under the direction of Tom Jenkins
When he was sixteen Tom Jenkins got a job in a cinema at Thirsk, Yorkshire. After
Claying in various cinemas he joined the quartet at the Royal Baths. Harrogate.
Next he became a member of the Hastings Municipal Orchestra, leaving it as sub-leader to join J. H. Squire's Celeste Octet.
He was also principal second violin of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In
March 1938 he was appointed musical director of the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne. in succession to Leslie Jeffries.