Perhaps fittingly, a workman in the street outside, ‘starts up a pneumatic drill’ just as they are about to take their vows. Perhaps he is keeping his head down, as news of Best’s sacking has just been published in the Mersey Echo. Ringo, the recent usurper of Pete Best, does not attend. John does, however, have George and Paul with him. On the Lennon side of the aisle, Aunt Mimi leads a complete boycott. In John she is touchingly grateful that her brother and sister in law deign to turn up for at least part of the occasion. Other members of Cynthia’s family, including her mother, are noticeably absent.
And it is Brian who steps into the shoes of her late, father, collecting her in a chauffeur-driven car. She chooses her ‘best’ dress, rather than buying a new one. She has no bridesmaid, for example, because best friend is away on holiday. Like Linda, in Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, Cynthia finds that the option of a grand ’wedding in a pantomime’ is not available to her. The wedding was not secret exactly but not publicised either.ĪugMount Pleasant Registry Office, Liverpool He also discreetly made the necessary practical arrangements. At John’s request, he agreed to be Best Man, despite having known Lennon for less than a year. Yet despite this apparent setback to his business plan, Epstein responded with good grace. Evicting the current wife was a heavy lift for even the most besotted teenage fan. Traditional show-business wisdom at that time was that potential pop stars needed the appearance of availability. An image that did not include a married singer or a baby. Now they finally had a record contract and a marketable image. Since becoming The Beatles manager in the previous November, he had worked relentlessly to get them onto the national stage. Nor was Brian Epstein punching the air with joy. She screamed, raged and threatened to never to speak to him again if he went though with it News of the engagement between John Lennon and Cynthia Powell did not go down well at the Mendips. Mount Pleasant Registry Office (now closed)- where John & Cynthia are married Read Part One
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