pale blue eyes and fair hair. After releasing the book, John Lennon, My Brother—written with Giuliano, and a foreword by McCartney—Baird travelled to New York during 1989 to appear at a Beatlefest convention, and was asked if she could prove she was really Lennon's half-sister. Baird declined, saying she was not going to produce her passport, and the audience would just have to take her word for it. In 2000, Baird was present at the unveiling of six road signs, erected on major routes into Liverpool, saying, "Liverpool welcomes you – to the birthplace of THE BEATLES", and in October she planted a tree in Liverpool's Peace Garden to commemorate Lennon's birthday. Baird retired in 2004, and published a book called Imagine This – Growing up with my brother John Lennon, in February 2007. Baird's book was adapted into the 2009 British film Nowhere Boy. From 28 to 30 September 2007, Durness held the John Lennon Northern Lights Festival which was attended by Baird (who read from Lennon's writings and her own books) and Stanley Parkes (Lennon's Scottish cousin). Parkes said, "Me and Julia [Baird] are going to be going to the old family croft to tell stories". Musicians, painters and poets from across the UK performed at the festival. Baird now lives in Chester with her partner, Roger Keys. Baird claims she was never told that her mother was buried in the Allerton Cemetery, in Liverpool, although the graveyard's location is approximately 1.19 miles east of 1 Blomfield Road. The grave was unmarked, but was recently identified as "CE (Church of England) 38-805". The Stanley family finally put a headstone on her mother's grave. The headstone reads: References Sources External links Lennon family tree – Lennon.net Lennon family 1947 births People from Liverpool British women writers Living people Schoolteachers from Merseyside