The favourites were the Americans, because they swung like sh*t - apart from the Scots, who were really the favourites. All the bands of the world's armies would come and march and play. The Edinburgh Festival and the Tattoo in the castle. John: Edinburgh is one of my favourite dreams. Francis de Sales, St Francis of Assisi or St Francis Xavier. Of the Liverpool 'Saint' schools it doesn't match the school badge of St. It's more likely a school cap from the photographer's prop box. The font does match the badge of the San Francisco Seals baseball team and while its nice to imagine that Alf Lennon picked it up as a gift for John during one of his voyages it's unlikely the Seals logo would have found its way onto a school cap as team branded souvenirs probably didn't exist then. The letters don't stand for "Strawberry Field" (and why would he be wearing a cap from there anyway? At the time this photo was taken the home only took in girls). It's sometimes described as John's school cap and yet none of the three schools he attended - Mosspits, Dovedale and Quarry Bank had cap badges that matched this one. The cap with the "SF" emblem John is wearing in the Lewis's photos has caused much debate on the Facebook page for this blog and elsewhere.
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