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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Seven

26th August 2023 Going Postal 2246 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Six

19th August 2023 Going Postal 2213 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Five

12th August 2023 Going Postal 2696 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Four

5th August 2023 Going Postal 2885 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Three

29th July 2023 Going Postal 2325 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Two

22nd July 2023 Going Postal 2827 Comments

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…]

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Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part One

15th July 2023 Going Postal 2585 Comments

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…]

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