Photos of the Quarrymen From the Late 1950s

The Quarrymen were a British skiffle and rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which eventually evolved into The Beatles in 1960.

Originally consisting of Lennon and several schoolfriends, the Quarrymen took their name from a line in the school song of Quarry Bank High School, which they attended. Lennon’s mother, Julia Lennon, taught her son to play the banjo and then showed Lennon and Eric Griffiths how to tune their guitars in a similar way to the banjo, and taught them simple chords and songs.

Below are old photos of the Quarrymen from 1957-59.