A desk used by John Lennon during his time at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool has gone on display at the Beatles Museum, after being discovered in the school's attic. The desk had been hidden by staff who considered the future Beatle a 'nuisance' and did not want the school associated with him.
Lennon attended the school between 1952 and 1957, and the name of his early band, the Quarrymen, was inspired by the school's name. According to Tom Barry, a teacher at what is now Calderstones School, the former headteacher, Bill Pobjoy, ordered the caretaker to remove the desk from the history room and store it away around 1963 or 1964, as Lennon rose to fame with the Beatles.
Barry explained that the desk had been locked away for years, with the key lost, until staff recently broke down the door to retrieve it. A document from the headmaster's PA confirming the caretaker's task provided written proof of the desk's authenticity. The school had long refused to acknowledge Lennon, even turning away fans at the gates, but now offers tours highlighting his time there.
The desk, along with an enrolment ledger signed by Lennon's aunt Mimi and other school memorabilia, is now on display at the Beatles Museum on Mathew Street, near the Cavern Club where the band performed in their early years.
