A desk used by John Lennon has gone on display after being found in the attic of his former school, where teachers had not wanted to remember the musician because he was a “nuisance”.
Lennon attended Quarry Bank high school in Liverpool between 1952 and 1957, and the name of the Quarrymen, the band that would become the Beatles in their formative years, was inspired by the school’s name.
His desk was rumoured to be somewhere in the school for decades, with a common tale detailing that staff had hidden it after Lennon shot to fame with the Beatles as his former teachers had found him a “nuisance” and did not want the school to be associated with him.
Tom Barry, a teacher at what is now Calderstones school, said the former headteacher had led the plan.
“The story is that the headmaster, Bill Pobjoy, when John had made some sort of fame with the Beatles, we think in about 1963 or 1964, he asked the caretaker, known as Yozzer, to unscrew John’s old school desk from the history room and put it into storage,” Barry said. “That’s been locked away for years and they lost the key so we had to beat the door down to get to it.
“The rumour had circulated through the school and we weren’t quite sure if it was actually the desk belonging to John, but we’ve now found a document from the headmaster’s PA which notes down the task for the caretaker, so we have written proof.”
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The rose garden, at Strawberry Field, will is the first of its kind commemorating Sir George Martin CBE - often nicknamed the 'fifth Beatle' - and his wife Lady Judy Martin.
The garden, built at the iconic Liverpool attraction made famous by John Lennon in the Beatles hit 'Strawberry Fields Forever', will feature a curved wall with a biography of Sir George Martin's career, alongside 30 discs commemorating the number one UK hit singles he produced.
A calming water feature and circular raised rose bed will also feature, designed as "a place of peace and reflection," and will be donated by CEO of Orange Amps, Cliff Cooper.
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