Overview

• The Liverpool Beatles Museum has added the desk to an exhibit with the Quarry Bank enrolment ledger signed by Mimi Smith, plus period uniforms and school signs.
• Staff at Quarry Bank, now Calderstones School, say they recovered the piece from an attic storage area after forcing access to the locked room.
• Teacher Tom Barry reports that headmaster Bill Pobjoy instructed caretaker “Yozzer” in 1963–64 to remove the desk from a classroom and hide it.
• The lift-up desk remains locked, and staff say they have not found the rumored carved signature.
• Calderstones is offering guided visits for fans that include on-site locations linked to Lennon and the Quarrymen, such as the stage where he performed.