The concert pianist who owned a newspaper
mainThe town of Enniskillen has put up a plaque in memory of a pianist who played at the BBC Proms – and also owned the town newspaper.
Joan Trimble appeared mostly with her sister Valerie, playing four-hand piano and appearing at the 1943 Proms with Sir Adrian Boult. The BBC later commissioned her to write a television opera, Blind Raftery.
Back home, her father owned and edited the Impartial Reporter.
When he died in 1967, Joan took over.
Joan died in 2000. A plaque in her memory was affixed this week to the newspaper’s wall.
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