Biography
Thomas Garlick Hopkinson
Effective period / Period of releases: 1929
Born Thomas Garlick Hopkinson the initials PC came from the fact that he was a police constable. Originally from the Newcastle / Gateshead area he moved to West Yorkshire in the 1920s. He was National Mouth Organ Champion in 1929 – the prize-was the first harmonica in Britain – and he made two recordings with Columbia. Information courtesy of the musician’s grandson Steve Hopkinson.