The day Paul McCartney carried my case
AFTER a recent story in the John O'Groat Journal about Paul and Linda McCartney visiting Wick, I went on a desperate search for a relic that would help tell my own story of meeting the superstar couple.
The original article concerned two sisters who reflected on a missed opportunity to get Paul's autograph when the ex-Beatle came to Caithness 50 years ago on holiday.
The singer/songwriter and his family, along with their dog, visited the county in the summer of 1970 and then teenagers Irene Brass and Elaine Mackenzie said they couldn't believe their father had failed to get an autograph even though he skippered a boat taking them to Orkney.
My own story dates from 11 years later, when I was a student at the University of Kent in Canterbury and was returning to my parents in Wick at the end of the spring semester in March 1981.
Source: David G Scott/johnogroat-journal.co.uk
