Thursday, December 22, 2016

Faul's Vacation In Kenya

The Beatles' fan club Christmas record of 1967 had what Paul researchers believe is an autobiographical skit describing how our Paul's replacement got hired in 1966.  In the skit, George--as the "hiring boss"--asks "the applicant" how old "the applicant" is, and can't believe it when "the applicant" replies, honestly, that he is 32 years' old.  This would put our Paul's replacement's birth year at ~ 1935.

What makes Paul's replacement's birth year remarkable in the history of England is that there was a military national service scheme in place that did not formally end until 1960.  The law required healthy males 17 to 21 years' old to serve for 18 months.

If Faul (our Paul's replacement) was born in 1935, he would have been liable to begin military duty from ~1952 to ~1957.

The country of Kenya was ruled by the Brits during that time and the Kenyans began an armed rebellion from 1952-1956 against the Brits.  There's a good possibility that Faul was one of those combat troops.

The Kenyans achieved independence in 1963 and Faul achieved a dream job as Beatle Paul in 1966, so I'm speculating that Faul went back to Kenya to take a 6-day "victory lap" before he would attain the role of Paul McCartney in the late 1966, new, new Beatles.

Take a look at a Youtube video titled, "Paul McCartney's replacement trip to Spain and Kenya in the fall of 1966" at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4ZqBKEw1M .  You have to figure that it was Faul's travel companion--Beatles' roadie--Mal Evans who was filming Faul.  Faul was very relaxed and at ease in the Kenyan segment of the video.  Look at the photos from the film of Faul riding along in a car and filming the countryside:

 
At 19:14-19:17 in the video it shows Faul waving at someone and making a distinctive hand gesture. (See photos below.)  He obviously knew someone well enough to do that.  Look at the photo of the hand gesture:
I researched hand signals looking for this particular one.  The closest I could find was an Indian hand position--called a mudra--: this particular mudra called an acceptance mudra that signifies accepting the blessings that are yours. (See photo below.)
The acceptance mudra, though, is not quite the same as Faul's hand signal.
Take another look at Faul's hand signal:  Is it a small letter B" as in now Faul is a Beatle?  Or is it an upside down letter "P"--Faul giving a signal to someone he knew that yes, indeed, he was the new Paul?  Or was  Faul flashing the number "9" to someone he knew?   ??
 
 
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