Monday 26 May 2014

Crossing of the year.



I bet you think that this blog is just a rag bag collection of bits and bobs stuck together with a bit of show and tell, occasional thematic such as deciding to run a whole year of posts with the title "……of the year", some photographs and very rare moments of clarity and insight.

Well, get ready to be impressed.

You know Iain Macmillan?

Well…

The guy who climbed up a step ladder in 1969 and took a picture of the Beatles on a zebra crossing in Abbey Road?

Well I bet you think that’s the whole story and that if you were in a pub trivia quiz competition and the master of ceremonies asked; “in which order were the Beatles on the zebra crossing?” then you would answer John, Ringo, Paul, George.

Hah!

That’s only the half of it!

Did you know that prior to the four lads stepping out of the Abbey Road offices, Iain spent a lot of time getting everything, especially the lighting and the positions, perfectly right?

And did you know that he did that by using stand –ins?

No, I thought not!

So you wouldn’t know that the ORIGINAL line up on that zebra crossing was Paul ('cos he wanted to be part of everything), the policeman (whose job was later to stop the traffic for the final snap), the doorman of the Abbey Road offices (Mr. Paul Cole) and a cat!

The cat belonged to the neighbor who owned the Volkswagen car that was parked on the pavement and which can be seen on the album cover, and was often given a saucer of milk by Mr. Cole and so naturally followed him wherever he went, even across a zebra crossing.

So if you are in a pub quiz and the question comes up –“what was the ORIGINAL line up on the Zebra Crossing Photograph shoot for the Abbey Road album?” – you will now know how to answer.

This is the sort of thing that researchers sift through Bitsnbobs for!

And, of course, any quizmaster worth his salt will go on  -“for a bonus point can you name the cat?”

So can Bitsnbobs help you here too?

Yes!

The cat’s name was Nice.

Isn’t this cool?

Bitsnbobs  -the blog that has all the answers!

Unfortunately, this is all completely made up and came to me in a dream last night.

Sorry.

So that  basically leaves this blog as a rag bag collection of bits and bobs stuck together with a bit of show and tell, occasional thematic such as deciding to run a whole year of posts with the title "……of the year", some photographs and very, very, rare moments of clarity and insight.


Personally I think you can spend hours watching (i've just checked and even at 21.30 on a Sunday evening there are people having their photo taken AND there's a bird singing!) it though to be fair one person I tried to share it with this morning said – “you must be bored.”


Borednbobs?

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