John would stand around before classes, telling dirty jokes with his cronies, as Cynthia would enter. John would lumber into their drawing class wearing a long tweed coat and skin-tight pants, his long hair slicked back a la Elvis with oily grease, squinting in a near-blind state until he hesitantly donned his thick glasses (which he seldom did in public).Ĭynthia first noticed John's rude, boorish behavior in class, as he would ask to 'borrow' her pencils, rulers, and brushes, and would conveniently forget to ever return them. ('Surely on the road to failure' read one of John's contemporary school teacher's reports). The truth is, John Lennon was a total washout at the time and, having nowhere else to go, he somehow had managed to get an invitation to be a part of the city's art school. (John was to marry his second wife, Yoko Ono, later, in 1969, with Yoko being a full seven years John's senior. Cynthia Powell was actually a year older than John, being 18 during the 1957 school term, while John had just turned 17. The two met at the Liverpool College of Art. If ever there was a case of opposites attracting, it was the case when a teenage John Lennon lost his heart to Cynthia Powell.

She was conservative, proper, polite, and addressed her elders as 'Sir' and 'Ma'am.' He was rebellious, moody, impolite, incorrigible, and he probably never called anybody 'Sir' or 'Ma'am' in his entire life. Most people know of John Lennon's famous marriage to Yoko Ono, but many do not know of Cynthia Powell, the first wife and first great love of John Lennon's life. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.

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