BIOGRAPHY
Tom Phelps was born in Rhondda and still lives in the upper-Rhondda Fawr, the larger of the two ex-coalmining valleys. Throughout all his 50years of working life, Tom earned his living as a Carpenter, at first in the Rhondda homes and then on new-build within a thirty mile radius of his home. The only exception was his two years National Service in the Army, when he became a Radar operator and instructor in the Royal Artillery with the rank of Bombardier and thirty years later when he was then went into management for 12 years. The last ten years of his working life were spent as a self-employed carpenter working once more in people’s homes.
As with so many people in retirement, Tom is busier than ever. Now, his time is spent on the study of music, [Piano and saxophone] Painting, writing and performing his poetry for various groups.
Tom is quite happy to undertake readings of his poems, to groups within a thirty mile radius of Rhondda.
If you’d like to arrange for a personal reading of his poetry or to discuss his book in more detail then please complete the form below and Tom will get back to you as soon as possible.
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[E] contact@thomas-phelps.co.uk
