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Paul McCartney shared a humorous memory from his teenage years with fellow Beatle George Harrison involving an electric milk truck — and an unfortunate shock.
During a recent appearance on “The Rest Is History” podcast, McCartney reflected on ahitchhiking tripthe pair took as teenagers while traveling toward Wales.
The 83-year-old musician said the experience later inspired part of a song featured on his upcoming album “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” which is scheduled for release later this month.
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McCartney told host Tom Holland that the two accepted a ride from a slow-moving electric “milk float,”a type of delivery vehiclecommonly used in Britain at the time.
“Those were the only vehicles we knew that were electric, [and this one] went about four miles an hour,” McCartney said.“But it was a lift, so we were quite happy.”

Paul McCartney of Beatles fame recently recalled a funny teenage memory in which George Harrison got an electric shock from a milk float while the two were hitchhiking to Wales.(Jim Dyson/Getty Images)
He said the driver sat onone side of the vehicle,while a large battery occupied the center area between the seats.

McCartney said that he and George Harrison were traveling in an electric milk float when Harrison accidentally got shocked by the vehicle’s battery.(Edward Wing/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
“Bang!He jumps up,” McCartney recalled, yelling, ‘Ahhh!'”
Turns out “the battery gave him a bolt.”
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McCartney said she remembered hearing the story differently and believed that he — McCartney — had been the one shocked, not Harrison.
He added that the mix-up showed howmemories can change over time.

Harrison, at left, along with McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr, in the early days of the Beatles.(Keystone/Getty Images)
“I think it’s amazing the way memory does that.It can just morph,” he said.
Harrison died in 2001 at age 58 after abattle with cancer.
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The guitarist and songwriter was a member of The Beatles alongside McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr.
McCartney’s upcoming album is called“The Boys of Dungeon Lane”and is set to be released May 29.
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