BBC Scotland news correspondent Jamie McIvor grew up in Campbeltown in the 1970s and 80s, and said the McCartney’s time in the area is still fondly remembered by people there to this day.
“I remember as a child seeing Paul and Linda in the queue in shops or simply out and about. As a child, you would see them on television but I didn’t appreciate just how famous they actually were,” he said.
“Occasionally a bemused visitor might say that they were sure the person they’d spoken to at the beach was Paul McCartney. I think that made me realise how well known they were.”
He added that the couple were treated as neighbours rather than celebrities by many locals.
An exhibition of Linda McCartney’s photographs in Glasgow in 2019 included a number of pictures taken in the area, some chronicling everyday scenes.