The Paul McCartney Picture Thread
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Well I certainly missed this thread!
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Here's one just for you L2T! (1967)
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Oh, it's beautiful
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Dec. 31, 1966. Paul picking up Martha to bring her home. She was born June 16, 1966. The older English sheepdog is Cuddles, the breeder's dog.
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Nancy R wrote:
Dec. 31, 1966. Paul picking up Martha to bring her home. She was born June 16, 1966. The older English sheepdog is Cuddles, the breeder's dog.
That's a great photo, thanks for posting it up.
But do you think that December 31 1966 date is correct? Paul's tash seems to have gone AWOL and I'm sure a six and a half month old sheepdog would be a lot larger than Martha is in that photo?
And for a winter photograph, those trees seem to have plenty of leaves on them.
....and finally there's a photo of Martha on this site,taken on 30 January 1967 during the Strawberry Fields video shoot. I'm not sure what Paul was feeding her during those four weeks?
http://www.feelnumb.com/2010/01/10/the-story-about-paul-mccartneys-dog-martha/
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Dec. 31, 1966. Paul picking up Martha to bring her home. She was born June 16, 1966. The older English sheepdog is Cuddles, the breeder's dog.
That's a great photo, thanks for posting it up.
But do you think that December 31 1966 date is correct? Paul's tash seems to have gone AWOL and I'm sure a six and a half month old sheepdog would be a lot larger than Martha is in that photo?
And for a winter photograph, those trees seem to have plenty of leaves on them.
....and finally there's a photo of Martha on this site,taken on 30 January 1967 during the Strawberry Fields video shoot. I'm not sure what Paul was feeding her during those four weeks?
http://www.feelnumb.com/2010/01/10/the-story-about-paul-mccartneys-dog-martha/
That's what I get for posting what somebody else said without thinking about it! It's likely she was much younger and photo was taken well before Dec. 31, 1966. Now I have to track down the guy on FB!
P.S. He got her shortly after he moved into his St. John's Wood home, not shortly after he bought it, as the article states! He bought it in 1965 and moved into it in the spring of 1966. He spent £40,000 renovating it before he and Jane moved in.
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Nancy R wrote:
That's what I get for posting what somebody else said without thinking about it! It's likely she was much younger and photo was taken well before Dec. 31, 1966. Now I have to track down the guy on FB!
Hopefully another date will be offered as I am interested as its such a great photo. If we at least assume that the 31st part is correct then it only really leaves July and October 1966 as possibilities.
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Nancy R wrote:
Dec. 31, 1966. Paul picking up Martha to bring her home. She was born June 16, 1966. The older English sheepdog is Cuddles, the breeder's dog.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v319/njr/7A673B49-6A68-426D-8A82-7629651278D1.jpeg
So is Cuddles Martha's mother? (or possibly father )
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
That's what I get for posting what somebody else said without thinking about it! It's likely she was much younger and photo was taken well before Dec. 31, 1966. Now I have to track down the guy on FB!
Hopefully another date will be offered as I am interested as its such a great photo. If we at least assume that the 31st part is correct then it only really leaves July and October 1966 as possibilities.
Found the guy's original post. He posted again that he was probably wrong and that Paul was probably picking Martha up after their Aug. 1966 tour (she kept Martha for him while he was gone) So Martha would have been about 2 1/2 months old. I pointed out the moustache not being there to him, as well. If you don't think the dog looks that old even, maybe it was earlier when Paul was dropping her off.
Don't know if Cuddles was Martha's mother (or father) but maybe!
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Nancy R wrote:
Found the guy's original post. He posted again that he was probably wrong and that Paul was probably picking Martha up after their Aug. 1966 tour (she kept Martha for him while he was gone) So Martha would have been about 2 1/2 months old.
Don't know if Cuddles was Martha's mother (or father) but maybe!
I think we may have to google sheepdog puppies at various ages / sizes to see if we can get a match? A early September 'pick up' is a strong possibility though. I assumed Cuddles was the mother but I guess she (or he...I'm no expert on sheepdogs) could be unrelated to Martha.
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Found the guy's original post. He posted again that he was probably wrong and that Paul was probably picking Martha up after their Aug. 1966 tour (she kept Martha for him while he was gone) So Martha would have been about 2 1/2 months old.
Don't know if Cuddles was Martha's mother (or father) but maybe!
I think we may have to google sheepdog puppies at various ages / sizes to see if we can get a match? A early September 'pick up' is a strong possibility though. I assumed Cuddles was the mother but I guess she (or he...I'm no expert on sheepdogs) could be unrelated to Martha.
Here's one at 2 months:
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Nancy R wrote:
Here's one at 2 months:
Its difficult to way for sure but it does look pretty close to the size of Martha in the 1966 photo so I suspect it was taken early September after the US tour. What do you think?
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Here's one at 2 months:
Its difficult to way for sure but it does look pretty close to the size of Martha in the 1966 photo so I suspect it was taken early September after the US tour. What do you think?
I also think he was picking Martha up in early Sept. after the tour. Elementary, my dear Watson!
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Nancy R wrote:
I also think he was picking Martha up in early Sept. after the tour. Elementary, my dear Watson!
At least its fun and (hopefully) informative to discuss photos on these threads rather than just looking at them and moving on.
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Kestrel, can you tell the place and date of this photo? (I can!)
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Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel, can you tell the place and date of this photo? (I can!)
In the geodesic dome in Paul's back garden 28th July 1968?
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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel, can you tell the place and date of this photo? (I can!)
In the geodesic dome in Paul's back garden 28th July 1968?
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
This one's for oobu24: (we already all know what year this was!)
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Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel, can you tell the place and date of this photo? (I can!)
In the geodesic dome in Paul's back garden 28th July 1968?
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
This one's for oobu24: (we already all know what year this was!)
https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v319/njr/52E442DD-4DDC-42D2-A02B-0C8237235BF0.jpeg
Yes! Thank you.