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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…]

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…]

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…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Two

22nd July 2023 Going Postal 0

Part one is here This time: My first day The next morning, I was up at 08.00 had a bath and breakfast. By 09.30 I was ready to go. All attempts to persuade Graham or [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part One

15th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Finishing school and looking for work When school and I parted company on less than friendly terms around April/May 1973 my dad wanted to know what I was going to do for a job. It [more…]

Trade Plating Around England, Part Thirteen

8th July 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, Covid, furlough and enough is enough. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part two [more…]

Trade Plating Around England, Part Twelve

1st July 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]

Trade Plating Around England, Part Eleven

24th June 2023 Going Postal 0

This time, Security & breathalysers, Southampton, tracked vehicles and a sad tale. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one [more…]