Who was the person the Beatles sang about who died in the church and was buried, and nobody came?
This was certainly not one of the Beatles more happier songs, and a bit out of keeping with what we had come to expect at that time.
I have often wondered who Eleanor Rigby really was, if indeed she was a real person at all, or was she just somebody whose name was plucked out of mid air.
Well now, as a matter of good fortune I recently had the chance to play a few gigs in Liverpool, and during my free time I decided to see just what I could find out about Eleanor Rigby.
To get started I went along to the local library and after digging out a few pieces of information I pointed the car towards a suburb of Liverpool known as Woolton.
In the Anglican church there you will find a typical English churchyard, surrounding the church, and you will find many tombstones, but one headstone in particular caught my attention.
What did I find there? A headstone dedicated to the memory of.....Eleanor Rigby.
So, having found this fascinating tombstone I then wondered if any of the Beatles might possibly have lived nearby. And guess what, John Lennon used to live as a child in Menlove Avenue, which is quite close to the church.
So I reflected for a moment about when I was a young boy. Odd as it might seem, one of the things that I and my friends used to do is to play games in our local churchyard, untill we were chased away.
With this in mind it is not stretching things too far to assume that as a child John Lennon possibly also played in his local churchyard, and would have noticed the tombstone dedicated to Eleanor.
Time however became my enemy here because I had to move on from Liverpool before being able to search any deeper into this.
But I plan to spend more time in the near future finding out all that I can about Eleanor Rigby, and the other people who share her tombstone.
If you are interested in this, and want to be kept updated on my findings then this is the best thing to do. Click on the link at the bottom of the page. This will take you to another page, and near the bottom you will find my email address. Just send me a little note asking to be kept updated, and I will do so whenever I have something new to share with you. - 16738
This was certainly not one of the Beatles more happier songs, and a bit out of keeping with what we had come to expect at that time.
I have often wondered who Eleanor Rigby really was, if indeed she was a real person at all, or was she just somebody whose name was plucked out of mid air.
Well now, as a matter of good fortune I recently had the chance to play a few gigs in Liverpool, and during my free time I decided to see just what I could find out about Eleanor Rigby.
To get started I went along to the local library and after digging out a few pieces of information I pointed the car towards a suburb of Liverpool known as Woolton.
In the Anglican church there you will find a typical English churchyard, surrounding the church, and you will find many tombstones, but one headstone in particular caught my attention.
What did I find there? A headstone dedicated to the memory of.....Eleanor Rigby.
So, having found this fascinating tombstone I then wondered if any of the Beatles might possibly have lived nearby. And guess what, John Lennon used to live as a child in Menlove Avenue, which is quite close to the church.
So I reflected for a moment about when I was a young boy. Odd as it might seem, one of the things that I and my friends used to do is to play games in our local churchyard, untill we were chased away.
With this in mind it is not stretching things too far to assume that as a child John Lennon possibly also played in his local churchyard, and would have noticed the tombstone dedicated to Eleanor.
Time however became my enemy here because I had to move on from Liverpool before being able to search any deeper into this.
But I plan to spend more time in the near future finding out all that I can about Eleanor Rigby, and the other people who share her tombstone.
If you are interested in this, and want to be kept updated on my findings then this is the best thing to do. Click on the link at the bottom of the page. This will take you to another page, and near the bottom you will find my email address. Just send me a little note asking to be kept updated, and I will do so whenever I have something new to share with you. - 16738
