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John Lennon - From Quarry Bank to Quarrymen

21/2/2017

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John Lennon went to Quarry Bank High School from September 1952, and it was at this school were John and a few friends formed a group calling themselve The Quarrymen.

The Quarrymen was taken not from the school name, but from the Quarry Bank School song titled, 'The Song Of The Quarry' if you search on the internet you will probable get the first couple of lines which is:

John Lennon would sing this every morning assemble and it was that first line that was chosen for the band name.

"Quarry men old before our birth
straining each muscle and sinew
toiling together Mother earth
conquered the rock that was in you.
"

Below is the sheet music which was composed in 1924, music by D.Scott words by R.F.Bailey.

The Quarrymen were formed in 1957, featuring John, Pete Shotton, Ron Davis, Len Garry, Colin Hatton, Eric Griffiths, nobody really took the band seriouly except for John.
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6th July 1957
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June 1957
By July 1957, a young Paul McCartney joined The Quarrymen, followed later by George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe, by the time Stuart had arrived the band members had changed from the original line up, John Lennon was at Art College and had lost contact with most of his school friends.
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Early Quarrymen  performance


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Taken in 1958
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There is a plague dedicated to the Quarrymen at St Peter's Church Hall commemorating the day John first met Paul, which reads:

"The Quarrymen featuring Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rod Davies, John Lennon, Pete Shotton and Len Garry performed on the afternoon of 6th July 1957 at St Peters Church Fete."

In the evening before their performance in this hall Ivan Vaughan, who sometimes played in the group, introduced his friend Paul McCartney to John Lennon. As John recalled,


"that was the day,
the day that I met Paul,
that it started moving."
7 Comments
Paul
30/8/2019 10:35:46 am

It was not Ron Davis but Rod! And the drummer was Colin Hanton, not Hatton

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Eric
20/12/2020 04:15:02 pm

Please change "There is a plague dedicated to the Quarrymen..." to "There is a PLAQUE...."!

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Beckys Bucketlist link
21/12/2020 07:49:20 am

Thanks for this blog post

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Eric
21/12/2020 09:21:35 am

A pleasure. I'm old enough to recall the days before the Beatles and Rock and Roll - and the "You call that music?" comments of disgust from my grandparents' generation. As Mary Hopkin sang, "Those were the days, my friend". . . I still play my Beatles LPs.

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don brown link
21/3/2021 12:03:21 am

Millions and millions still do..Its in our dna now..

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don brown link
21/3/2021 12:05:12 am

Beatles

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La Mirada Cleaners link
20/5/2024 06:32:46 am

Hi thanks for shaaring this

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