McCartney Times

Before The Beatles, John Lennon’s skiffle band, The Quarrymen, raised the roof at various village fêtes, fairs and functions. A 16-year-old Lennon established this formative group in 1956 with some friends from Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, hence the name. They were initially, very briefly, called the Blackjacks, but this was changed early on.In 1957, Lennon met a 15-year-old Paul McCartney at St Peter’s Church Hall fête in Woolton. The pair got on like a house on fire with a side order of kerosene; it was only a matter of time before McCartney was inducted as a Quarryman, initially as a rhythm guitarist. The pair found chemistry as friends and songwriters as Lennon invited the new recruit to jam at his house, where he lived with his aunt, Mimi Smith.

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