Joan Hinde Trumpet Player of Ken Dodd 10x8 Hand Signed Photo & MORE

SMATZBD This is a superb opportunity to secure this large 10" x 8" hand signed photo for much loved television trumpeteer Joan Hinde famous for a whole host of shows and working with legendary stars of the 1970s and 80s who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait in mint condition.  This reads And More because it comes with a letter from Joan on her official headed paper thanking the fan for writing and detailing the photo (as per the listing) which the letter is personally autographed too in vg+/ex- condition and the 10x8 signed photo is mint.

Joan Hinde's showbusiness career began on the BBC radio programme, Children's Hour when very young in the early 1940s. In her teens she progressed to regular and legendary appearances on BBC Variety Bandbox, holding her own against fellow performers such as Billy Ternent and Eddie Calvert. It was during this period that she was the only female trumpeter in the world to broadcast Haydn's Trumpet Concerto. At the time when her contemporaries were breaking into the new medium of television, Hinde never did, most likely due to ineffective management. Instead, she forged a reputation on the live variety stage becoming a regular fixture with artistes such as Elsie and Doris Waters, Jimmy James and Co., Gladys Morgan, The Black and White Minstrel Show, Max Bygraves, Harry Secombe and Ken Dodd. It was with Secombe that she travelled to entertain the British armed forces during various conflicts, including the Falklands and Aden.