since the age of 13 I've always earnt my own money, at 13 I had a car cleaning round with a mate, we charged £1 per car, I then worked as a Saturday morning milk round boy, then I worked briefly with the Corona man( anyone remember him,)then I worked at a prize bingo giving out change, then I left school and started working for Fords as an apprentice machanic until I told the Forman to stick his job where the sun don't shine, I then worked as a bouncer working at some of the roughest clubs in south London, From there I became a postman for 27 years and still did door work Fri/Sat night, and now I have my own Taxi company with 20 drivers. My working life, what's yours?
Oh I forgot one and probably my worst job ,when the children were small I did an evening office cleaning job in the city, as a team we cleaned 14 floors, I had to clean 14 gents toilets, not nice
Worked in pubs when I was supposed to be at school. Made double glazing for some Jehovah's witnesses, civil service, despatch rider, wood shop, then got a job sweeping floors at the local flour mill, been in milling ever since (whilst trying to be a motorcycle racer). Yard sweeper, driver's mate, siloman, packer, mill apprentice, junior miller, head miller, asst mill manager, quality manager, general manager and finally Ops Director. (at various mills in UK)
paper round at 13 Apprentice electrician doing dairy units and grain drying plant on farms and general industrial work Electrician for the MOD building and repairing tanks Electrician for the NHS Facilities Manager for the NHS Facilities Manger for a large AlmsHouse Charity Got ill so had to give up for a year Part time employed electrician working manly on campers Part time electrician electrician/handyman for a care home
Paper round lemonade round fruit and veg round Harry Fentons boutique Aircraft mechanic machine operator engineers merchants decorator
Paper round Saturday job in WHSmith Holiday work in Boots all through Uni Pre-registration year with Boots after graduation Various branches of Boots as Management for about 12 years Bought own Pharmacy in 1989 Sold up in 2015
Frome doley squatter to company director. On the tools to Lead Design Consultant and back again. It's all just stuff. As someone wise once said, working is a neccesity to survive, but a life is made from what you give.
I think I might of told you this already, but I used to buy a lot of my clothes from Harry Fenton, I bought a blue and gold two tone suit from Fentons, I don't think it cost me much as my mate worked there, I used to wear it to Chelsea, I thought I was the bees knees, bit of a wally really
Never out of work - but I feel for the younger ones these days, my lad almost 21, A levels and GCSE's applies for jobs daily (any and all going) and never gets a response, so no feedback at all.....how is he ever going to find work????
Mine's same + degree. Minimum wage on offer part time only. He's planning to start his own business. If he comes up with a level headed plan without me twisting his arm to do so I'll back him. If he'd rather launch into it on a wing and a prayer he's on his own.
