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........Hugh Thomas..........
Hugh was educated at Llandaff Church in Wales School until he was 11 years old.
Then he went to Radnor Road School until he was 14. Later he went to
Cardiff Technical College until he was 17, and then joined the Bennett
College working from home by correspondence until he was 21. Then he joined
the Post Office as a Technical Draughtsman, and remained in their employ for the
whole of his working life. He transferred from Cardiff to Colchester
in early 1956, and later moved to Canterbury.
As a boy he was very interested in nature, particularily birds which he
drew very well. He made a large collection of eggs. He was a member of the Llandaff
Cathedral Choir from a young age until the 1939 war. He joined the bellringers at
Llandaff Cathedral as a teenager and carried on until the bells
were silenced at the outset of war. The bellringers were well known and visited
many places in the country ringing peels. As a youth he played
Rugby with Glamorgan Wanderers. He was a member of the Taff Rowing Club, Llandaff
and compeated in many regattas around the country. He was Captain of the Club
for many years until the outbreak of war when the Club was "mothballed".
As he was in a "Reserved" occupation he did not have to join the Forces,
but for several years he was a member of the Post Office's own Home Guard
and was stationed at Abergaveney. He ended up as a Quartermaster's Seargent.
Before the war he was a member of Toc H. Married at St Joseph's Church, Cardiff
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