Barker, Philip Stanley 21.may.1913-4.sep.1983 England Leicestershire, Earl Shilton - Shropshire, Church Stretton
banjoist, mandolinist, guitarist, MA from Trinity College London, studied with Benjamin Burrows, 1947-1953 conductor of the Gloucester Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Society, 1947 examiner for BMG diplomas, 1947 agent for Clifford Essex Music Co., 1948-1949 member of Troise & his Banjoliers, from 1931 broadcasted on Midland and London Regional BBC, BFN, Hamburg and Canadian Radio, toured Germany and Canada with the R.N. Show 'Tokio Express', 1949 adjucator of the British Federation of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists, 1849 residing at 'Pensilva' 272 Linden Road in Gloucester, 1955 vice-president of the Fretted Instrument Guild, 1961 residing at 7 Ardencroft, Holywell Road in Malvern Wells, 1969-1972 residing at Ardencroft, Sandford Avenue in Church Stretton ; he married professor Gladys Margaret Cox