John Lennon's sister rages over claims Beatles star wasn't loved

Oct 10 2008 by Laura Sharpe, Liverpool Daily Post

Julia Baird, John Lennon's half-sister 200

Julia was speaking at the opening of The Many Faces of John Lennon, a photographic collection featuring over 40 images from Lennon’s career.

Also on display will be items of John’s clothing, including the black velvet jacket he wore in the “Imagine film” which returns to the museum courtesy of Liverpool actor Jack Marsden.

Also on display will be one of John’s distinctive round-necked stage suits, designed by tailor to the stars, Dougie Millings.

This suit was worn by John on many occasions throughout 1963 and early 1964, before being donated to the first Madame Tussaud’s Beatles display in April, 1964. Thought lost or destroyed for many years, it was recently discovered in a warehouse in West London. Jerry Goldman, managing director of the Beatles Story, said: “With October 9 marking what would have been John’s birthday, it is only fitting that we celebrate his life with something special. ”

The exhibition comes to the Beatles Story from Hamburg’s “Center of Beat” and features many famous photos of John Lennon and the Beatles, including stunning images of the embryonic band as they played and partied on Hamburg’s notorious music scene of the early ’60s.

The photographs include Astrid Kirchherr’s iconic studies of Lennon.

The exhibition will run until March 9, 2009.

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