6 July 1957. John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the 1st at the St Peter’s Church Garden Fête in Woolton, Liverpool. They met before Lennon gave an evening performance with his band The Quarrymen. The meeting changed the course of musical and culture history.
WOOLTON VILLAGE FETE
6 July 1957 - @JohnLennon's band The Quarrymen are playing at Woolton Village Fete in Liverpool, watched by @PaulMcCartney, who meets John after the show. This is where it all begins. - What's your favourite Lennon & McCartney song?
On 6th July 1957, history was made. @Johnlennon & @paulmccartney met for the first time at the St Peter's Church garden fete.
When the two were introduced by Ivan Vaughan, Paul showed off his guitar skills & two weeks later, he joined the band.
2 July 2001. Liverpool’s Speke Airport was renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport as a tribute to John Lennon who was born and raised in Liverpool and had been a member of The Beatles. The airport was the 1st in the UK to be named after an individual.
Irish couple left speechless after a small-town Alabama restaurant owner quietly picked up their entire tab.
Meanwhile, the same people who spent years sneering that Alabama was nothing but “backward rednecks” just got a masterclass in Southern hospitality. No lectures. No virtue signaling. No social media performance. Just genuine kindness from people the elites love to mock.
Turns out character isn’t measured by ZIP code—it’s measured by actions. And once again, small-town America embarrassed the self-appointed “tolerant” crowd without saying a word.
Hope you’re having a great Saturday & weekend: this is a wonderful moment from a consistently funny short by Stan & Ollie made in 1932 called Towed in a Hole