John's arrest

 October 18, 1968 -  This arrest gave John trouble for years and years to come....

The day that changed John's life

50 years ago, on October 18, 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were arrested when the London police raided the apartment they were living in and found marijuana on the premises. 

And while I am sure John was annoyed and angry at the time of the arrest, there is no way that he would have known how this trouble with the law was going to affect most of his life.   It was this arrest and following conviction that stopped John from traveling to the United States and then was the reason why he was almost deported and had that whole bit immigration mess. 

John at Montagu Square

You all know that I cannot stop singing the praises of the amazing Kenwood Blog and I have no idea how Sean always finds such amazing and rare things to post. But he has done it again with this amazing night time photo of John Lennon outside of Montagu Square (where he and Yoko were living at the time) from 1968. I stood outside of that flat in 2010 and couldn't believe how much it looked just like it did in the photographs. Now it has the famous "blue sign" outside of it because John once lived there (although Ringo and Maureen also lived there for a time). So I am including a photo from my trip to Montagu Square as well.