Growing Up In Wombwell

A Memory of Wombwell.

My family and I, the Oughtons, lived at 53, Wombwell Main Row, a community for miners and their families. My dad worked at Darfield Main pit all of his life up until early retirement in the early 1980s. I have kept in touch with many of my life-long friends, as I call them. They will remain in my heart forever. I remember the Sunday School anniversaries at Hough Lane Methodist. The Whitsuntide Walk, Wombwell Feast, not forgettingl friends from the Modern School.
I left Wombwell in 1967 when I married, my husband in the textile trade came from Huddersfield where we lived until we emigrated to the States in 1973.
To me Wombwell never changes. I managed to get back to my home town every two years. It's a treat seeing relatives, old neighbours and everything else.
My parents[ Russ and Irene] have long since died, sadly missed and much loved.
I love Wombwell.

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