🎶Where John Lennon wrote “Rain” in Edinburgh 🎶. 15 Ormidale Terrace in Edinburgh was the home of John Lennon’s Aunt Mater and Uncle Burt Sutherland, where he spent many happy childhood summer holidays with his cousin Stan Parkes. Lennon visited the house regularly until he was about 17 and later expressed a desire to purchase it himself. 🎶 It is widely claimed that Lennon wrote the B-side to “Paperback Writer”, the song “Rain”, in the cupboard under the stairs, where the family telephone was