As a result, Lilian Baylis offered him a contract to sing as a chorister, under the direction of chorus master Geoffrey Corbett, with the Sadler's Wells Opera Company in 1937 on a salary of £3 a week – the same wage he was getting as a milkman.
In 1937, Lilian Baylis offered him a position singing as a chorister for the Sadler's Wells Opera Company with Geoffrey Corbett in charge, receiving £3 per week – the same wage he was earning from his job as a milkman.