West Street Wath Upon Dearne

A Memory of Wath Upon Dearne.

I left Wath Grammar School in 1948 after 7 happy years. My father was the owner of Waddington Bros. Ironmongers in West Street, but the shop and all the rest of the shops in West Street were demolished around 1970, as was the street itself. My mother taught at Park Road Secondary Modern School, starting during the Second World War because of the shortage of men teachers, and continued until she retired about 1958/9.
Wath has changed greatly over the years, though I have not been back since 1992 when one of my aunts was still living there.

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