Pete Shotton on John Lennon & Julia

[@aaarauz1]

All those years later and still a wonderful friend.

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

In Pete’s book he says one time he was in New York and called John to see him and he could hear Yoko in the background shouting that she didn’t want his old friends coming over.

[@everlylen]

i love those story and i like pete

[@loosilu]

In every interview you can tell Pete was a real friend to John.

[@jonjoyce]

A good friend 'til the end...

[@bluzzedude8111]

Pete just died in 2017. He returned an email I sent him once in 2008 when I was doing some research! Nice man!

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

Mimi was strict Julia was fun. It was a sad situation where he had to be raised by someone other than his mom and then she is run over in the street infront of t of Mimi’s..so sad

[@jaelge]

The fact is, his mother was an irresponsible tramp. She gave up custody of her son rather than have her lifestyle infringed upon. Mimi and Uncle George were the best thing that could possibly have happened to him and he turned out to be petulant and ungrateful. Even the song he wrote for his mother was rededicated to that (w)hore Yoko. So much for his undying love for his mother, eh?

[@PinkyPuff69]

I read Pete's book about his life with John, John would call them both Shennon and Lotton...he loved John and John loved him.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Great insight!

[@russellfrancis6294]

In death, John’s with all who he loved and lost as far as I'm concerned.

[@DannerPlace]

Incredible insight.

[@averagejoe-c4w]

Julia Lennon had four children by three different men all while still being married to John's Father . She then had no contact with John for years while living only two miles away and raising another family. John was abandoned by both his parents. As a teenager Julia re-entered his life only to be tragically taken .But John always had serious mommy issues and always referred to Yoko as Mother. There was a reason for that .

[@inevski]

4 years after losing mum Julia, age 17, John loses Stu at 21, a few months before the Beatles release their first single and then their feet dont touch the ground

[@gordonovenshine6968]

John never got over his mother's death.

[@JoshMaxPower]

I've never gotten over mine, either. You can't replace Mom, end of story. 💙

[@allenf.5907]

No. The fact that he was just reconnecting with her when the tragedy happened. She was the influence to pursue the music. Mimi wasn't at first but did buy him the guitar.

[@jaelge]

So, who does? 🤷‍♀

[@DebbieShoenfelt]

Some things hit children diffe, with Julia's death , it changed him. really changed

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@jaelge Possibly very few of us (certainly not me, anyway), but John’s mother was evidently very special and died when she and he were very young.

[@kittycat6195]

Sad stuff

[@carmenrizzo6408]

MOM

[@susanleitch8649]

There was something very strange about Julia Lennon.

[@staceykeeley4219]

In what way?

[@allenf.5907]

She was very much a "free spirit". And one of the reasons that Mimi got custody.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@allenf.5907 Really? I thought the reason was that John’s biological father ran off, and Julia didn’t feel capable of raising a child by herself. Mimi had a husband living at home, although he died a few years before Julia died, which also upset John. John did have at least one half-sibling, but that is because Julia later remarried.

[@robphilpott43]

You knew her?

[@Mephisto707]

​​​​@@jeffryphillipsburnsMimi called social service on Julia because she was raising John with a man in the house who wasn't her husband (sort of a scandal at the time). At first Social Service found no reason to strip Julia of John's custody, but soon after Mimi brought to their attention that John was sleeping in the same bed as Julia and her man (I don't know if their financial situation was so bad they couldn't afford another bed or if Julia was just wacko). That was enough, and Social Service handed Mimi John's custody. Apparently that wasn't such a big deal for Julia because she quickly became good friends with Mimi again.

[@ericstewart9742]

Interesting that his half sister Julia Baird didn’t inherit any of her mother’s joy of life or humor like John did.

[@opheliabelleu8025]

Julia Bird's memoir, Imagine This, is an interesting look at her life. She and her sister, Jacqi, had a difficult time after their mother's death, having to live with their resentful Aunt Harrie when the court ordered their Dad unfit to care for them. She definitely comes across as a more serious minded person, although I wouldn't say humorless or joyless.

[@drumhd1]

Is she still living?

[@davisworth5114]

Julia was an irresponsible person, she cheated on John's father, gave up an out-of-wedlock child for adoption, was turned in to the authorities by Mimi for child neglect, and gave up John on top of that. She is always portrayed as wonderful, and John showed hatred for his father, but his father always sent money to Julia for John when he was at sea during WW2, seeming to never understand Julia was derelict as a caregiver, i.e. making light of the boys' truancy. Keep it real, this was a tragic story.

[@marilynyoung8477]

Then his best friend gets murdered in a car accident.

[@dane21dc]

How do you get murdered in a car accident?

[@juliabeatlemaniac]

​@@dane21dc Julia got hit by a car in 1958 and died.

[@dane21dc]

@@juliabeatlemaniac And? You missed the point. How is someone murdered in a car accident?

[@juliabeatlemaniac]

@@dane21dc I'm confused. It's very common for someone to be murdered in a car accident. I thought you were asking how Julia was killed in one.

[@dane21dc]

@@juliabeatlemaniac If it’s murder, htf is it an accident? Are you understanding? If it’s an accident, it is not murder

[@labspeciman7402]

He didn't take it like a man. His temper was horrible. Would have been nice to have had a better outlet.

[@allenf.5907]

His outlet was music.

[@richardbanker3910]

Sure he was in a blind rage and drank but this death, plus Uncle George’s and his parents splitting were pretty horrible things to happen. There are some things very hard to “take like a man” Music saved his life

[@labspeciman7402]

@@richardbanker3910 You have no proof of your statement. John said there was plenty of love. He was just a dick.

[@richardbanker3910]

@@labspeciman7402 The first bit of my statement was a John quote in the Hunter Davies biography, The deaths and separations cited are a matter of public record. There is no proof of your last statement.

[@galahad1876]

@@labspeciman7402 Literally a lot of testimonies from people who knew him said it. If you want proof, search