Sally Thomas obituary

My friend Sally Thomas, who has died of cancer aged 60, was a pioneering lecturer in early childhood studies. I met her more than 20 years ago when she joined my MA programme at Trinity College, Carmarthen (now the University of Wales Trinity Saint David). She was a lively student, passionate about children and play. In 2000 Sally joined the staff, teaching on the new early childhood studies programmes.

She was born in Sutton Coldfield (then in Warwickshire and now part of Birmingham), the elder daughter of Phyllis (nee Dow), a nursery teacher, and Stan Millington, a Ford car worker. Summers were spent in Gwithian, Cornwall, where Sally and her sister, Karen, would surf and swim.

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