Liverpool news

[John Rudd]

A few items in tonights Liverpool paper.

Liverpool Echo, Wednesday, February 22, 1995
ITEM 1

CYNTHIA ON SONG IN THE CITY
Those were the days. Cynthia Lennon's thoughts matched the words of her debut
single as she met Beatle fans and shoppers in Liverpool's Clayton Square.
Cynthia, Beatle John Lennon's first wife, is hoping her cover of Mary Hopkin's
1968 hit, Those Were The Days, will bring fame as a singer, and not just a
singer's wife.
Just a handful turned up to have their CD singles, priced at 3.99, signed by
the singer.
But thrice married Cynthia she had already been mobbed enough to last a life
time.
She said the recording, issued yesterday, started life as an "accident". One
night the telephone rang in her Isle of Man home, where she lives with partner
Jim Christie.

"It was a German record company trying to poach my son Julian for their label.
I was just telling them I couldn't help when Jim told them I would be willing
to make a record."
"At first it all seemed a bit of a joke. I had only sung once before, and that
was just in the backing vocals for Yellow Submarine."
Then the former Liverpool art student contacted the Isle of Man based, Dice
Records. They suggested a tune to fit her voice - a choice which please Cynthia
since the original was produced by Apple records, the Beatles own label.
Cynthia, 54, said she was delighted to shoot the video for the single in
Liverpool. She returned to Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields, which she
remembered well from her marriage to Lennon. "The song is all about nostalgia,"
she said.

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ITEM 2

BEATLES AND POP MEMORABILIA ROADSHOW

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To be held at the following locations 9am to 6pm each day.

LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE:

MOAT HOUSE HOTEL (The Crosby room)
Paradise Street (Opposite Radio Merseyside)
Friday 24th February 1995 &
Saturday 25th February 1995

ST. HELENS:

CHALON COURT HOTEL (The Renaissance room)
Linkway West St. Helens.
Sunday 26th February 1995

(Please note: No items for sale or exhibition)

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ITEM 3

BEATLES STU'S PRIZED ART TO GO UP FOR SALE

A painting by fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe. is expected to fetch 600 at an
art sale.
The painting - entitled simply "Abstract" has no recognisable form and is
predominantly green and blue with splodges of orange. It was bought by
Littlewoods Pools magnate Sir John Moores from the artist's widow Astrid and
had previously been exhibited in Hamburg in 1961, the year Sutcliffe toured
there with the Beatles.

Sutcliffe had already entered paintings for the John Moores Exhibition and won
a 60 prize. He decided to stay on in Hamburg after the Beatles returned to
Liverpool in July 1961 and enroled at a prestigious art college there. He fell
ill and died of a brain haemorrhage in 1962.

The sale will be held in London on March the 7th.

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Tara for now

John

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John Rudd THE BRITISH FORUM FOR VIEWS AND
DALLAS '63 Secretary RESEARCH INTO THE ASSASSINATION
2 Wingrave Way, Liverpool, L11-2UB, UK. OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

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I thought that Liverpool was going to the dogs, but it is getting
riddiculous when the even the dogs are leaving.

Daily Mirror, Monday February 27, 1994.

"SCOUSER DOGS HEAD FOR SOUTH
Stray dogs from Merseyside are being shipped down south to give them
a chance of a better life.
Hundreds of homeless dogs which have roamed the back streets of
Liverpool are being sent by the RSPCA to their centre at Patchem
Brighton, where there is a shortage of pets needing new owners
The dogs' behaviour is checked and potential owners are vetted to
ensure they are suitable.
A seniour RSPCA manager said, "One reason we find it easier to get
new owners in the south east is possibly that the area is wealthier."