Mixed Employment

Project management to massage therapy (1991 – 2024). Wensum Lodge (2000).

Emma trained for a year at Wensum Lodge which led to a fulfilling full time career in massage therapy. I’m a Forces child, I was

Tailoring to Occupational Therapy (1941-2008)

Vera recalls her wartime work as a machinist and welder, and later, as an occupational therapy aide. A teenager in wartime London During the war

Growing up in the Space Age (1950s-2021)

David trained to be a teacher at Brentwood College of Education, and taught at Hellesdon High School, Acle Primary School and Neatherd High School in

From bottling beer to international fencing champion – the first lady Freeman of Norwich (1941-2012)

From an early age, Connie had a succession of jobs, often juggling more than one at a time to make ends meet but it was

The oilman cometh. Colmans and after (1945 – 2010)

After a couple of stints at Colman’s saw and flour mills, Colin enjoyed driving around the county as a door-to-door salesman and later oil sales

When I look back – gardening stories (1936-1990s)

Peter was a gardener-porter at Heigham Grove maternity hospital before the health service. Later he was the gardener for the BBC in St Catherine’s Close

Short and sweets! (1970-1972)

Susan recalls working on iconic confectionery at Rowntree Mackintosh in Norwich while the smell of chocolate permeated the city. Starting on the Weekend belt I