MAUREEN AND RINGO (ROOM 208)
MAUREEN AND RINGO (ROOM 208)
On February 11th 1965 Richard Starkey married Maureen Cox, a Liverpool hairdresser at Caxton Hall Register office in London. Paul was in North Africa but the other Beatles attended the ceremony and manager Brian Epstein was best man . It was fitting that Ringo, the most obviously working class of the Fab Four should choose a local girl who he had dated from the early days of the Cavern Club. Eventually Maureen would bear Ringo three children, Zak, Jason and Lee. Maureen was to give Ringo the stability and grounding that he needed. Ringo famously said that if his career ended ,he would open up a hairdressers (with Maureen) She was a very traditional and loyal wife who often stayed up till 4 30am when Ringo was returning from gigs or when he was recording till the wee small hours in the studio. She always wanted him to come home to a hot meal. At the end of the Rooftop gig in January 1969 , immortalised on the album “Let it Be” you can vividly hear John shouting “thanks Mo, “which was John’s observation that Maureen as ever ,had been cheering the band on just like she did in the Cavern. Sadly they were later divorced in 1975 but she went on to marry Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett . Maureen lost a long battle against leukaemia in 1994 despite a bone marrow transplant from her son Zak. Paul paid tribute by writing and recording a beautiful song called “Little Willow” as a dedication to Maureen. Incidentally their son Zak has had a very successful career as drummer for both “The Who” and “Oasis”.
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MAUREEN AND RINGO (ROOM 208)
On February 11th 1965 Richard Starkey married Maureen Cox, a Liverpool hairdresser at Caxton Hall Register office in London. Paul was in North Africa but the other Beatles attended the ceremony and manager Brian Epstein was best man . It was fitting that Ringo, the most obviously working class of the Fab Four should choose a local girl who he had dated from the early days of the Cavern Club. Eventually Maureen would bear Ringo three children, Zak, Jason and Lee. Maureen was to give Ringo the stability and grounding that he needed. Ringo famously said that if his career ended ,he would open up a hairdressers (with Maureen) She was a very traditional and loyal wife who often stayed up till 4 30am when Ringo was returning from gigs or when he was recording till the wee small hours in the studio. She always wanted him to come home to a hot meal. At the end of the Rooftop gig in January 1969 , immortalised on the album “Let it Be” you can vividly hear John shouting “thanks Mo, “which was John’s observation that Maureen as ever ,had been cheering the band on just like she did in the Cavern. Sadly they were later divorced in 1975 but she went on to marry Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett . Maureen lost a long battle against leukaemia in 1994 despite a bone marrow transplant from her son Zak. Paul paid tribute by writing and recording a beautiful song called “Little Willow” as a dedication to Maureen. Incidentally their son Zak has had a very successful career as drummer for both “The Who” and “Oasis”.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
MAUREEN AND RINGO (ROOM 208)
On February 11th 1965 Richard Starkey married Maureen Cox, a Liverpool hairdresser at Caxton Hall Register office in London. Paul was in North Africa but the other Beatles attended the ceremony and manager Brian Epstein was best man . It was fitting that Ringo, the most obviously working class of the Fab Four should choose a local girl who he had dated from the early days of the Cavern Club. Eventually Maureen would bear Ringo three children, Zak, Jason and Lee. Maureen was to give Ringo the stability and grounding that he needed. Ringo famously said that if his career ended ,he would open up a hairdressers (with Maureen) She was a very traditional and loyal wife who often stayed up till 4 30am when Ringo was returning from gigs or when he was recording till the wee small hours in the studio. She always wanted him to come home to a hot meal. At the end of the Rooftop gig in January 1969 , immortalised on the album “Let it Be” you can vividly hear John shouting “thanks Mo, “which was John’s observation that Maureen as ever ,had been cheering the band on just like she did in the Cavern. Sadly they were later divorced in 1975 but she went on to marry Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett . Maureen lost a long battle against leukaemia in 1994 despite a bone marrow transplant from her son Zak. Paul paid tribute by writing and recording a beautiful song called “Little Willow” as a dedication to Maureen. Incidentally their son Zak has had a very successful career as drummer for both “The Who” and “Oasis”.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON