British man convinces himself old pair of pants once belonged to Paul McCartney
Mike Hoggard, a British man whose jazz band used to play Liverpool’s Cavern Club in the same era as The Beatles, says he owns a pair of Paul McCartney’s leather pants given to him by their manager Brian Epstein in the 60’s. From BBC:
His son-in-law Paul Bennett-Todd, from Leeds, said he was initially “sceptical” about the McCartney connection but after some research had become convinced his father-in-law was in possession of the genuine article.
Trousers marked ‘Paul’
The trousers are marked inside with the name “Paul”
Mr Bennett-Todd said he had examined photos of The Beatles taken at the Cavern Club in 1961 which he believes depict McCartney wearing the trousers his father-in-law now owns.“We can see creases that are indicative of the way that a person might wear those trousers – it’s like a fingerprint, almost.
“They’re exactly the right inside leg measurement and they’re exactly the right waist measurement.
Yes yes, keep telling yourself about the creases. If it turns out the pants did belong to McCartney, Mike’s dream of selling them could pay handsomely. Last December a leather jacket belonging to George Harrison sold for $171,000.
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