The vendor's father, James Blades O.B.E. collected these signatures whilst working as a musician at the Piccadilly Hotel, London, touring France during the Second World War with E.N.S.A. and during his extensive career in films. His long career started in the silent era of cinema, he went on to play percussion with orchestras in the film industry, he played at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and finished his career working for Benjamin Britten.