Geoffrey Probert Thomas

Geoffrey Probert Thomas was the fifth child of a farmer from Knighton Powys and moved to Tenbury Wells then Kimbolton to work for Duggans as a waggoner. He progressed to working on the local estates, owning the first combine harvesters and JCBs in the area. He developed the family building firm which still exists, being managed over the years by his son, grandson, and great grandson.

During the cold war in the 1960’s he had some form of civil defence communication box situated in his hallway which was connected to his phone line. His grandchildren were sternly told not to touch this box or heaven forbid – a warning that they knew to heed.

His hobby in later years was restoring grandfather clocks, at the time of his death in 1975 he had 36 of them in his house and workshop.

Geoffrey Thomas' son recalls a cache of Sticky Bombs being found on his land after the war which the Royal Engineers were called in to deal with.