THE BEATLES SONG "ELEANOR RIGBY" AND THE BRISTOL CONNECTION THE BRISTOL CONNECTION Did you know that one of the Beatles' worldwide smash hit was inspired by a stroll around Bristol's city centre, and one of the loveliest of their songs at that. Paul McCartney was in Bristol in November, 1965 to join his 19 year-old actress girlfriend Jane Asher who was appearing in the title role of a new play Cleo by Frank Marcus at the Bristol Old Vic's Theatre Royal in King Street and breaking box office records. Paul popped down to Bristol from time to time during the play's run. One evening while Jane was on stage at the Theatre Royal he went for a walk through the nearby streets, his face disguised by a scarf and hat. Beatlemania was still at its height and he would have been mobbed if he'd been recognised. A theme had been buzzing in his head about a girl called Daisy Hawkins, but the name somehow wouldn't fit with the tune he'd been tinkering with alongside his collaborator John Lennon. Daisy, Daisy... perhaps Eleanor instead. And then Paul glanced at a shop on the city centre, saw the shopkeeper's name of Rigby and everything fell into place. The result was one of pop music's finest classics. Eleanor Rigby By John Lennon and Paul McCartney Ah, look at all the lonely people! Ah, look at all the lonely people! Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church Where a wedding has been, Lives in a dream, Waits at the window, wearing a face That she keeps in a jar by the door, Who is it for? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong? Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon That no one will hear. No one comes near. Look at him working, darning his socks in the night When there's nobody there, what does he care? All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong? Ah, look at all the lonely people! Ah, look at all the lonely people! Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried Along with her name. Nobody came. Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands As he walks from the grave No one was saved. All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?

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