I missed the anniversary by a couple days- but better late than never–one of the most important events of the 20th century- right up there with D-Day and The Moon Landing and Bill Mazeroski striking down the Yankees..
On this day in 1957- 60 years ago today-John Lennon met Paul McCartney. Maybe I overstated it- calling this day the greatest day of the century, maybe I didn’t.
John Lennon’s group the Quarry Men were playing at the Woolton Parish Church Garden Fete. John Lennon and Paul McCartney had a mutual friend named Ivan Vaughan [who was born the same day as Paul was} It was Ivan’s idea to invite Paul to the event and introduce him to his friend John.
The Quarry Men were playing in a field behind the church [ a picture from the performance is above-with John and the Quarry Men- there is no picture of Paul on that day } This church fete was a big deal in Woolton- you have to wonder how The Quarry Men got invited to play at this?
On the way to the Fete- Ivan filled Paul in on…
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slicethelife 
Great post, but shouldn’t that be 61 years ago?
Yes- that was a repost from last year- forgot to update the year.. 61 years!!
should be a holiday… just kidding…
halfway
a world holiday!