#julia stanley

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The Mothers of the Beatles!!!

Julia Stanley Lennon + Mimi Smith

John Lennon was born to Julia and Alfred Lennon. Julia was known as a free spirit, a fun woman, and a dear sister. She, although a fun and loving woman, was not fit to be a proper mother for her baby boy, John. When he was a little boy, his aunt, Mimi, took him in. Mimi, unlike Julia, was very proper, she believed in good disciple and wanted to raise John to be a good boy. Of course we know, he wasn’t, but she still loved him as her own. Julia was hit by a car when John was a teenager, he was very hurt, but for the rest of life, he called his auntie Mimi every week. The sisters were two mummies for John. He loved them both dearly.

2. Mary Mohin McCartney

James ‘Paul’ McCartney was born to Mary Mohin McCartney and James McCartney. Mary was a loving mother and delivery nurse who worked very hard to support her family and many others. Paul and his little brother, Michael, loved their mother very much. She was a kind woman and often travelled on her bike to homes to deliver babies, no matter the weather. When Paul was a teenager, Mary had chest pains but the doctors sent her home. She had breast cancer, and once she was finally treated, she had a surgery, but died from an embolism. Paul remembered his mother forever, she helped inspire one of the last Beatles songs, “Let it Be.”

3. Louise French Harrison

George Harrison was born to possibly the most supportive mother, Louise French Harrison, and father, Harold Harrison. Louise had four children, George being the youngest, and she loved and supported each of them extremely. All she wanted was for her children to be happy. George loved his mother very, very much. She was a funny woman, sometimes cheeky, there are photos of her sticking her tongue out at the camera—we see where George gets it from. Louise loved and supported George and his siblings: Louise (George’s elder sister), Harry and Peter, until the day she died—On Ringo Starr’s 30th birthday in 1970.

4. Elsie Gleave Starkey Graves

Richard Starkey, better known as Ringo Starr was born to Elsie Gleave Starkey and Richard Starkey I. Ringo’s father didn’t stick around very long, but his mum was there the whole way. She was a hardworking woman, as hard as it was, she supported herself and her son. Unfortunately, as a child, Ringo was very ill and was constantly in the hospital. She was always told he didn’t have any time, but she stood by her son, and he made it. She eventually remarried, when Ringo was a teenager, to Harry Graves, who unlike Ringo’s father was good to her, and the boy. She was supportive of her only son, and loved him very much. Elsie passed away in early 1987.

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Julia Lennon née Stanley before becoming John Lennon's mother. Credited to John Lennon Estate.

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The Quarry Men’s first proper public appearance, probably in late 1956 (no one can remember exactly), was at a golf club in Childwall, a Liverpool suburb. It had been arranged by Nigel Walley, who had now left school and was an apprentice golf pro at the club. And although the group weren’t actually paid, someone passed around a hat at the end of the evening, so the boys shared a few shillings between them. Julia was there, too, encouraging. Mimi, however, with her mantra, ‘The guitar’s all right, John, but you’ll never make a living with it’, wasn’t. In her view, her nephew was in danger of throwing his life away, just as his mother had. But was she also jealous of the increasing amount of time that John was now spending with Julia? She had lost her husband, and although she and John rowed frequently, he was the centre of her life. In her pretend-stern way she doted on him. She would have been too proud ever to admit it, but it must have hurt when John preferred to be with his real mother. If so, that would explain why one day during that first year of the Quarry Men her emotions may have got the better of her. After yet another row, John had banged out of Mendips and gone to stay at Julia’s place, telling Mimi that this time he wasn’t coming back. Of course, he did go back. He always went back. But when, after a few days, he returned something was missing. His terrier dog, Sally, that his Uncle George had given him when he’d been still in short trousers, was no longer there. Mimi explained that if he wasn’t going to be around to look after the dog, she had decided to give her away. It was, Pete Shotton would recall, the only time he ever saw John with tears in his eyes. It seems unlikely that Mimi had the dog destroyed, as Pete believed. John’s cousin Stanley Parkes was under the impression that Mimi simply found another home for Sally. She always preferred cats, anyway. But, knowing how fond John was of his dog, it does suggest an act of spiteful jealousy on Mimi’s behalf.

Ray Connolly, Being John Lennon: A Restless Life (2018)

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https://beatles60.group/blog/towards-a-first-single

The summer of 1962 was heading towards autumn. The Beatles were heading towards the release of their first single. In this episode of The Beatles60 podcast we talk about the convoluted path ‘Love Me Do’ followed to be that first single. It included some drama for Ringo. We talk about what must’ve been going through his mind. By the time ‘Love Me Do’ was released, there was a feeling that the relationship between George Martin and the Beatles was starting to solidify. We talk about all that and we have a little discussion with author Jude Southerland Kessler about John’s mother, Julia. An episode packed with insights. Don’t miss it!

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ICYMI, last week’s episode of @mccartneyvinyl and I’s podcast was on Julia and Mimi in the film ‘Nowhere Boy’ - find it here: https://linktr.ee/allaboutthegirl 

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John Lennon at 9 years old poses for a portrait with his mother Julia in the front garden of 'Ardmore' which was the name of the home of John's cousin, Stanley Parkes circa 1949 in Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England.

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2003: John Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird recalls her early impressions of Paul. (Note: I’ve quoted this before on the blog, so it’s about time I wrangled up the source video.)

JULIA: I remember him being ’round, he was around a lot. He liked my mother, my mother liked him. My mother cooked for him, felt sorry for him... We always remember him as being pretty. I mean, he wasn’t handsome, was he? He was pretty. He remembers Jackie and I, and we remember him, but I’m not going to make up stories of things. I remember him at the gate, I remember him arriving with John. And we knew that he was John’s special friend.