Sir Tom Jones says he fell for late wife Linda when they met as kids playing marbles. Tom, who turns 80 tomorrow, was a boy called Tommy Woodward when he first set eyes on Melinda Trenchard, known as Linda, in their home town of Pontypridd.
They wed while still teenagers and were married 59 years until Linda died of cancer in 2016. Tom tells a Radio 2 documentary marking his birthday: “I remember her playing marbles and I thought, ‘My God, what great legs she’s got’. "And then she stood up and she was as pretty in the face as her legs were. “Then we started playing kiss-chase.
I felt different when I kissed her, and she felt the same way. “We started dancing together when we were 15. She would look great.
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