the thread about "School Leaving Age" got me thinking, reasons behind it etc, i left at 15 back in 63, most people did, some stayed on n extra year. everyone that left got employment no problem, all that wanted it anyway n most did. not 1 of the crowd i ran with went to uni, in fact i didn't know anyone that did. main reason i think was parents could not afford fer kids to do so. mine were n example of this. not that i'm bitching,its just the way things were.labouring,factory work,pits,shop work, all kinds of apprenticeships were all available, whilst today there seems ****** all by comparison
so my question is- was it better back then? i think so, but what do you?