Post by paulclarkson on Apr 14, 2006 16:16:10 GMT
Last night we went to a book signing and interview with Cynthia Lennon at a local venue in Hove called The Old Market. We nearly missed this and if it weren’t for a very small advert in a local paper we would have done, although not hugely advertised there was a good turnout to hear Cynthia’s story. Being massive Beatles fans it’s always great to have a chance to see and listen to someone who was actually there. Cynthia Lennon is more than that, she was a part of the Beatles story from the very beginning.
The evening was made up of an interview followed by a question and answer session then a book signing for those that had purchased the book. Celia Quantrill who had helped research the book conducted the interview part of the evening. Cynthia spoke of her love for John, the difficulties in living with his Aunt Mimi, her devastation on finding John and Yoko together for the first time and of her disappointment over John’s relationship with Julian. Cynthia came across as a very nice person who focused on the positive and good rather than dwelling on the negative. When asked by a member of the audience if she was bitter towards John for what he put her through, her response was that she didn’t think it did anybody any good to dwell on bad things that happen as it’s counterproductive. There was a man in the audience who told her that he was a director of the Indica Gallery and had been there at John and Yoko’s first meeting where Yoko was completely smitten with John. It was quite a moment as it was obvious that this was the first time Cynthia had heard this story from someone who was there and she thanked him for sharing this information with her. On questioning, Cynthia also had regret that Julian and Sean had never worked together musically but that she had hopes for the future in that regard. She spoke lovingly of Julian and said that he is working on a new album, encouraged by his mum writing the book, as she said, “if mum can do it so can I”.
Asked what her best memories are of her and John’s time together she said it was when they were carefree art students before all the madness of Beatlemania.
When she signed our book we asked her if she had visited Mendips and she said that she had seen it before the National Trust had restored it but not since as it would be too painful. Cynthia Lennon in our opinion is a very gracious and lovely lady and is obviously very happy with her husband of 4 years who was in the audience.
Paul & Pam Clarkson
The evening was made up of an interview followed by a question and answer session then a book signing for those that had purchased the book. Celia Quantrill who had helped research the book conducted the interview part of the evening. Cynthia spoke of her love for John, the difficulties in living with his Aunt Mimi, her devastation on finding John and Yoko together for the first time and of her disappointment over John’s relationship with Julian. Cynthia came across as a very nice person who focused on the positive and good rather than dwelling on the negative. When asked by a member of the audience if she was bitter towards John for what he put her through, her response was that she didn’t think it did anybody any good to dwell on bad things that happen as it’s counterproductive. There was a man in the audience who told her that he was a director of the Indica Gallery and had been there at John and Yoko’s first meeting where Yoko was completely smitten with John. It was quite a moment as it was obvious that this was the first time Cynthia had heard this story from someone who was there and she thanked him for sharing this information with her. On questioning, Cynthia also had regret that Julian and Sean had never worked together musically but that she had hopes for the future in that regard. She spoke lovingly of Julian and said that he is working on a new album, encouraged by his mum writing the book, as she said, “if mum can do it so can I”.
Asked what her best memories are of her and John’s time together she said it was when they were carefree art students before all the madness of Beatlemania.
When she signed our book we asked her if she had visited Mendips and she said that she had seen it before the National Trust had restored it but not since as it would be too painful. Cynthia Lennon in our opinion is a very gracious and lovely lady and is obviously very happy with her husband of 4 years who was in the audience.
Paul & Pam Clarkson