[talentedbutslow]

I left Accy Grammar in 1961 at the ripe old age of 15....whilst most of the class stayed on an extra year.....Our family was poor and my pocket money was nil......so I wanted to earn a bob or two.
Agreed......there was plenty of work then for people that wanted it......and those days employers didn,t ask for someone who was experienced at 15.....like they do now.I worked for a short time at the new Maypole supermarket that was just opening on Broadway...then dad got me a job at Bulloughs as a turner where I stayed until I was 23 before moving to Australia.....I remember most Saturday nights at the Con Club or at Knowles street....sitting like a wallflower on the sides....I was a shy lad.....Doesn,t bear thinking about now.....lol