Lennon’s childhood home
Because it was here, on the narrow wooden bed - with posters of Elvis and Brigitte Bardot staring down from the wall - that the young John Lennon dreamed his way to stardom and penned a string of songs that would captivate the world. [1]
Lennon had a difficult childhood; his father was something of a wastrel and left home when John was 5. [2]
A tour of the house John Lennon grew up in. [3]
Yoko Ono in Lennon’s childhood home, restored to the way it would have looked when Lennon lived there with his Aunt Mimi from the age of five to 23. [4]
70 years ago, John Lennon was born. [5]
Yoko Ono has given her backing to a research project being conducted by a Liverpool university to return the garden at John Lennon’s childhood home to the way it was when he lived there. [...] “I am thrilled to hear that John’s childhood home Mendips can be used for educational purposes and that it continues to inspire everyone who visits,” Yoko Ono said. [6]
251 Menlove Avenue, named “Mendips”, was the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with the Beatles, and is now preserved by the National Trust. [7]
The home where John Lennon grew up and wrote some of the early Beatles hits was today officially opened to the public by his widow, Yoko Ono. [4]
John Lennon, the legendary singer and songwriter with the Beatles, grew up in a house called Mendips on the outskirts of Liverpool. [3]
Sources:
[1] I had a Beatle in my bath: John Lennon’s childhood home is now a …
[2] What was John Lennon’s childhood like - The Q&A wiki
[3] John Lennon’s Childhood Home: 251 Menlove Avenue
[4] John Lennon’s childhood home opens to public | Music | guardian.co.uk
[5] John Lennon’s birth and early childhood | OldiesMusicBlog
[6] Yoko Ono lends support to retro garden project at John Lennon …
[7] 251 Menlove Avenue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia