Eddie Ryan - Drum Maker For The Stars
June 2nd, 2006I started working at the Boosey and Hawkes factory in Edgware, Middlesex when I left school in 1958. I was an apprentice in the Drum Department making Ajax and Edgware drums and later Rogers drums (under licence). Moved to the Boosey and Hawkes retail shop in Denman Street, Piccadilly where I did repairs in the basement, along with three other men, doing on the spot repairs. This was mainly for musicians working in the theatres and clubs in the West End of London, as in those days, most theatres employed over twenty musicians. Later on I moved upstairs to the sales department selling drums.
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