Kind of the 'cat being stuck up a tree story' of the John Lennon world this. A photo of the teenage Beatle has been discovered in a cupboard, over 50 years since it first went missing. The picture shows 17 year old Lennon with friend Nigel Walley, who was manager of Beatles-forerunners The Quarrymen. Walley says he remembers the photo well, and that he gave it to his brother not long after it was taken, but then it disappeared - Walley's brother said it had been stolen at school. It was unearthed as part of a BBC TV show that set out to find previously unseen photos of Lennon (for reasons I am not sure of).
Having seen the photo again, Walley told the BBC show: "Goodness knows where it got to since then. It's very emotional for me seeing this photo again after all these years. John was a very good friend of mine. One thing I know John would have loved was seeing this photograph. It's something I'll always treasure now".