What are the Aintree Iron?
The referral to “Aintree Iron” is actually the railings that surrounded Aintree racecourse. These were taken down to supply the munitions factories during World War Two, as were all the railings around the Aintree, Fazakerley, Walton, Bootle and other areas.
How old is Mike McGear?
77 years (January 7, 1944)
Mike McGear/Age
Who were the scaffold?
Mike McGear
John GormanRoger McGough
The Scaffold/Members
Was Paul McCartney’s brother in the scaffold?
The Scaffold were a comedy, poetry and music trio from Liverpool, England, consisting of musical performer Mike McGear (real name Peter Michael McCartney, the brother of Paul McCartney), poet Roger McGough and comic entertainer John Gorman.
When was Lily the Pink released?
1998
Lily the Pink/Released
Where did paul McCartney grow up?
Liverpool
Like fellow Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey), McCartney grew up in a traditional north of England working-class society, with an extended family frequently visiting the house at 20 Forthlin Road in the Allerton area of Liverpool (the house is now owned by the National Trust).
Why did Mike McGear change his name?
Musical career Mike decided to use a stage name, so as not to appear to be riding his brother’s coattails. After first dubbing himself “Mike Blank”, he settled on “Mike McGear”, “gear” being the Liverpudlian equivalent of “fab”.
Where did Mike McGear get married?
Mike McCartney married Angela Fishwick, a hair stylist, at St Bridget’s Parish Church in the small village of Carrog in Merionethshire, north Wales.
Was Lily The Pink a real person?
The real Lydia Pinkham was a 19th century seller of a commercially successful herbal “women’s tonic,” which was intended to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains. She used the slogan “A Baby in Every Bottle” to advertise her product.
Who recorded Lily the Pink?
The Scaffold
Lily the Pink/Artists
“Lily the Pink” is a 1968 song released by the UK comedy group The Scaffold, which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It is a modernisation of an older folk song titled “The Ballad of Lydia Pinkham”.
What was the shape of the Aintree iron?
Years after this episode, in 1967, Paul McCartney was to record a song with his brother, Mike McGear – who was in the Scaffold – called “Thank U Very Much for the Aintree Iron”. This was the shape of the racetrack itself, like an old-fashioned smoothing-iron that you heated in the coals
Where is the Racecourse in Aintree in England?
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
Who was the Aintree iron in Mersey Beat?
Gary keenen has the correct answer. the Aintree “i” my father was best mates with a compair there and the song was a tribute to this place for making mersey beat what it was. Angela Mavourneen McGinty was the Aintree Iron.
Where is the Aintree I mentioned in the song?
The Aintree I was a meeting place for young musicians, poets etc and was in an area of Liverpool called the Black Bull, Aintree. The “I” stands for institute and indeed it was the Aintree Institute that the song refers to. Sadly it was demolished only a couple of weeks ago. Is it not where Morphy Richards got there ideas from?