THIS mysterious piece of plastic could be one of the earliest creations of Beatle John Lennon.
Today the guitar plectrum was going on display at Lennon's childhood home, Mendips, after being loaned to the National Trust by a former owner of the Woolton house called Mr Arnall.
His parents bought Mendips from Mimi Smith, John Lennon's aunt. Lennon lived at Mendips from 1945 until 1963.
The new owners claim to have found a cupboard left behind by Mimi when she moved out. Inside, they discovered a home-made guitar plectrum.
A National Trust spokesman said it was known the young Lennon made his own plectrums.
He added: "Was this a plectrum made and used by John Lennon?
"It isn't possible to say for certain, but it's unlikely to have belonged to anyone else, even one of the many student lodgers who rented a room at Mendips, as it was found in an item of family furniture, and not elsewhere - for example in the lodgers' bedroom."
The plectrum is on loan to the National Trust until June 2007 and can be seen at Mendips, along with replica items from John's childhood which were donated to the house by Yoko Ono Lennon in 2005 to mark his 65th birthday.
These include four of Lennon's childhood paintings which he did at Mendips, a copy of his first passport, his swimming proficiency certificate, an entrance card for the 11 Plus Exam to Quarry Bank Grammar School, and one of his baby teeth.
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