In 2017, St Peter’s Church and Bishop Martin CE Primary School opened their doors to welcome the world to Woolton village as we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the day that John Lennon and Paul McCartney met!

But what if that meeting had never taken place?  What if there had been no Beatles?

In his excellent book, Conversations with McCartney (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015), journalist and author Paul Du Noyer pondered that very question and wrote about a world in which the butterfly had never “flapped its wings” and the “distant mountain” had not “tumbled over.”

As a custodian of the legacy of that “fateful” day for over 15 years, I found Paul’s ideas  intriguing and thought-provoking, and I am indebted to Paul for allowing me to share them with you!

Read, enjoy … and imagine!

This extract is reproduced here with the very kind permission of Paul Du Noyer.  Please do not download or reproduce without the expression written permission of Paul Du Noyer.

Conversations With McCartney (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2015) is available from all good booksellers, from Amazon by clicking HERE or from Paul McCartney’s official website HERE! 

For more information on Paul Du Noyer, visit his website by clicking HERE!