WINGS FUN CLUB - recollections?
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I have the last 15 issues of CS. It was exciting to receive the magazine in my home every season...I didn´t receive tickets or gifts because I live in Buenos Aires; anyway I felt happy every time the magazine came to my hands
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david mitchelson:
I was a member....I think we had decimel currency at the time.....I remember earning a tidy sum running a little racket, sorry enterprise at school drawing Wings symbols/backgrounds etc and pictures of Paul onto people's art folders and haversacks etc .....got a few groats for that.
I remember perfecting drawing the Wings symbol
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anyone else remember Club Sandwich?
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What you said about Sue is so true, (((((((((Fi))))))))))
I dashed off a letter to the Club asking for tickets to Live Aid knowing I'd be in London anyway on the date of the concert. I had little hope as the show had been reported as being sold out and it was only one week until the concert of all concerts. A couple of days later Sue called, offering two tickets. I was so shocked that I couldn't make up my mind at once. She told me she'd call again a day later. As soon as I had hung up the phone I panicked; I was sure I had blown my chance. I needn't have worried though as she called exactly 24 hours later and this time there was no hesitating!
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It was too late to send the tickets so it was arranged for me to pick them up at MPL. The staff there was very helpful too, explaining this fan from Switzerland how to get to the Wembley stadium. I still have the ticket stubs in my collection.
I'll always be grateful to Sue and the staff at MPL for making a dream come true.
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That was brilliant of Sue for looking after you so well ((((((((((((((((Liz)))))))))))))). She was always so helpful
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Thanks to the Wings Fun Club, i was able to see Wings at the City Hall in Newcastle in 1979. Because i lived a fair distance from Newcastle, i was sold 2 tickets for five pounds fifty pence each,and didn't have to get tickets from the venue.I think in those days credit card sales over the phone were rare,so you had to get them from the box office in person. Seeing Paul in such a small Theatre is something i'll never forget. Having only a laptop since September, i missed out on tickets for the small gigs last year. The frustrating thing last year was the Roundhouse gig.I was trying to get tickets while on a coach travelling to see Brian Wilson in London.Impossible on a mobile to get anywhere,signal kept coming and going,very annoying.
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Loved Wings Fun Club. I joined quite a bit before Club Sandwich was produced and remember a lovely girl who wrote the newsletter called Claire who came from Kingswinford. Through the club I got tickets for the filming of Big Barn Bed for the James Paul McCartney TV special and also managed to get second row centre seats at the Hammersmith Odeon for Wings first proper tour. May 25th 1973 - exactly 35 years ago
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Lucy,Claire,Nicky & Sue.....where are you now?
Its a pity those girls aren't posting on here.....they've probably got a lot of entertaining stories to tell about the early days of the fun club.
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I too have fond memories of the days of the Fun Club and Club Sandwich...in those pre-internet days detailed information on what Paul was up to was often scarce, so it was always nice to receive another magazine update. I was lucky enough to win a pair of tickets through Club Sandwich to the gig held to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 'Buddy Holly Week', back in 1995. It was a great night, featuring performances from the Crickets, Carl Perkins, Bobby Vee...plus a surprise appearance from Paul, who sang a version of 'Rave On', backed up by all the other artists. It proved to be a night to remember for an excited 14 year old McCartney fan, stood at the front clutching his instant camera.
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This thread always makes me feel very nostalgic for the Wings Fun Club, I still miss it loads
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Fiona M:
This thread always makes me feel very nostalgic for the Wings Fun Club, I still miss it loads
same here
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Fiona M:
anyone else remember Club Sandwich?
i had a poem printed in it,,, wish i still had a copy
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nowords:
i had a poem printed in it,,, wish i still had a copy
I've just been reading it....its on the back page of CS #7 (February/March 197
. Nice poem too.
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I've just dug out No 7 and can see two poems on the back. Don't know which one was yours. I've also found all my original newsletters from 1973 - a lifetime ago!
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wispa:
I've just dug out No 7 and can see two poems on the back. Don't know which one was yours.
I think line 4 might offer a clue!
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Ahhh yes, just found it!
Somehow I missed the third poem. Good clue...
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I'd go and have a look at the poem but my collection don't go back that far
I only started getting CS in 1982.
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Well,if nowords gives his permission then i'm sure one of us can post it up here. But thirty years on,he might have second thoughts about that.
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Kestrel:
wispa:
I've just dug out No 7 and can see two poems on the back. Don't know which one was yours.
I think line 4 might offer a clue!
can you put the poem on here
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Kestrel:
Well,if nowords gives his permission then i'm sure one of us can post it up here. But thirty years on,he might have second thoughts about that.
I would love it to be on here From the bits i remember nut the order may be wrong and parts mixed up When I listen to wings my heart starts to glow I feel like listening to Rock Show ???a rocker by far but not as fast as medicine jar No words must be the best but like us all i love the rest ????? another good song when I listen to wings you cant go wrong