![]() ![]() It’s quite possible that he inspired a young John Lennon to take to the instrument. He was a versatile performer and could play almost anything. One of them was Max Geldray who would play a different song on the harmonica every week accompanied by his band. One possible reason for his interest in the harmonica could be traced to “The Goons”, one of his favourite radio shows. He used it to great effect on “Love Me Do” and other early Beatles tunes. Over the years it has been suggested his Uncle George, a student or a bus driver. Part of it was because he was given one, though there are various stories about who gave it to him. I always wondered why he chose that instrument. The other instrument he became famous for was the harmonica or mouth organ. Julia taught John to play, but only banjo chords-the instrument she played. John started his musical journey on a guitar which his mother bought for him. They often practiced at his mother Julia’s house at 1, Blomfield Road (Allerton), and occasionally at Mendips. Peter’s (Woolton) where he met Paul McCartney. Only a few weeks later, he performed at St. The first photograph taken of The Quarrymen is at the Rosebery Street (Dingle) performance in June 1957. The first group he formed was briefly called The Black Jacks before becoming The Quarrymen. After Quarry Bank School he enrolled in the Liverpool Art College (Liverpool) where he met Cynthia Powell and Stuart Sutcliffe. At the age of eleven, he transferred to Quarry Bank Grammar School (Allerton) where The Quarrymen were formed. John first attended Mosspits School (Wavertree) before Mimi moved him to Dovedale School (Mossley Hill). It could safely be stated that Lennon not only left his mark on Liverpool but on the world. John was determined to leave his mark on Woolton, and engraved his initials on a tree near Mendips. It is a common English middle-class custom to name a house, and in this case it refers to a range of hills in the prosperous south of England. ![]() He was raised from the age of five in his Aunt Mimi Smith’s house at Mendips in Woolton, a middle-class area. ![]() John was born in Oxford Street Maternity Hospital (Liverpool) on 9 October 1940, and brought home to 9, Newcastle Road (Wavertree) in the Penny Lane area. It was a wonderful sentiment, but working class? Not a chance. “A working class hero is something to be” sang John Lennon on his 1970 solo album, Plastic Ono Band. ![]()
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