Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Two

9th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here This time: Fire damage, I meet the Geezer and being on call. Following the call from Melanie to head to a [more…]

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part One

2nd September 2023 Going Postal 0

Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. In March 1994, I found myself working for one of the UK’s leading privately owned alarm companies. I had secured a job as an alarm [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Seven

26th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here Part two is here Part three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here This time: Frank the KP, much excitement amongst the girls, a [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Six

19th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here Part two is here Part three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here This time: Days off and the new kitchen porter. Tuesday. I was up and about [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Five

12th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here Part two is here Part three is here Part Four is here This time: Fallout from the lock in and Eck’s sudden departure I was woken by the alarm going off [more…]

That’s Life, Part 2

10th August 2023 Going Postal 0

My first time in France was in 1963 on an army ‘Adventure Training Expedition,’ aka ‘Think up a jolly which has a ‘ military slant ‘ and have most expenses funded. We were to canoe [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Four

5th August 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here Part two is here Part three is here This time: A day off, my try at water-skiing and a lock in. Thursday, my day off, no alarm set and I woke [more…]

That’s Life

3rd August 2023 Going Postal 0

I was interested to read 1O210ken’s piece: it is good to read and perhaps learn from other peoples’ experience. I had the same question put to me by my father when I was 15. I [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Three

29th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here Part two is here This time: Working on my own, hippies and the loch. The alarm woke me at six, I fumbled to switch it off and lay in bed for [more…]