Mary worked in the thread mills and whisky bonds in Paisley. The factory work was hard and she was invalided out by the age of
Beverley worked in an old people’s home, a coffee shop and a bakery. Later, she worked as a cleaner and a chambermaid which she enjoyed
Marjorie shares memories of her wonderfully varied working life as a machinist, doctors’ maid, schools cook, solicitor’s filing clerk and Norwich Castle museum attendant, and
Julie started in catering, learning confectionary in Switzerland, and when her family was older changed course and trained to become a chiropodist. College and working
Janet worked as a typist at a building company and for a tea merchants before having a family. Later she got paid by the tray,
Peter was a Bevin Boy who stayed on working in the mines and ended up as a publican. I was fourteen years old when I
Joyce started off working for the Telephone Manager in Norwich and afterwards worked for British Telecom, including on the telephone directory. In later life she
David shares his experiences of earning pocket money prior to his proper job, and even during it! In order to support his interests he sang,
Martin had a very busy and varied life working mainly in the Cambridge area and never needed formal qualifications. Jobs ranged from laboratory work at
John’s first job was as a dyer working in the textile laboratory for Wolsey Limited in Leicester. He subsequently worked for a number of textiles
