Sir Tom's dad was still working in the pits after his first number one

When Sir Tom Jones struck gold in 1965 with his first number one, It's Not Unusual, his father was still working down the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley. Known as "the miner's son from Pontypridd", ...
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Sir Tom Jones has recalled how his father kept working down the coal mines when he found stardom

The 85-year-old singer has confessed that he was anguished to discover that his dad Thomas Woodward was still working in the coal mines of the Rhondda Valley in Wales after he achieved his first chart ...

Sir Tom Jones: My dad worked down the coal mines after I found fame

Music legend Sir Tom Jones was shocked when his father continued to work down the coal mines in Wales, even after he had found fame during the 1960s.