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HIS LIFE STORY / HOROSCOPE / FUTURE PLANS By John Lennon (Published in 1963) As a child I lived a life of uninterrupted calm. I don't recall feeling desperately sad or unusually happy. Unfortunately that calm was suddenly shattered when my mother died before my fourteenth birthday. Only those who have experienced such a tragedy can imagine how awful it is. I don't like talking about it because it's too great a sorrow to be publicized, but I hope all of you who have two parents living will appreciate them. After Mum died, I went to live with my Aunt Mimi. She's the greatest, bless her heart. We have a little house, with frilly curtains at the windows, and an old apple tree in the front garden. When I'm away from home, I think about Aunt Mimi and her frilly curtains and her apple tree, and I realize I'm fortunate, because though Mum was taken away from me, I was given something precious in return. Growing up in Liverpool isn't muc...

“The guitar’s all very well, John, but you’ll never make a living out of it.” John Lennon’s aunt Mimi was skeptical about his career plans. John Winston Ono Lennon, (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and “wrote some of the most popular mu

. . . George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney in May 1967  Photo from EW.com . . . The fifth Beatle?  The band, with an unnamed feathered friend, in 1968 Photo from EW.com .

John Lennon smoking cigarette Lennon, John smoking cigarette while performing with Beatles pop group in 1963 British composer, writer, singer and guitarist 9 October, 1940 – 8 December 1980

Sunroom Interior Sunroom Exterior John Lennon outside The Sunroom

Julian Lennon in The Sunroom Kenneth Partridge, an Interior Designer who had decorated Brian Epstein’s London flat, was asked by John Lennon to design the interior at Kenwood. Cynthia Lennon said “We liked some of the lavish designs, but they weren’t what we’d have chosen, let to ourselves. The results in one room almost gave John apoplexy: when he came home to find the Sunroom, a bright room with lots of windows, swathed in dark green material, like a bizarre wedding marquee, he was furious. He tore it down then and there”. Sunroom Interior John Lennon outside The Sunroom John Lennon outside The Sunroom Sunroom Exterior

John Lennon and The Fool in The Sunroom John Lennon's Sunroom at Kenwood

John's Women Mirror by Alan Aldridge The Picture on John Lennon's wall in the Sunroom by Alan Aldridge; along with a map of Britain... John Lennon in Sunroom 1967

George Harrison and Richard Starkey in Sunroom Beatles Monthly - June 29th 1967 John Lennon outside the Sunroom Cynthia Lennon in the Sunroom