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Paul McCartney buys a farm in Rye, Sussex

Last updated on October 20, 2024

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Article January 1973 • Wings UK tour announced

Article January 1973 • First unofficial Wings Fan Club newsletter published

Article 1973 • Paul McCartney buys a farm in Rye, Sussex

Interview 1973 • Paul Tells: The Beatles Can Try Again

Interview January 1973 • Paul McCartney interview for Cosmopolitan

Next article Jan 13, 1973 • Paul McCartney to work with ATV for the "Zoo Gang" TV series

More from year 1973

In 1973, Paul McCartney bought a 160-acre farm, dubbed Blossom Wood Farm, located near Rye in East Sussex.

This is where the musician isolated during the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 with his daughter Mary and her family, and is where he once lived with his late wife Linda and raised his children.

He apparently was looking to buy in Sussex for a few years:

Back in the late sixties Paul and Linda very nearly bought my Grandparents farm in Surrey. They both visited numerous times and used to take the horses out across the fields. On one such occasion Paul turned up with an acoustic guitar and offered to sing a song for those present, my grandmother chose Eleanor Rigby, and Paul sat on the kitchen stool and sang this song.

Maurice Paton – From Little Willow (song)

Going further

The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After The Break-Up 1970-2001

"An updated edition of the best-seller. The story of what happened to the band members, their families and friends after the 1970 break-up is brought right up to date. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship."

We owe a lot to Keith Badman for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles after the break-up and how their stories intertwined together!

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The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2

This edition of the book compiles more outrageous opinions and unrehearsed interviews from the former Beatles and the people who surrounded them. Keith Badman unearths a treasury of Beatles sound bites and points-of-view, taken from the post break up years. Includes insights from Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, Barbara Bach and many more.

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