| Biography | Born in Blackpool to railway clerk, Jim Bradbury and his wife Nellie (nee Cookson) who were both keen amateur singers.
Bradbury attended Debonshire Road Primary School and Blackpool Grammer School, Blackpool.
Received a Blackpool Festival scholarship to study clarinet at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London.
National Service spent in the Irish Guards.
Principal clarint of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBSO) from 1961-1993.
With his wife Janet the couple had five children, Keith, Louise, Paul, John and Adrian.
Bradbury appeared on the silver screen as a retired clarinetist Ollie Fisher in the 2012 film Quartet, a story about retired musicians directed by Dustin Hoffman and starring Maggie Smith and Tom Courtenay. |