It’s a question I’ve been pondering for some time, ever since being told many years ago that “Art isn’t for the likes of us” and “you’ve got to know your…
Isn’t it funny collecting stuff; seems such a benign thing to do, you know; something gentle & mild, an interesting hobby perhaps! Ever since I was a young boy, I’ve…
History makes you think….I wonder what would have happened if my grandfather had never travelled to England, or met my grandmother, had never given birth to my father and so…
James Peter Battle in National Service (1947) James Peter Battle came into this world on the twenty first of March 1929, born in a ‘brown caravan’ in Dragon Lane, Whiston;…
I’ve had a lot of emails recently from Beatles fans asking for more information on Eleanor Rigby….this follows on from my previous blog The REAL Eleanor Rigby. So in response…
I decided to digitally restore this photograph of my grandmother Eleanor Rigby for publication in my forthcoming book. I did it in Photoshop CS3 and started by scanning the original into…
Taken from my unpublished autobiographical sketch “How I became CHALK BOY” Chapter 1: Life before Chalk Boy! There have been many tales and myths surrounding one of the Beatles most famous…
I’ve always been fascinated how the things around us change over time…..sometimes almost imperceptibly. I was brought up in the Lancashire town of Prescot, just outside Liverpool, recently I came…
