Two women from Essex have received a reply from Sir
Paul McCartney, half a century after trying to contact him.
Barbara Bezant
and Lyn Phillips recorded a message to the then Beatle in 1963 and sent a tape
to the London theatre where the band was playing.
Decades later
it turned up at a car boot sale and the women were reunited with the recording
by The One Show.
Sir Paul wrote
to them to thank them for their "lovely tape" and said "better
late than never".
At the time of
the recording, Barbara Bezant and Lyn Phillips were 17 and 19 respectively and
both lived in Eltham, south London.
They saw The
Beatles at the Lewisham Odeon in December 1963 and recorded their message on a
reel-to-reel tape recorder before posting it to the Finsbury Park Astoria,
where the band were due to play.
'Live in hope'
Among other
things, the message said: "This dream is just to come round the back and
see you, but I don't suppose that'll ever happen.
"But we
can always live in hope, can't we?"
The tape was
bought at a car boot sale in Great Yarmouth by local historian David McDermott
who listened to it.
He said:
"It was like sitting in a bubble and being there when these two girls were
making this tape.
"The hairs
on the back of my neck stood up and it made me wonder if these two were still
with us."
The One Show
reunited the pair at The Beatles Story exhibition in Liverpool and presented
them with the letter from Sir Paul.
'Amazed'
It read:
"Hi Linda and Barbara, thanks very much for you lovely tape. It finally
got through, better late than never.
"Great to
hear that you found each other after all these years.
"Keep
enjoying the music, love Paul."
The women had
not seen each other for 40 years, although both were living in Essex - Barbara
in Dovercourt and Lyn in Leigh on Sea.
They said they
were "amazed" to be reunited and to finally get a reply from a Beatle.
Source: BBC
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