Who is the mysterious figure on the Abbey Road Album Cover?
In 1969 Paul Cole from BarefootBay in Florida was in London with his wife on a sightseeing trip. After a long day, when Mrs Cole suggested visiting another museum Paul told her: “I’ve seen enough museums, You go on in, take your time and look around and I’ll just stay out here and see what’s going on.” There was a black police car parked outside and Paul started a conversation with the driver. As he talked Paul noticed a man on a stepladder in the middle of the road with a camera. That man was Iain Macmillan, the photographer who had been invited by John Lennon to take the photograph for the latest Beatles album, Abbey Road. Paul then noticed ‘a bunch of kooks’ walking single file ‘like a line of ducks’ across the crossing ‘Well you don’t walk around London in your bare feet’ added Paul, referring to Paul McCartney. He returned home and forgot about the incident until about a year later when he noticed the Abbey Road album on top of the family record player. He picked it up and was ast
