All his troubles were far away

Press, 24 October 1984, Page 14

All his troubles were far away

NZPA-AAP London The former Beatle, Paul McCartney, has told of the day ' he went busking in London and nobody recognised him. The superstar played guitar on the streets as part of a sequence for his new film, “Give My Regards to Broad Street,” the “Sun” reported. McCartney who appears

in the movie with his wife, Linda, said: “They just made me up and dropped me off. I never thought we’d get away with it. “But they kept putting dir t on and ruffling up my hair. I was looking better and better so I thought ’why not?’ “I was doing a silly ver- ' sion of ’yesteniay’ and noone noticed it was me. "They’d toss coins and I’d

be going: Yesterday, all my troubles - thank you sir - seemed so far away’.” During filming around London’s Broad Street railway station, McCartney, who is 43 was grabbed by a drunken Scot. “He was fabulous. He didn’t know me from Jesus but he threw his arm around me and gave me all these coins. “I started doing these

little dances and “some punks, with their studs and leather jackets, came by. “They were dancing too, not because this guy’s a Beatle, but because this was something happening. "It was a great feeling. Just me and the music.” McCartney, who is a millionaire, said that he made sure the money was given to to the Seaman’s Mission.