Miranda Ward said that Paul played “every pub standard” on the piano – but for some reason refused to play 'Yellow Submarine'. He sat belting out pub songs all evening with everybody singing along until about two in the morning. Paul, being the sort of character he is, just grins at everybody, shouts out ‘Evenin’ all’ and then installs himself at the piano. The punters in the pub just couldn’t believe it. Spencer Davis takes up the story: “I’m sitting in the bar when in walks Paul and Ringo. In the evening, Paul and Ringo decided to take up an invitation by Spencer Davis to visit the Tywarnhayle pub in Perranporth and set off with a small group, including roadie Neil Aspinall and BBC reporter Miranda Ward, arriving at the pub just before closing time. The party returned to the Atlantic Hotel for a late lunch at 4pm. In the afternoon, the film had to return to London and BBC reporter Miranda Ward was asked by Paul McCartney to help out – so she followed him around the field, switching on her tape recorder when he asked her to. John Lennon emerges from a tent during filming in a field not far from Newquay (Image: Chapman/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Every passenger on the coach was filmed going into the tent, one at a time, for a humorous sketch in the final film. They ended up a cornfield at Tregurrian, not far from Newquay, where a tent was erected for a sequence of George meditating to his song, 'Blue Jay Way'. After breakfast, the coach and its passengers set off in search of a quiet field to film in. The next day, Thursday, September 14, was the Magical Mystery Tour’s final full day in the Westcountry. They chatted and had a drink with The Beatles – and even got roped in to do some filming at the hotel. Spencer Davis and his wife and daughters were staying at Perranporth’s Tywarnhayle pub, the landlord of which was Leslie Leslie, the father of Spencer Davis’s roadie Alec Leslie. He was on holiday with his family at nearby Perranporth and had heard The Beatles were in Newquay, so he rang the Atlantic Hotel and spoke to Beatles roadie Mal Evans, who invited him over. In the evening, another pop star turned up at the Atlantic Hotel – Spencer Davis. Parts of it were broadcast over the next few weeks. That afternoon, George recorded an interview with reporter Miranda Ward for a radio programme called Scene and Heard on the new BBC station Radio 1. He wanted The Beatles to shoot their own television spectacular, writing and producing it themselves, using the knowledge they had gleaned while making their first two feature films. The tour was said to have been Paul McCartney's idea. The eerie Cornwall derelict camp where 23 soldiers died is up for sale.The Fab Four were still at the peak of their powers, so any kind of appearance in Cornwall was surely out of the question.īut having set themselves the task of filming the experimental movie Magical Mystery Tour, based on a mystery tour around Britain, the world’s most famous pop group opted for one of the most enigmatic regions possible. It was September 1967, and the summer of love was reaching its dying embers.Ī few months earlier The Beatles had released their iconic Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album, considered by many to be the greatest of all time. A letter signed by three of The Beatles also went under the hammer (Image: Unique Auctions/BNPS) The full story of The Beatles in Cornwall
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