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I remember typing pools...

Steve Bridger

I remember my first day at work. The summer of 1981. County Hall. The smell of polished corridors and trolleys laden three-feet high with leaver arch files and buff folders. I opened a door and there it was: The Typing Pool. Page 3 of The Sun were always plastered on the walls of the printing unit whenever I was asked to make errands. We still had a few discussion threads on that topic in the early days here - in 2004!


And I've seen Made in Dagenham, the movie!


I only mention this as the CIPD published a report called Work Audit today, a fascinating look at how the world of work has changed
in Britain since 1952.


I thought we could share our own compelling vignettes of social history comparing changes in the way we work.


What do you reckon?


Steve

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  • Early in January, on Radio 4, there was a one week series of 15 minute interviews, with return visits, of public figures who had their first jobs as paper boys and paper girls. (I've tried finding a link via the BBC iPlayer, but no success on this yet. I'll post the link if there's a podcast.)

    It was a fascinating piece of social history, and it was also remarkable learning of the impact that this early experience of work on all 5 people, and the development of a work ethic and feelings of independence. The interviewer also had a paper round by the way.

    I often say that my first job was as a deck cadet at sea, forgetting about my 7-day a week paper round (where I earned more than a cadet, which paid about 13 pence per day to start off with! ).

    My most vivid memory as a paper boy was, one summer evening, reading the South Wales Echo and seeing that the husband at one of the houses on my round had been arrested for murdering his wife! His newspaper delivery hadn't been cancelled - I wonder why!

     

     

     

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  • Early in January, on Radio 4, there was a one week series of 15 minute interviews, with return visits, of public figures who had their first jobs as paper boys and paper girls. (I've tried finding a link via the BBC iPlayer, but no success on this yet. I'll post the link if there's a podcast.)

    It was a fascinating piece of social history, and it was also remarkable learning of the impact that this early experience of work on all 5 people, and the development of a work ethic and feelings of independence. The interviewer also had a paper round by the way.

    I often say that my first job was as a deck cadet at sea, forgetting about my 7-day a week paper round (where I earned more than a cadet, which paid about 13 pence per day to start off with! ).

    My most vivid memory as a paper boy was, one summer evening, reading the South Wales Echo and seeing that the husband at one of the houses on my round had been arrested for murdering his wife! His newspaper delivery hadn't been cancelled - I wonder why!

     

     

     

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