Three weeks after first meeting John Lennon, Paul McCartney and his brother Michael went to Scout camp at Hathersage in Derbyshire.
The trip was just a few days after McCartney was invited to join the Quarry Men by band member Pete Shotton. The offer was accepted, but the camp trip and a subsequent family holiday at Butlins in Filey, Yorkshire meant he missed the group's first concert at the Cavern Club on 7 August.
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