THE ABBEY CINEMA WAS IN OUR LIVES....
To help with John Lennons upbringing as a baby, his mother
Julia took a part time job working at the Abbey cinema as a
usherette. As John grew older he regulary visited his mothers
work place to watch the movies including his screen idol
Elvis Presley. John Lennon: “You see we wanted to be
bigger than Elvis that was the main thing”. Tragically when
John was seventeen his mother died after being struck
by a car. After her death John still visited the Abbey on
occasions, sitting in the circle close to the wooden
fold up seat were his mother once sat during her time there as a
cinema usherette.
In 1964 inspired by his childhood memories of places
including the Abbey cinema, John wrote a song which many
musicians consider to be one of the greatest beatles songs
of all. The song was called “In My Life”
There are places i'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
Penny Lane is one I`m missing,
Up Church Rd to the clock tower
In the circle of the Abbey
I have seen some happy hours.

Below: John Lennon`s  original hand written words to the first
verse of  “In My Life “. These words were later changed to make
 more lyrical sense  to a wider world audience.
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