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About Cynthia Lennon
Born in Blackpool on 10 September 1939 Cynthia
Powell grew up first in Liverpool before moving to Hoylake, the Wirral, at the
outbreak of the Second World War. She has two elder brothers, Tony and Charles.
Cynthia attended the Junior Art School in
Liverpool from the age of 12. When she was 18 she began her course at Liverpool
College of Art which is where she first met John Lennon. Initially she was wary
of him - he was quite different to any other young man she had met - scruffy,
disruptive in class and just a bit rough around the edges.
At an end of term dance John asked Cynthia to
dance and that was the beginning of their eight years together. They were
virtually inseparable until John and the Beatles went to Hamburg in 1960.
On their return Cynthia found herself pregnant.
John asked her to marry him and the ceremony took place at Mount Pleasant
Register Office on 23 August 1962 with Brian Epstein as best man. John's family
refused to attend. Brian Epstein treated everyone to a wedding breakfast at
Reece's Restaurant in Clayton Square and as a wedding present gave the
newly-weds the use of his private apartment.
The Beatles were on the brink of fame and away
working nearly every night; added to that Brian insisted that the marriage
remain a secret, so Cynthia was left by herself most of the time.
After complications arose with the pregnancy
Cynthia moved out of Epstein's apartment and in with John's Aunt Mimi. Their son
Julian was born at 7.45 am on 8 April 1963. It was a week before John saw his
son.
Initially Cynthia and baby Julian moved back in
with Mimi, but after a few months Cynthia took up her mother, Lillian's,
invitation to come and live with her at Hoylake. John and the Beatles continued
to tour. Before long though the secret of John and Cynthia's marriage and the
birth of their baby was out in the open. They moved to London, but the fans
found out where they lived and they were besieged. Eventually the family moved
to 'Kenwood', Weybridge in July 1964.
Cynthia believes that it was LSD that caused the
beginning of the end of their marriage. Now Yoko had entered their lives and in
August 1968 Cynthia filed for divorce. The divorce was granted on 8 November
1968. Cynthia was only 28.
Two years later Cynthia married Italian hotelier,
Roberto Bassanini. The marriage lasted three years and after that she decided to
return to Cheshire. She and Julian settled in a cottage in Ruthin, North Wales.
In 1976 Cynthia married John Twist, an engineer from Lancashire. They were
together for five years. After this Cynthia changed her name back to Lennon by
deed poll.
By 1984 Cynthia was living near Penrith in
Cumbria with a new partner, Liverpudlian Jim Christie.
Over the years Cynthia has worked on several
projects including running several restaurants, designing textiles and clothes.
She wrote her autobiography 'A Twist Of Lennon' in 1978, which featured her
unique pen and ink drawings. In recent years Cynthia has returned to her career
as an artist. In 1999 she and her long time friend Phyllis McKenzie held an
exhibition of their work at a London gallery.
Presently Cynthia lives in Europe with her husband Noel
Charles.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYNTHIA!!!! Have a great day. Lots of love, XX
to you!
