Picture above: Ian Hendry and Janet Munro on their wedding day. Arriving by boat to their new home, named ‘Sphinx’, on Pharaohs Island, River Thames, London.

Every so now and then some interesting memorabilia surfaces, giving us some further insight into the life of Ian Hendry. I’ve recently come into possession of a small batch of photographs and press articles from the 1960s and 70s, which I will share on the website. The photographs below, show Ian Hendry and Janet Munro at their engagement party held at Claridges Hotel, Mayfair, London, on February 13th 1963. And then, further down, two photographs taken by the press at their reception and as they arrived at their new home named ‘Sphinx, located on Pharaohs Island on the Thames. I suspect that that particular picture may have been ‘staged’!

An article featuring Janet Munro in which she discusses the wedding, can be seen in the article below. It tells the story of how the two met, the romance and events that followed as well as the wedding held at the Presbyterian Church at Bayswater, London on 16th February 1963.

Janet Munro – ‘I’m getting married in the morning’  [Magazine article – February 1963]

Picture: Ian Hendry and Janet Munro at their engagement party held at Claridges Hotel, Mayfair, London, 15th February 1963.

Wedding of Ian Hendry + Janet Munro – 16th February 1963

Video: Newsreel film footage of Ian Hendry + Janet Munro’s wedding – 16th February 1963

Picture: Ian Hendry and Janet Munro at the reception on their wedding day.

Picture: Ian Hendry and Janet Munro. Arriving by boat on the River Thames to their new home on Pharaohs Island, called ‘Sphinx’.

Picture: View to ‘Sphinx’, Pharaohs Island, River Thames, London

Picture: View to ‘Sphinx’, Pharaohs Island, River Thames, London

For more articles and original photographs of Ian Hendry and Janet Munro at home on Pharaohs Island, please click on the link below:

Ian Hendry + Janet Munro – ‘Sphinx’, Pharaohs Island, London [1964]

Then and now pictures – Ian and Janet at home in the 60s; ‘Sphinx’ today and some history of Pharaohs Island:

Ian Hendry – Rowing home across the Thames to ‘Sphinx’, Pharaohs Island [1966]

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Neil Hendry
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Further Reading

A detailed account of the life and work of Ian Hendry in the new biography:

Read: ‘Send in the Clowns – The Yo Yo Life Of Ian Hendry’ by Gabriel Hershman

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