Times Online: Paul and John met 50 years ago this weekend...at a church

From Woolton to the world - Times Online: "’m sure they would both rather have met somewhere else. Anywhere else, really, aside from a church summer fete. St Peter’s Parish Church in Woolton doesn’t match the self-image of either John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Lennon would rather have told stories about meeting in a rough Liverpool dance hall, while McCartney sees himself at an avant-garde art exhibition. But in truth a church f�te was a fitting meeting place. The gentle Englishness was more appropriate than either man would acknowledge.

Many stories the Beatles told about themselves were semi-myths, changing through repetition. But the meeting in Woolton 50 years ago this weekend seems to have escaped this fate. The details are agreed. And they even seem to be true."