Former Barry postman and RAF veteran turns 100 in lockdown
A FORMER Barry postman and Air Force veteran will celebrate his 100th birthday during the coronavirus pandemic. John David Taylor was born on Good Friday, March 25, in 1921 - in Pink Cottage, Robins Lane, Barry. The youngest of seven, Mr Taylor was football-mad as a child and played for Cadoxton School. When he left school he worked as a lifeguard at the the Knap swimming pool for several years. With the outbreak of war, Mr Taylor joined the RAF as a flight mechanic, working mostly on Wellington Bombers. At the end of the war he was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, returning to ...