John Lennon, Yoko Ono

A handwritten letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono written to their Chauffer, Les Anthony, in 1971.

• John Lennon (British).
• Yoko Ono (Japanese).
• One-page handwritten letter.

A one page letter in the hand of John Lennon on Apple Memorandum letterhead paper that was sent to his former chauffer, Les Anthony, circa November 1971.

At the time the letter was sent, John and Yoko were living at 105 Bank Street, Greenwich Village, New York, USA. John writes to relieve Mr Anthony of his duties as his chauffer, he had been working for John Lennon since 1965. Les drove The Beatles to collect their MBEs from Buckingham Palace and he drove John’s Rolls Royce to Almeira in Spain when he was filming How I Won The War. In the letter John also refers to his employees May Pang and to Dan Ritcher who was his personal assistant.

The letter reads:

‘NOV! ?

Dear Les and family,

As you know we seem to be living half our lives abroad these days, and it’s crazy to keep a large staff, as we need people here – right?

You’ve been a good lad over the years and faithful – for which I thank you. I know you’ve spoken to Peter Howard and Dan about leaving and I hope the arrangements suit you,

see you some day

all the best from

John x Yoko

P.S. if there’s anything you want to say to us, call May at ABCKO, if you need a reference – tell us what you need: o.k.?

P.P.S. say goodbye to your wife and the kids xxx’