A huge happy birthday to chorister Tommy Brogan, who turns 100 today and is still a central part of the fantastic Parkside Colliery Male Voice Choir!
Incredible Tommy will be blowing out the candles on his birthday cake today (Friday, 8 August 2025), but he’ll have to remember to save some of his breath for his next big performance!
The newly turned centenarian has been involved in Male Voice Choirs for many years and was a founder member of Côr Meibion Y Fflint (Flint Male Voice Choir) before moving to Wigan in 1988. That was when he joined the Parkside Colliery Male Voice Choir… and his voice is still one of the star attractions of the choir 37 years later!
Tommy (centre, at the back) singing with the choir at Aspull Methodist Church in July 2025.
Tommy still sings in Parkside’s concerts and attends practice each week without fail, performing in the Baritone section.
Until he was 95 he worked as a “trolley lad” at Wigan Asda at the time owned by Walmart, who claimed him to be the oldest supermarket “trolley lad” in the world. Now his fellow choristers at Parkside think he may well be the oldest active chorister in the world as well.
Happy birthday Tommy!
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