WINGS FUN CLUB - recollections?
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i have some copies of club sandwich left, just pm me
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When the Official Beatles Fan Club disbanded, it left a void. And then, one day, right on the back of the newly released RRS, there was a tiny ray of sunshine that blossomed into a huge beautiful rainbow. I saved every single issue of Club Sandwich & all that came with it.
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macbrat:
Those newsletters etc from the Fun Club were little treasures! So special to receive them in the post. I ordered a lot of the t-shirts and press kits. Linda's calendars were something I always bought. I think it's hard for people who weren't around then to understand just how wonderful it was. These days you have access to so much information; back then we were starving for news, pictures, anything about Paul. Did anybody here get in on video tapings etc?
I got invited to Take It Away but could not go due to family illness at the time. I think when we were, as you say "starving for news" the excitement and anticipation was wonderful and when the news did come through it was as if it had been personally delivered just to you through the Club Sandwich, it united everyone that received it and made you feel special for belonging to it.
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The fun Club held it's own special magic for all of us. I remember how we'd call each other up & say: "Mine came in today's post! Did you get yours yet?" And we'd either share the news or wait til the others got theirs & not say what was in the current issue, not wanting to spoil the fun.
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I miss it very much
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I was a member for one year ('83). I remember the membership was $10.00. I was SO excited to get my first issue, and every one thereafter! But then in '84 I was living in many different places, without a permanent address. Also spending even $10.00 on something fun was our of the question....so I didn't renew
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Awwww it sounds like so much fun
By some weird coincidence I crossed paths with an ad for Linda's calender for 2010. I had never seen one before. It has the most beautiful picture of a spider web, with dew... plus lots of other really nice ones... I so much would love a fan club, if it was brought back...
I miss Lovely Linda
So beautiful inside and out... *sigh*
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All the great photos in every issue, the free postcarrds & pull-out posters!
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It did feel to us members in the States that the UK members got tons & tons of opporunities to be filmed for some of Pau's videos & got invites to gigs, while we hardly got anything. We felt left out.
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I scanned 2 of my Club Sandwiches to my Facebook- The membership fee for me Was $13.00 per Year. http//www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=240855&id=698467138&l=270973e895
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I also need to add that I got to see PAul in Chicago in 1989 for $18.50 row 35 at Rosemont horizon,and Arrowhead Stadium Row 10 for $18.50, because Paul requested that his funclub members get priority seating.I never felt left out of anything,or cheated-from time to time I wished I lived in the UK just so I'd have those advantages-but it was all good. CHOBBA B CCCP was awesome! I dearly miss Sue Cavanaugh and The Funclub. The only issue I am missing is the last one.I remember asking to join when it first started,to no avail.Then after a few Years,I took pix of my entire McCartney collection and sent it with a letter saying please let me join-and they FINALLY did let me in. thus the 5/87 part of my membership #.I was looking through these and there are some crosswords I never did finish-I guess I'd better get to Work on them!
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Sue was always great when it came to helping out Fun Club Members. Iwonder where she is now & if she still works for Paul in any capacity.
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I wonder how she is too. She was awesome-I miss the excellent Concert seating, The exclusive stuff we had..the magazine was awesome-all Paul and Linda .Just think , we knew him before he was "SIR" lol. I bout the songbooks, and alot of Tshirts and Linda's Photography Book from the funclub. Never quite understood jut WHY we had toPay to be in it-hahaha.considering that Paul had a buck or 2.but that's okay. I think after he became sir Paul,the postage changed to Royal mail.Oh how I miss Par Avion. I was married and living in a little po-dunk town in Kansas when I was in it. Although we understand sadly why it is gone..we will always miss it.
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The neat little badges & things....my Flaming Pie wallet
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Oh yeah ! You are right,Gypsy! I still have all of the Shirts I got,my fave I think is my Only Love Remains T-shirt. And I have The Song books, including The Give My regards to Broadstreet one,with the Script in it. And Linda's Photographs.Great stuff from the Funclub! We were SUPPOSED to get rid of our membership Cards each year when we got a new one.That never happened at MY House lol.
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Nor mine, I've got a collection of Membership cards
Love the Broadstreet book too
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RossingtonRules:
the postage changed to Royal mail.Oh how I miss Par Avion.
The mailing would have always been Royal Mail as until very recently the service had a UK monopoly. However every piece of air mail has a second sticker added at the post office counter identifying it from surface mail as air mail:
Par Avion being French for "by air". It was strange convention using French in this manner as UK - US air mail would not have entered any French speaking territory but it was the term used. Martin
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Par avion. That is cool Martin.
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"Par Avion being French for "by air". I so knew that Martin lol
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I saved everything - envelopes & all