Calderstones School
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Calderstones School is an English comprehensive school located opposite Calderstones Park on Harthill Road in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton.
Front of Quarry House, part of Calderstones School, September 2012
The Quarrymen
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The Quarrymen are a British skiffle and rock and roll band, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into The Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several school frien
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…the 11-plus exam. Lennon's band with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, before settling on the name The Beatles, was earlier formed under the name The Quarrymen, inspired by a line from the Quarry Bank school song. Lennon, at age 16, had formed the group with several friends from the school. After The Beatles…
The Quarrymen performing in Rosebery Street, Liverpool, on 22 June 1957. Left to right: Hanton, Griffiths, Lennon, Garry, Shotton and Davis.
The Quarrymen's instruments
The photograph of the Quarrymen playing at St. Peter's Church garden fête, where Lennon and McCartney first met. From left to right: Griffiths, Hanton, Davis, Lennon, Shotton, Garry
"In Spite of All the Danger", the only copy of the shellac acetate containing the only two songs professionally recorded by the Quarrymen