We decided to make our trip to England be a revisiting of John Lennon’s life as he grew up. We started with booking a room at a Chester Hotel. That’s where his sister, Julia Baird has fond memories of her and John spending time together. They would travel by train from Liverpool because Chester was for them, the best place to buy clothes. Then after clothes shopping they would have lunch at a place called ‘Browns’ and then take a walk down to the river.
We got to take a little tour Chester offers. We got to see where John Lennon got the inspiration of the song ‘Nowhere Man,’ and where the Beatles actually played their earliest shows. Plus, where John spent his wedding night. But, besides seeing all of where John went in Chester, we also checked out Chester’s other points of interest, like the Roman Walls, which were really cool, and the Chester Cathedral.
Then off to Liverpool, and our first stop was at Strawberry Fields. Strawberry Fields was a Salvation Army Children’s home which was not too far from where John Lennon home on Menlove Avenue was. While at Strawberry Fields, we heard stories about how he used to play in the trees behind the gates and how he would go with his Aunt Mimi to the annual fete. His Aunt would even take him to the garden parties every summer which were held on the grounds of Strawberry Field.
Still in Liverpool is Penny Lane. It’s a street in Liverpool where Paul McCartney and John would meet to catch a bus that took them into the center of the city. And finally, in Liverpool, we went to the birthplace of John Lennon. Maternity Hospital on Oxford Street. Born to Julia and Alfred Lennon who gave him the name John Winston Lennon named after his paternal grandfather and Winston Churchill.
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