Stephen Thomas
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Hi I'm Steve. I used to work in the electrical supply industry and then in a local government electrical department. About 2 years ago I decided to jack it all in as there wasn't enough time in the day to do the things that I actually enjoy doing. I'm now a happily "born again child" ( my wife's comment ) who loves playing with toy soldiers. I've been involved with English Civil War re enactment since I was 15yrs old. I started off as a Pikeman ( Very Rufty Tufty ) then tried being a Musketeer ( Very Noisy ) and finally became a Cavalry Trooper ( Very Dashing ) and eventually Colonel of my regiment ( Very Time Consuming ). For years I've played in various bands though currently I'm having a rest from that too. I first became interested in wargaming after a fellow musician introduced me to the hobby. I then introduced him to re enactment, which serves him right. I am a long time member of Sheffield Wargames Society and good pals with Tim and Martin. |
| Interests | Miniature Wargaming, English Civil War Re enactment, WW2 Airsoft, Horse riding, Ballroom Dancing, Art, Photography, Playing Guitar - Mandolin - Bouzouki - Ukulele - Piano - Harmonika - Penny Whistle. Did I mention Harmonica? Going on lots of holidays. |
| Favorite Movies | The Three Musketeers 1973. Cross of Iron. The Cruel Sea. The Duelists. Charge of the Light Brigade 1968. Aliens. The Firefly series. Son of the Morning Star. Sea of Sand. Goodfellas. The Eagle has Landed. ( Mills and Boon for men. Lets be honest.) Babylon 5. (I make NO excuses for this) Band Of Brothers. (HBO). Stalingrad. Allo Allo.(occasionally - :-)). Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. Die Hard 38. (Latest in the Die Hard franchise in which Bruce Willis discovers he's in a care home for ageing action heroes. Pensioner in a vest! Say no more.) The Searchers. The Horse Soldiers. Glory. Saving Private Ryan. The Battle of Britain. (It's not a great film but some of it's component parts are fantastic). To End All Wars. 2008. ( a dark and unpleasant film). Breaker Morant 1980. - Special category { 1- How We Used To Live, 2- Battlefield Britain, 3 -The English Civil War, 4 - The Kings Gold. All of which I appeared in. 1. as a Parliamentarian trooper. 2. as a Parliamentarian trooper and a Royalist messenger trooper. 3.as Oliver Cromwell. 4.as Prince Rupert.} My ego refused to let me omit these productions. :-) |
| Favorite Music | All good ROCK music, English and Irish plus some American Folk music, Big Band Swing music, Classical music, German Military Music, It's all good to me, dependant on what mood Im in. Today I listened to Mel Brooks - The Hitler Rap. Very amusing. |
| Favorite Books | Four men went to war - Bruce Lewis, all of the Flashman books - G MacDonald Fraser, Most Len Deighton books, Cochrane - Donald Thomas, On the road with Wellington - ALF Schaumann, Loads of non fiction. |