![]() ![]() Yes John did say that so he even admitted that he loved her. Perhaps if we took things slower we would have made it. We were young, big headed and got into physical relationship too soon. John said himself in 1974 that he did love Cynthia by saying “It was said I never loved Cyn. Some people do say that John never loved Cynthia and that he only married her because she got pregnant. John Charles Julian Lennon (known as Julian, and named after John’s late mother), was born in Sefton General Hospital on 8 April 1963. The marriage remained a secret during the band’s early years, at the behest of manager Brian Epstein, to avoid the risk of alienating their fans.ĭuring the pregnancy Brian Epstein allowed John and Cynthia to use his flat at 36 Faulkner Street, though they moved back to Mendips before the birth. On the wedding night, Lennon played in Chester with The Beatles. He and Cynthia married on 23 August 1962 at the Mount Pleasant Register Office, Liverpool. This they did, though not without fierce opposition from Mimi, who threatened never to speak to Lennon again. His response to the news was: “There’s only one thing for it Cyn – we’ll have to get married.” She and Lennon had never used contraception – the couple reportedly never discussed it. In July 1962 Cynthia learned that she had failed one of her teacher training exams, and also that she was pregnant. When The Beatles returned to Hamburg in 1962 she moved out of Mendips and eventually settled in a bedsit at 93 Garmoyle Road, where she was later joined by Dot Rhone. She asked Mimi if she could rent a room at 251 Menlove Avenue (‘Mendips’), which she agreed to, on condition that Cynthia also did chores around the house.Īfter leaving the College of Art Cynthia trained to become a teacher. On her return Cynthia found out that her mother was emigrating to Canada. He once slapped her face after she had dances with Sutcliffe, which led to them breaking up for three months until Lennon apologised profusely. They would often have sex in alleys or doorways, and Lennon often showed jealousy towards her. The early days of their relationship were turbulent. She pretended to be engaged to Barry, which angered Lennon – he stormed off, shouting: “I didn’t ask you to fucking marry me, did I?” Although she went to the pub, Lennon ignored her until she was about to leave, whereupon he grabbed her hand, took her to a room rented by Stuart Sutcliffe, and the pair had sex for the first time. They began a relationship before the summer holidays in 1958, when Lennon invited her to the Ye Cracke pub with him and some friends after a college party. She also dyed her hair blonde after hearing him comment favourably about another girl who looked like Brigitte Bardot – when Lennon saw her, he called out: “Get you, Miss Hoylake!” She changed her style of dressing, and often didn’t wear her glasses. Although he wasn’t her normal type, Cynthia felt drawn towards him. She met John Lennon in a lettering class at college, when he tapped her on the back and said, “Hi, I’m John”. Although they discussed marriage, their relationship waned when he was unfaithful to her. A diligent student, she fell into a relationship with a boy called Barry whom she described as the “Romeo of Hoylake”. ![]() Lillian Powell, meanwhile, eased the financial pressure without her husband by renting out their master bedroom to four apprentice electricians.Ĭynthia started at Liverpool College of Art in September 1957. ![]() Before her father died of lung cancer in 1956, he told her she would have to support her mother, and couldn’t go to the art college. Cynthia was raised in the well-to-do area of Hoylake, Wirral, across the river Mersey from Liverpool.Īt the age of 12 she gained a place at the Junior Art School, near to the Liverpool College of Art. She was born to Charles and Lillian Powell, and had two older brothers, Anthony (Tony) and Charles. ![]()
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