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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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  • Before Tippex or photocopiers we had long, pre-prepared stencil sheets that you corrected with some evil smelling flourescent pink stuff.   As I remember it (which is probably pretty iffy), you had to somehow attach the stencil to a machine and then crank a handle to get the copies.  And the stencil always used to fall off, or rip.  I can't remember what this system was called, though, which is another thing that has changed dramatically since I started work in the late 1970s.  Back then I could remember whole telephone directories of information and now my memory ... sorry, what was this thread about, again???

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  • Before Tippex or photocopiers we had long, pre-prepared stencil sheets that you corrected with some evil smelling flourescent pink stuff.   As I remember it (which is probably pretty iffy), you had to somehow attach the stencil to a machine and then crank a handle to get the copies.  And the stencil always used to fall off, or rip.  I can't remember what this system was called, though, which is another thing that has changed dramatically since I started work in the late 1970s.  Back then I could remember whole telephone directories of information and now my memory ... sorry, what was this thread about, again???

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