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  I joined W Wood & Son on the 4th April 1961 aged 15! They had then occupied number 4 Worthington Street since 1896. Previous to William Wood buying the business it traded as Bochams in premises almost opposite Queens Gardens. During the 1960s the buisiness transferred to number 13 Worthington Street on the corner of Queens Gardens, during that period it was brought by Stuart Smith and shortly after we relocated as Woods Hardware to 40-44 Pencester Road next door to Tesco Home & Wear.
  
  During that period our competitors were George Thomas (Ironmongers), Morecrofts in the High Street, Charles Clout - Priory Place and Alfred Olbys with premises on the corner of York Street opposite Clouts, and also further premises in Queens Gardens,
  
  Dover was well served by Ironmongers during that period, we all traded on good terms and regularly helped each other out with stock!
  
  Older readers will recall that the Worthington Street traders put on a fantastic Christmas Light show each year, everyone contributed and I recall on Sunday mornings in early December 1961-4 assisting with the erection of the displays, indeed some of the metal fixtures that secured the decorations across the road that I installed can still be seen above the premises on the South side of the Street.
  
  I left the business in 1978.

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