One of nine children, Thomas was born in 1927. His father was a labourer, his mother a housewife. He left school at the age of fourteen, and his first job was as a spoolboy.
Thomas recalls: “There was theatres in the city for people that had money, and dance halls for the teenagers. The cinemas were for the poor people. “If you had a breakdown, all hell was let loose in the hall,” he smiles. “You know, they were all stamping their feet.” “There was Green's Playhouse which was at the top of Renfield Street; Cranston's, at the bottom; and the Coliseum over in Eglinton Street - these were regarded as top-notch cinemas in the city,” says Thomas. “They got all the new pictures...and that's where we used to go on our night off.
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