What year did you leave school ?

[mune ni kamome]

When I was there, the permanent staff was entirely female apart from one bloke who was the chef (ie he opened the cans). The temporary and part-time staff were nearly all male - some were fresh out of the local borstal with a couple of schoolkids like me. It was a weird place to work

I remember changing and filling the mustard pots up on the first floor which was never used apart from us staff having our breaks. I did this for so long I was sneezing yellow mucus for days afterwards. I remember too the skinheads coming in prior to getting the train to Hove for the match on Saturdays. Needless to say they didn't pay for the cakes and pastries.

 

[Richard_419]

2006, First job was at Edwards Vacuum Ltd. (back when it was still called BOC Edwards)

 

[The Brighton Bear]

1975. Apprentice at Allenwest. £21 a week.

 

[The Oldman]

1958 Office Boy East Sussex County Council, Pelham House. Annual Salary £220. 3 years later at Royal Sussex, office boy £320 pa.

 

[Godstar]

Left Falmer School in 1981 - Started 6th form but got a full time job at Walter Gilletts (office stationers in the Lanes) as a warehouse boy (£28.00p/w)…lasted 11 months & then they sacked me!

 

[Drpepper]

2003, Straight into scaffolding at 16, £20 per day. 11 years later and still doing it luckily money is actually quite decent

 

[Alonso Moseley]

1979. Went to art college and had a part-time job at Stead and Simpson shoe shop in Churchill Square. Corn and verruca powder everywhere by 4pm.

 

[Peter Grummit]

1981 post A levels. Had a part time job as a 'bouncer/gofer' at the Dog Track. Worked Saturday and Thursday evenings while at BHASVIC, so could still go to the Albion. Worked at Amex, EF, the Open Market as holiday jobs. First proper job, planning bus routes for London Transport, 1985. Planning buses in Dallas 87-88 then 23 years at Steer Davies Gleave, transport planning consultants, where Lord B was my client on one contract. Now have my own transport consultancy called...Albion Economics.

PG

 

[Trigger]

1992 - Apprentice Painter & Decorator.

 

[goldstone68]

1969 - apprentice electrician

 

[smudge]

1978. Rn.

 

[Hiney]

June 1977

Went to work at Midland Bank because I wanted to have cash in my pocket - £1,267pa

Should have gone to University but ended up being at Midland/HSBC for 22 years so have a decent pension to fall back on.

 

[lawros left foot]

1975, joined the Royal Navy as a junior assitant Cook, second class. £ 13 a fortnight!!!

 

[sir albion]

1989 YTS car mechanic

Wage £52 per week

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

1978 - My first job was as a furniture polisher at Bevan Funnell! I worked there for many years with some great lads. Shame it closed down.

You must have known Dave Funnell?----no relation to the owner tho

 

[Jam The Man]

1992 Secondary School
1994 Sixth Form

Had already joined Sainsburys at Blatch Rd Hove in Feb 1991 though aged 15 1/2. Went full time in 94 for a few years...

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

1982 - Barclays

 

[banjo]

1983 Portobello Press.

 

[Nibble]

1996, Rock climbing instructor. Did that for 2 years before moving to Brighton.

 

[Garage_Doors]

1977 Apprentice electrical engineer.