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Selected Tales
from the Waste family travels for Bechtel Corporation |
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Tenby, Wales |
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Jim Waste, the
Yank who played rugby |
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Jim Waste, my Dad, was a member of the
Tenby United RFC team while we lived there. His previous experience
playing back at UC Berkeley and in Vancouver, B.C. proved useful.
Once back in the States, Jim had a very successful rugby career,
both with San Francisco's Olympic Club and the BATS. He was not
only a founding member of the BATS (Bay Area Touring Side), he
was also the coach. He probably had an American record for the
most rugby games played - but now rugby is more popular and perhaps
someone else has the record. |
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How did the Americans in Tenby celebrate
the Fourth of July? By having a beach party within sight of Manobier
Castle, complete with a bonfire and American flags. Above: my
Dad, in his ancestral Clan McIntosh kilt, at the Fourth of July
party. The traditonally-dressed Welsh lady on the left is holding
a Welsh flag. That day was one of the most memorable of the entire
two years we were away. I remember feeling like a special guest
of honor - and how lucky we were to be American citizens. |
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Our house at Northcliff
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The Waste family in front
of our house on Northcliff in Tenby. The kids, from left: me,
Shawn, Jamie, Steve. |
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This is the house we lived in, just
a short distance away from a sheer drop hundreds of feet down
to the sea. |
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