As rock legend Jimmy Page releases his photographic autobiography today, a museum has unearthed its own photo of him performing as a boy.
Page, who grew up in Epsom, has handpicked 650 photographs, including one of his choirboy days at St Barnabas, in Temple Road, for his new book.
This month Bourne Hall Museum, in Spring Street, Ewell, has dug out its own old photo of Page at a youth club dance in the early 60s. The venue - Christchurch Hall in West Hill, Epsom - now houses the Epsom Christian Fellowship which built Cornerstone School alongside it. Museum assistant David Brooks said the mother of the boy playing the double bass in one of the photos gave them the picture about 15 years ago.
Page belonged to several groups and made his name as a session musician on releases with Lulu, Them, Tom Jones and Dave Berry and later with the Kinks and the Who.
In 1966 he joined the Yardbirds and on their demise he formed Led Zeppelin. Councillor Sheila Carlson, a long-time resident in the area, remembers seeing Led Zeppelin play at a former pub, the Toby Jug, in Tolworth in the late 60s.
Originally conceived as a limited edition of 2,500, the first printing of Jimmy Page sold out within weeks of release in 2010.
Price £40 from major bookstores or jimmypagebook.com
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