it is when Paul enters onto the scene.  Everyone under the sun materializes.   He was on the escalator then in front of us, so we just hopped on too! 

  The award winning ham we all know and love was waving and posing for everyone at the bottom of the escalator.  Once he laid his head on the railing with his arms out and pretended to be sleeping.  Linda had gone on ahead, which she’d been doing the whole of the tour.  Doylene hopped off the escalator and her camera case dropped.  She spent the next few minutes chasing it down the pavement.   He started to walk down the tunnel to the coach and it was here I decided was the moment of truth.  Paul had been signing autographs so when I trembled up to him he smiled at me and stopped walking and poised his pen.  I held the chocolate kiss out to him and asked, “Paul, could I please give this to you?”  He smiled and looked me in the eyes and replied, “You sure can” and looked down to take it from me and then looked up at me again, continuing to look me dead in the eyes.  It was like this through the whole encounter and it was divine!  He has these magical light brown eyes.  Schmaltzy but so true!  I explained why the box was marked on one side.   It had been in my camera case at the show on the 28^th and forgetting, I stood on the case to see Paul better.  “I accidentally stepped on it at the concert trying to see you but I wanted you to have it.  I’m sorry.”  You’d expect him to burst out laughing, but on the contrary.  He was dearly charming and so very sincere.   He replied, “Well, don’t you worry about it.”   I took a step back and smiled and looked down and he walked away.   I couldn’t move.  I watched him walking away with my hands to my mouth, half laughing from blissful hysteria when I see Paul look down at the kiss, reading the print on the box.  He stopped walking and turned around and looked at me.  He smiled at me, that all knowing smile, and winked. 

  Then continued outside.  Further up ahead Marie had asked Paul to sign a mounted photograph of hers.  He signed it on the mount at the top and she said, “Oh Paul---I know beggars can’t be choosers, but I wanted you to sign it at the lights.”  He drew an arrow to the lights and smiled at her, “How’s that?”

I found my feet finally and charged outside, my chin dragging the pavement.  He’d already got on the coach and I heard Barb call out, “Susie, he’s looking at it!”  I ran next to her to get a  look and he was saying something, showing it to Laurence, who was sitting across from Paul and Linda.   Laurence looked at it and smiled and Paul set it on the table and leaned back.  He closed his eyes for a second and then popped back up in his seat, opened it, closed it and sat back.

Someone in all that confusion, Barb got his autograph too, which I had missed.  Mary Ann took a picture to capture that moment.  It is nice to have snaps of the memories. 

Not into gambling

So as this is posted, I will be in Las Vegas.    I have never been to Las Vegas before mostly because I don't gamble.   We have a big gambling boat in my hometown.  I could go any time I want and it just seems like a boring waste of money to me.  

But---I do want to see the Love show.   So I think I will hang out at the pool at the hotel for a lot of this trip.    I am just tagging along anyhow.    

Those who were there claim that John Lennon refused to even touch the slot machine that was brought into the Beatles hotel room in Las Vegas.   He posed for some publicity photos, but if you look---he is not touchig the machine in any of them.  

Ringo and friends

Somewhere in Japan

I think I'm turning Japanese....

Red trousers

Encounter with Paul

Encounters
Written by Keith Denemark
From the Fab/March 1985 issue of "The Write Thing"


My meeting with Paul and Linda McCartney all started when I received a phone call from New York on October 12, 1984.   The phone call was from a representative of Roger & Cowan's International Relationship Consultants.  I was told that I was selected through Paul's Club Sandwich mailing list to meet Paul when he comes to Chicago.

October 17th, I received another call from Roger & Cowan.  I was told to meet Paul tomorrow afternoon at the Ritz Carlton at 160 E. Pearson, 12th floor at 1:15.

October 18th I arrived at the hotel at 12:55.  Waiting on the main floor with Gwyn Ashley.  she was another person who was picked to meet Paul .   At 1:15, Gwyn and I went up to the 12th floor.  Couple of minutes later, Linda was walking towards us.  I removed my copy of "Linda's pictures" from the bag.  After she signed it, we had to wait about five minutes.  During that time, I was talking to Denis Golden and Gloria Rossi.  Five minutes past, the representative of Roger & Cowan brought us up to Paul's room.  Getting off on the 28th floor we walked to room 2819.  Walking into the room, Paul was not to be found.  Then Paul entered.  First he started shaking our hands.  Then he said, "why don't you all sit down on the couch next to me and tell me what's new."  I started taking pictures of Paul and Paul with the other fans.  then I was sitting next to him.  I gave him a drawing of Rupert the Bear and him, and he also signed some albums for me.  I had some pictures taken with Paul.  and then there was a photo session for the Club Sandwich.  After that photo session, I had my picture taken with Linda, too.