Paul's parents, Mary & Jim
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SurSteven wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
SurSteven wrote:
Very cool that Paul's mum was a Catholic Nurse. Many Catholics sure Love...LET IT BE!!!
The person who wrote that has no idea that Paul was writing about his birth mother, named Mary, not the mother of Jesus!
Ambiguity...is the WORD! It's not hard to see how the Creator of The Universe can accomplish many things...with things that appear to be...only one thing. This was posted below the article...
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I remember hearing on the radio that let it be was inspired by a dream that Paul McCartney had about his mother whose name was Mary saying to let it be this problem with the Beatles break up which was causing him great pain would go away and the further said that he got drunk for 2 days because of the pain and realize this was not the right thing to do so the song was inspired by a dream he had about his mother by his mother who spoke to him in a dream I further think that this is the perfect anthem for the Med j u g o r j e apparitions of Mary and so inspired by heaven in a dream and so has a sort of double meaning or double source. Let It Be is the Fiat of the Virgin Mary and she gives messages at Medjugorje which are speaking words of wisdom. Only time will tell."
Mike Shannon is correct (except that Paul went on a longer drinking binge than 2 days and it occurred many months after Let It Be was written/recorded in January 1969. It was the fall of 1969 he had what he described as “almost a nervous breakdown” up in Scotland at their farm) I don’t agree with anything he said starting with “I further think.” Sorry, we must agree to disagree with regards to ambiguity, Steven.
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Leslie, thanks for the (new to me) pics of Mike’s wedding. That must be her parents behind her in the one pic. Angie McCartney is 88 now and still does FB live podcasts! Ruth is 58.
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Happened to find this lovely photo of Paul's mum, from when she was a midwife, and wanted to share it here
http://ailsaavenue.tumblr.com/post/100090214953/mary-mohin-a-lovely-photograph-my-mum-the-one
Mary Mohin: A lovely photograph. My mum- the one on the right- outside Walton Hospital, where she was a nurse and where Paul and I were born. Being the first son, he got a private ward, but I didn’t.
this was taken before the war and before Mum married Dad. After the war she became a commuinty midwife. I remember her going off to bring babies into the world on her little bike with a box on the back and a wicker basket on the front…. Mike McCartney -
Those babies would be about 80 years old now!
Great pic - never saw before! Paul’s daughter Mary looks a lot like his mum imho.
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Nancy R wrote:
Those babies would be about 80 years old now!
Great pic - never saw before! Paul’s daughter Mary looks a lot like his mum imho.
Thanks, Nancy! I think Paul looks like his Dad, and therefore Mary (who looks like Paul) seems to resemble the McCartney side too, but she looks like her mother as well... In my opinion, Mike seems to resemble his Mum more than Paul, but someone else may see the opposite of course.
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This is about 71 years ago!
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Sweet photo of Paul and brother Mike! Paul is wearing an interesting hat, and looks like he's been gathering some sticks that are at his feet. Not sure what he has in his hand. Maybe it's a hammer and he's building a fort with the sticks, lol
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A few other pics of Paul with brother Mike
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LadyLeslie wrote:
Sweet photo of Paul and brother Mike! Paul is wearing an interesting hat, and looks like he's been gathering some sticks that are at his feet. Not sure what he has in his hand. Maybe it's a hammer and he's building a fort with the sticks, lol
That hat was originally on Paul’s baby (female) cousin in another pic! Guess he purloined it!
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Paul wishes his father a Happy Daddy's Day.
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Thanks, Oobu! Saw that on Facebook. Looks like it was taken at the same time as this one. (Caption says "Taken by Linda McCartney, 1969")
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Walton Hospital, Liverpool, where Paul was born. Since his mother was a midwife there, she was able to get a private room for the birth.
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I know, OT, but wanted to show where John was born:
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This is what Walton Hospital looked like in 2011:
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Nancy, thanks for sharing the photos of the hospital where John Lennon was born, was interesting to see them. Especially liked the plaque that's placed on the outside of the building in honor of John.
That's great you were able to see Walton Hospital when you were in Liverpool. I imagine it's still in use as some kind of a medical building today.
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It’s now called The Walton Centre:
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Nancy R wrote:
It’s now called The Walton Centre:
Thanks for the link. When you were in Liverpool, were you able to see the church where Paul's parents were married? It's a Life Skills centre now... (photos were posted previously in this thread.)
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LadyLeslie wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
It’s now called The Walton Centre:
Thanks for the link. When you were in Liverpool, were you able to see the church where Paul's parents were married? It's a Life Skills centre now... (photos were posted previously in this thread.)
I don’t recall seeing it. I saw the church that was in the carpool karaoke. I had always heard that he got turned down to sing in the choir there.
The Liverpool Cathedral which I think is the church in the video: (2016)
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Nancy R wrote:
LadyLeslie wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
It’s now called The Walton Centre:
Thanks for the link. When you were in Liverpool, were you able to see the church where Paul's parents were married? It's a Life Skills centre now... (photos were posted previously in this thread.)
I don’t recall seeing it. I saw the church that was in the carpool karaoke. I had always heard that he got turned down to sing in the choir there.
The Liverpool Cathedral which I think is the church in the video: (2016)
Great photo, Nancy! I remember him saying on Carpool Karaoke "I used to sing there" when pointing to the Cathedral. Some biographies say he auditioned to be a choirboy but didn't make it. The wikipedia article on the cathedral at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Cathedral indicates the Cathedral is Church of England/Anglican, and Protestant. Perhaps because he was baptised a Catholic, he wasn't able to participate in an Anglican choir? If that's the case, it's a shame he wasn't able to participate in the music there, because it would have been a good foundation for his early musical life, and his singing. But he seemed to do ok with that anyway and they're the ones who missed out by passing up a great singing voice addition to their choir!
Edited to add: Just did some checking... The catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool wasn't built until 1962, and there hadn't been one in Liverpool before then. The largest Catholic Church in Liverpool was the Church of St Vincent de Paul, built in 1857. Maybe Paul was able to sing there at one time. This is a photo of the Church, from its wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Vincent_de_Paul,_Liverpool