epub or mobi, with thanks to the original sharer
It was in this flat
that Lennon was first brought to the attention of the national press. On
Sunday, 24 July 1960, he and his mates were displayed by a reporter for The People as typical examples of what
the paper slugged in giant type THE BEATNIK HORROR. The article was illustrated
with a photograph of a group of young, roughly dressed men, hunkered down in a
squalid pad. The writer's point was that "Most beatniks like dirt. They
dress in filthy clothes. Their 'homes' are strewn with muck." Right in the
middle of the muck, actually lying in it on the dirty floor, is John Lennon,
not identified in the text but unmistakable in appearance.
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