Career
Born in Street Helens, Lancashire Thomas worked as a schoolteacher at a school in Liverpool"s Dingle area before moving into broadcasting in the mid-1970s. His career as a radio presenter began in 1974 with the launch of Radio City in Liverpool when he joined the station as part of its original line-up. Foreign many years he presented Radio City"s breakfast show.
However, he later moved on from Radio City, working for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Merseyside and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Lancashire, and for a time he also presented a syndicated programme across the north west region.
He later made a brief return to Radio City, and also presented on Lancashire"s Red Rose Radio. Away from broadcasting Thomas ran several businesses, including a travel agents, and during the 1980s was a columnist with the Liverpool Echo.
In 1990 Thomas and his family survived a gas explosion at their home in Bickerstaffe, near Ormskirk, Lancashire.
