Tom Jones News “Dad, I Did It”: Tom Jones Honors His Late Father as He Unveils His Dream Retreat in the Hills of Pontypridd, Wales In the lush green hills above Pontypridd, Wales, a lifelong dream has quietly taken root — not in the form of a concert or a chart-topping record, but as a sanctuary built by Sir Tom Jones for his family, his legacy, and the memory of the man who raised him. At 84, the music legend returned to the valley where it all began, unveiling a 200-acre countryside retreat — a place of peace, music, and remembrance. As he stood beneath the grey Welsh sky, surrounded by singing birds and the scent of pine, he looked upward, eyes misted. His voice broke softly as he whispered: “Dad, I did it.” This was no stage, no stadium, no glittering gala. It was something far more personal — a tribute to his late father, Thomas Woodward, a coal miner who worked hard beneath the same hills to give his son a future above them.

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