Albert Card Gravesends Famous Trumpet Player

A Memory of Gravesend.

MY MEMORY OF ALBERT WAS A FANTASTIC ONE IAM AN EX MUSICIAN FROM THE BAND OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS CHATHAM AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH ALBERT CARD AT MANY VENUES FROM THE TOWN BAND TO DANCE JOBS AND HE WAS ALWAYS THE ULTIMATE GENTLEMAN AND ENCOURAGED YOUNG AND UP AND COMING MUSICIANS OF ALL AGES AND HE USED TO RUN THE JUNIOR TOWN BAND CLASSES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AT THE OLD FORT HOUSE GRAVESEND THE PRACTICE ROOM OF THE TOWN BAND @ THE TIME WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF ALBERT AND IAM SURE HE ENCOURAGED ME TO WORK HARD AS A MUSICIAN AND AS I SAID I JOINED THE STAFF BAND OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER 1966 AND STILL LOVE MUSIC OF ALL KINDS TO THE PRESENT DAY NOW LIVING IN CHATHAM THANK YOU ALBERT