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PAUL MCCARTNEY is interviewed on ‘Ready Steady Go!’; March 20th, 1964.

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Boyfriend The Beatles in Paris | January 1964

In February 1968, Paul McCartney began running a series of ads in New Musical Express to promote Apple Corps. All of the ads were photos or drawings chosen by Paul, with no text except the word Apple.

All those weird photos which you have seen in the press recently advertising the Beatles’ Apple companies, have been selected by Paul.

He thought up the idea for the Apple advertising campaigns and visited many of the photo agencies in London so that he could plough through thousands of photos in order to find what he wanted.

Julian Lennon and Parents

Late March 1965 - A set of previously unpublished photos by Henry Grossman featuring Julian Lennon and his parents at their Weybridge, Surrey home, Kenwood. 

Henry Grossman wrote: Cynthia was a kind hostess and an attentive wife and mother to John and Julian. I took several informal family portraits of the three of them together. This domestic side of John had never been photographed.

“It was just like seeing John walk through that door again. [Sean] is just like John, with the same mannerisms and everything - it’s amazing. […] Yoko also brought a copy of the latest record and autographed it for my son, Michael. Mimi is so much more cheerful now. I think the visit has done her good. She will remember today for a long time.” [Anne Cadwaller, aka Nanny, John’s Aunt, Liverpool Echo, 1984]

Yoko and 8 year old Sean Lennon visit many of John’s old haunts in Liverpool on the 24th January 1984. They had visited Japan and France and then on the spur of the moment, they decided to go to Liverpool, possibly at the request of Sean, who wanted to see John’s birthplace.

Strangely, they had some trouble at Manchester Airport, when customs insisted on a thorough search of their luggage, but once that was over with three limousines took them to Liverpool. (Yoko and Sean had an entourage of 7 people with them, including 2 bodyguards, still paranoid about being attacked after John - plus a hoard of press met them at the airport).  

First they visited Strawberry Fields and then Mendips, where Sean was given a Cavern Club badge. (There was a lot of press following, but apparently they returned later in private to look around properly). They visited Penny Lane, Quarrybank and some other Liverpool landmarks and then in the afternoon arranged to visit Aunt Mimi.

Mimi had been living with her sister Anne (who was known as Nanny) in Rock Ferry as Mimi was suffering from a heart condition and Anne was taking care of her. The press were not invited to come to visit Mimi, as Yoko had requested that the visit be kept private. Sean and Yoko stayed all afternoon with Anne and Mimi. 

When Sean was asked what part of his Liverpool trip he’d enjoyed the most, he replied, “I liked Aunt Mimi’s house best.”

“[Sean] got on so well with Mimi, it was great. It was beautiful to meet her again. I had a lovely day - it was really beautiful. I’m glad that I came back here, and I’m glad I showed Liverpool to Sean. […] We came to Liverpool for Sean - it’s his heritage. We’ve had a wonderful day.“ [Yoko, 1984]