Glimpse of the past… John Lennon on Broadwick Street, 1966

By View from the Mirror on December 8, 2016

John Lennon, Broadwick Street, November 1966

36 years ago today, on the 8th December 1980, John Lennon was shot dead in New York. He was just 40 years old. The image above was taken on the 27th November 1966 outside a public lavatory on Soho’s Broadwick Street, and shows John playing London’s swankiest toilet attendant in a sketch for the BBC comedy show, ‘Not Only But Also‘.

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beetleypete December 8, 2016 at 8:28 am | Reply

Lennon was twelve years older than me, so would have been 76 now, if he hadn’t been killed. Somehow, I get the feeling he wouldn’t have changed at all.
Regards, Pete.
1. View from the Mirror January 3, 2017 at 1:46 am | Reply
  
  I think you’re right, Pete 🙂 Hope you had a lovely Christmas and best of luck for 2017.
Graham Waite December 13, 2016 at 1:15 pm | Reply

Nice photo. I have just finished 3 days filming in my old Fairway taxi for STV, TV film called the Lost Album. The film covers the split up of the Beatles and the songs that would have been on it. Did some shots in Poland Street and Berwick Street, just around the corner from Broadwick Street. Graham the cabbie.
1. View from the Mirror January 3, 2017 at 1:48 am | Reply
  
  Thanks for the comment, Graham. I’ll keep an eye out for the film… be lucky 😉
Sanjeet Veen December 18, 2016 at 5:09 am | Reply

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.
XCheapLondonFun December 23, 2016 at 3:46 pm | Reply

Thanks for that glimpse of that great man John Lennon. I love the songs of the beetles too sad he was shot 😦
1. View from the Mirror January 3, 2017 at 1:45 am | Reply
  
  Thank you
Gregor December 19, 2020 at 10:49 pm | Reply

Beatles not Beetles…just thought I’d point that out mirror man
1. View from the Mirror January 25, 2021 at 5:57 pm | Reply
  
  Thanks, don’t know how that spelling error passed me by 🙂