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[freakchic9]

http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20081111/ENTERTAINMENT-US-BEATLES-RIGBY/

It's not letting me copy and paste the story.

[adamzero]

Just read the story.  

That Paul, he's a sly one.  Just sent the document and counted on the receiver to find E. Rigby.

I know I've been hard on Paul at times, but you do have to be kinda a jerk not to like him.

[BlueMeanie]

Salary register sent to woman by Paul McCartney contains name E. Rigby

LONDON - A 97-year-old document that contains clues to the identity of Eleanor Rigby, the subject of one of the Beatles

[Sondra]

Paul's a fascinating guy. His mind works in mysterious ways. Very cool thing to do.

[Geoff]

Photo here, from The Daily Mail.

[Penny Lane]

Forgive me for being dense, but I'm curious as to why she's selling the document now.  She said she received this item back in 1990 when she needed "half a million pounds."  Why didn't she do something with it back then instead of leaving it in a bank vault until 2008?

[zipp]

Thanks for the photo Geoff.
If this is the same Eleanor Rigby buried in Woolton churchyard she would have been 16 years old in 1911. So that makes sense.

[NoNameR]

"E" doesn't necessarily mean "Eleanor"!

[zipp]

Look further down and you'll see Eleanor.

[JimmyMcCullochFan]

Very cool!  

[I am the Paulrus]

McCartney buries Eleanor Rigby claim

Wedsnesday, November 11, 2008

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRb_osqm8NdtcooMz3jK0UBAs5tQ



A pay slip from 1911 listing a scullery maid called E. Rigby.


LONDON (AFP)

[freakchic9]

Maybe the name Eleanor Rigby was just a coincidence. Reporters are making it sound like coincidenceds aren't acceptable.

[cubanheel]

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRb_osqm8NdtcooMz3jK0UBAs5tQ
now he denies it?! Plot thickens ...

[HeatherBoo]

Anything to make a buck!

[Ged]

Look further down and you'll see Eleanor.

Where does it say Eleanor please?

[Jane]

Maybe the two names from the graves just stuck in Paul`s memory and he used them later in his songs without being able to account for their origin.

[NoNameR]

So, according to That document, Ms. E. Rigby was a hospital worker in 1911. The gravestone of Eleanor Rigby states that she was born in 1895 and died in 1939.

An 1895 birth would suggest that it is the Eleanor Rigby born at Runcorn in the Spring of 1895 who would seem to fit the bill for this grave. There's a bit of travelling involved to get her from Runcorn to the Liverpool hospital for 1911, though. But then again, maybe the 'E' isn't actually an 'Eleanor'...?