Talk:Pete Shotton
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"Founder" vs. "flounder"
edit"Founder" is a verb, meaning (among other things) to fail. Apple Corps began to fail, as the Beatles began to break up; one hastened the other. "Flounder" can mean "to stumble" or "to flop around", but it doesn't apply as well in this case. Please take note; I am very tired of having to keep undoing this change, even if people mean well in making it. Zephyrad (talk) 02:50, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
The final sentence in the opening paragraph is awkwardly written, and it does not make clear that Shotton attended the same schools as Lennon. I propose the following change: From "Generally referred to as "Pete", he was a close boyhood friend of Lennon's, and also attended the Dovedale Infants School and Quarry Bank schools." TO "Generally referred to as "Pete", he was a close childhood friend of Lennon's. The two boys attended Dovedale Infants School and Quarry Bank High School together." I also think it is noteworthy that the two were frequently in trouble with teachers and the headmaster and that they were caught up in so much mischief together that they were referred to as Lotton and Shennon or Shennon and Lotton. (Ref. Norman, Philip (2008). John Lennon: The Life. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-075401-3. p.62) Carasch (talk) 05:14, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
Owned Supermarket?
editHow did Shotton 'resume ownership' of the supermarket if he was only its manager? Did he buy it from Lennon? When? 121.44.127.206 (talk) 09:45, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
Death date
editHi. IP folk keep changing the death date from the supremely well-sourced "24th" to either "19th" or "20th". Mischief, or does someone somewhere know something significant that the internet does not? Watching this. Ref (chew)(do) 13:41, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
During the Beatles career
editThe only sourced information in this section is that "Shotton also recalls Lennon squinting at the words of a Victorian-era poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal" and "Shotton's wife Beth is the "pretty nurse" selling poppies mentioned in the lyrics of "Penny Lane". Everything else is dubious and doesn't belong here without a source, and the two abovementioned tidbits by themselves are nothing more than trivia, so no point in leaving them in if there's nothing else reliable to say regarding The Beatles. Therefore, this section needs to go. Jah77 (talk) 11:37, 1 January 2022 (UTC)