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[Mr. Kite]

I read somewhere that John & Paul meet coincidentally before they where first introduced to each other in 1957.  I read that they bumped into each other at a resturaunt a week before the official meeting but they never said "Hi," to each other or anything.  Anyways does anyone know if this is true?

Mr. Kite

[Mairi]

I've never heard about it before.

[Billy Shears]

i havent heard that either...just the church socials meeting is what ive always read

[SieLiebtDich]

I haven't either....interesting though...

[Paperbackwriter]

I don't believe that story. Just  in the moment I read , what John said in "ANTHOLOGY" and what  PHILIP NORMAN wrote in his Beatles biography "SHOUT", published in 1981. Both tell the same story: It was Ivan Vaughan, who brought Paul to the GARDEN FETE in St.Peter's Church Field at the 6.th of July in 1957. There's no indication of a coincidentally meeting in a restaurant before. Forget it, I think. Klaus

[pc31]

it maybe that john had met george once b4.and later met him again thru paul.

All I know about this is from a Guiliano-book and we all know that he isn't a reliable source. This is what he wrote:

"The seed that would one day blossom into the songwriting collective known as Lennon and McCartney was sown when they greeted each other in passing outside a local suburban chippy late in the spring of 1957. Following that first brief encounter Paul recalls seeing John climbing aboard the number 86 bus bound for town a couple of uneventful weeks later."

[Mr. Kite]

Humm, so itreally doesn't sound like the truth does it?  I guess the first time the really met was at the fete.

Mr. Kite

[Will Campbell]

Well only John and Paul would truly know.  I would probably stick to the fete meeting as it seems to be the most popular.  Besides, how many times do we remember someone we saw jumping on a bus?

Meeting at the fete brings a better image to mind anyway!