Paul McCartney goes to Scout camp
Three weeks after first meeting John Lennon, Paul McCartney and his brother Michael went to Scout camp at Hathersage in […]
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John Lennon meets Paul McCartney
6 July 1957 was a pivotal day for the history of modern music: it was the day that John Lennon
Paul McCartney’s mother Mary dies
Mary Patricia McCartney, the mother of Michael and Paul McCartney, died on 31 October 1956 at the age of 47.
John Lennon’s 16th birthday
The rock ‘n’ roll fanatic John Lennon used his 16th birthday money to buy two much-prized 78rpm records.
Paul McCartney is given a trumpet for his 14th birthday
Keen for his son to follow his interest in music, Jim McCartney bought his son Paul a trumpet for his
Maureen Cox is born
Maureen Cox, the future first wife of Ringo Starr, was born Mary Cox on 4 August 1946 in Liverpool.
Jane Asher is born
Jane Asher, who was in a relationship with Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968, was born on 5 April 1946
John Lennon’s half-sister Victoria is born
While her husband Alf was away at sea, Julia Lennon lived with their son John at the Dairy Cottage, 120a
Pattie Boyd is born
Pattie Boyd, the future first wife of George Harrison, was born on 17 March 1944.
George Harrison is born
George Harrison was born on 25 February 1943 in a tiny ‘two up, two down’ house on Arnold Grove, a
Linda Eastman is born
Linda Louise Eastman, the future first wife of Paul McCartney, was born in New York City on 24 September 1941.
Jim McCartney marries Mary Mohin
Fourteen months before the birth of their eldest son Paul, James McCartney married Mary Mohin in Liverpool, England.
John Lennon is born
John Winston Lennon was born on 9 October 1940 in the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, Oxford Street, Liverpool, to Julia Lennon
Ringo Starr is born
Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940, at 9 Madryn Street in the Dingle area of Liverpool.
Stuart Sutcliffe is born
The Beatles’ future bassist Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was born on 23 June 1940 at the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion
Cynthia Lennon is born
Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, was born on 10 September 1939.
Julia Stanley marries Alfred Lennon
Julia Stanley had first met Alf Lennon in 1928. Although her family disapproved of the sharp-talking sailor, they courted throughout
Brian Epstein is born
The man who became The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, was born on 19 September 1934.