mcleod Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 mine was as a page boy at the royal victoria hotel and i might add i was the last page in sheffield, it was a great grounding for my future working life i wore a full page boy tunic complete with hat and white gloves.the yaer was 1967 and the winter mornings walking up station approach at 6 30am was not for a young'un like me but once in the warmth of the hotel it felt o k used to have to polish all the brasses smell of brasso brings it all back i always had to take all the huge laundry baskets on to victoria station on a sack barrow bigger than me. had to meet the master cutler train and bring suit cases to hotel then take them up to there rooms sometimes got a sixpence tip after a while i asked to train as chef in the massive basement kitchen, but they put me in the dining room instead, had to do 3 months training [silver service] in what was called the stewards room wher the house keeper,head porter ,etc had ther lunch anyway i stayed with british transport hotels for a lot of years reaching position of head waiter at railway hotel lochalsh hotel in scottish highlands. perhaps some one will recognise these names from the royal vic Bill Brian. FRED Wood ,mr Marquie jimmy shipstone . big mick cooper [lader chef] sidney howe head chef. doreen skidmoor. dave turton. chris mellor.richard hodges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Royal Navy. Finished O' levels/CSE's and joined in June '78, stayed for 27 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laineyiow Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 1968 - Office Junior at International Twist Drill on Claywheels Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallywags Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Sheffield Brick Company Wincobank around 1963. Making house bricks Then Greenthorpe's Transport Darnall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 My first job when I left Yew Lane in 1958 was at this massive sewing factory somewhere in town. What a din! I lasted a whole one and half days, then I couldn't stand the noise anymore and walked out. That would have probably been CWS on West Street, cuz, my sister in law and a friend I used to work with both worked there at same time when they left school on 1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 office junior at Milners funiture shop, Howard Street, early 70's...... handy for the pub next door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lushcannon Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Mac Market,Broomhill.£4.68 a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsel Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Gowers on Nodder Rd. Saturday job, stacking shelves, delivering orders on my trolley, after taking papers for Les Hogson and Elsie, papers before school, Stars after. At Gowers, drinking tea with the adults in the back room was my baptism. The day Churchill was buried a young shop assistant, Barbara, gave me a glimpse of her chest, set me up for life. 7/6d at Gowers, 12/6 for papers, I was rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipB Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Student technician in laboratories at Sheffield Infirmary in 1967. Annual salary of £750 and you know what? You could still buy etc etc etc etc ad infinitum !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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