Your Jobs Of Work In Manchester

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[tony38337]

Hi All,

Does anyone remember a firm called Middleton & Jones ? I think it was on Whitworth St. Their business was velvet in all it's forms.

Tony T.

[frankwalsh]

My first job, when I left Shepherd St, University, otherwise known as Mount Carmel,was as a copy boy at the M.E.N. the wage 6 pounds 5 shillings, on my way home with my first weeks wages, I only had a penny for the bus fare, so I had to walk from the Milan on Queens Rd, the rest of the way home, because I wanted to give my Mam my first wage packet unopened, wasn't I a good boy!!! See Bodzy its contagious. Regards,Frank Walsh.

[lin]

HEY FRANK, WHO'S A GOOD BOY THEN?.. IT MUST BE CONTAGEOUS....LOL! I THINK IT WAS THAT WAY IN THOSE DAYS THOUGH, I DON'T KNOW MANY HERE WHO GIVE THEIR MUM THEIR WAGES ANYMORE LIKE THEY USED TO, IN FACT I KNOW LOTS OF THEM THAT DON'T EVEN WORK...GUESS WE ARE BECOMING OUR PARENTS IN SAYING, THEY WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[clancy]

hi frank, you made more than i did when i became an apprentice in 1960 at the age of 15 ;D i wouldn't have dared open any paycheck before i gave it to my mother or she would have belted me around Manchester if i did i had a paper round first, then i worked in a drug store i washed bottles, went for medicine in the basement, made face cream, chatted to the lovely girls who worked in the store, delivered medicine to the hospital, i loved working there . when i finished school my father said i should go to Eire for 3 months before i started work but i wanted to start work right away i look back now and i should have done as he suggested at the time. i worked for the advanced education dep looking after apprentices. ended up working in a office retired 5 years ago ;D i work part time now with no pressure and can pull th plug when i want to i think i will do one more year. tommy

[Belinda]

frankwalsh said:

My first job, when I left Shepherd St, University, otherwise known as Mount Carmel,was as a copy boy at the M.E.N. the wage 6 pounds 5 shillings, on my way home with my first weeks wages, I only had a penny for the bus fare, so I had to walk from the Milan on Queens Rd, the rest of the way home, because I wanted to give my Mam my first wage packet unopened, wasn't I a good boy!!! See Bodzy its contagious. Regards,Frank Walsh.

Hi Frank,Was the Milan the pub on the corner of queens road and rochdale rd.If so,what was the one called on queens rd,outside queens park gates.I remember going in again years ago and asking for a vodka and orange and being told "sorry,we dont sell spirits"which i thought was very strange. x Belinda

[frankwalsh]

Yes Tommy, the wages were very good for those times, plus they would send you to the cricket or football,to phone in scores, for the reporter,sent me once to Liverpool, for the cricket, free railpass and 10 bob meal allowance,I thought it was Christmas!! met the great Lancashire and England fast bowler Brian Statham. Also made the front page once, waiting for the bus to take me in to town,two kids with sparklers were waving at the people at the stop from the front window, up went the curtains, me and another fellow dashed in and pulled them down, just mentioned it when I got to work next thing its on the front page, must have been a slow news day, and then through my own stupidity I got the sack, grim reality set in by way of the butchers, 2 pounds 5shillings, a week, strange the twists and turns of our lives, I have no regrets, except for the initial stupidity, other than that I have had a good life, thank God. Yes Belinda, thats the Milan, a Robinsons house one of the few in that neck of the woods, don't know the name of the other one ,had a drink there but not often.Regards, Frank Walsh.

[OLLY]

hiya everyone, mmmm, I left spurley hey 55 first job farming
up middlewood [poynton], catch a train from belle vue station
at 4-30am off train, on the way up the hill I would get the cows in for milking, [some stories on there own from there] next job
gardener with manchester parks based at debdale pk, was a grass cutter when all the blocks of flats were up, brook house,
kirkmanshulme lane flats, next, gardener at belle vue, putting all the reception displays in ,palm trees, ferns, flowers, some plastic
carnations for the tables, tending all the flower beds, who remembers the walkway with all the hanging baskets, and may I say, I was a wine waiter at night, based at the kent suite, so it was 8 till 5 on the gardens, and home tea, wash,shave, change
to black pants ,white shirt, black bowtie, shiney shoes, and
into my monkey jacket, gold braid epaulettes, god I must have looked good ! that was till 1-30-2-00, t.b.c. olly.. [yawn]

lin said:

Hi all...
Was wondering if any of you would like to write about the places you've worked in Manchester, from the time you all left school

I unfortunately have never actually worked in Manchester myself having left there when I was 7 but I would love to hear about all your jobs....This is an attempt to get people talking on here, I hope it works, everyone seems to have gone to sleep. so wakey wakey guys, lets hear all about those jobs you've done from the past.

Lin

[OLLY]

just reading that one when belinda was told they dont serve spirits, I couldnt help myself, they must have seen throughyou,
you wasnt far from the cemetary there... olly

belinda2 said:

frankwalsh said:

My first job, when I left Shepherd St, University, otherwise known as Mount Carmel,was as a copy boy at the M.E.N. the wage 6 pounds 5 shillings, on my way home with my first weeks wages, I only had a penny for the bus fare, so I had to walk from the Milan on Queens Rd, the rest of the way home, because I wanted to give my Mam my first wage packet unopened, wasn't I a good boy!!! See Bodzy its contagious. Regards,Frank Walsh.

Hi Frank,Was the Milan the pub on the corner of queens road and rochdale rd.If so,what was the one called on queens rd,outside queens park gates.I remember going in again years ago and asking for a vodka and orange and being told "sorry,we dont sell spirits"which i thought was very strange. x Belinda

[lin]

Hi Olly...I had to laugh at your posting to Belinda being told they don't serve spirits, think you and Migky got the same sense of humour..lol!

[Belinda]

williamollerenshaw said:

just reading that one when belinda was told they dont serve spirits, I couldnt help myself, they must have seen throughyou,
you wasnt far from the cemetary there... olly

belinda2 said:

Hi Frank,Was the Milan the pub on the corner of queens road and rochdale rd.If so,what was the one called on queens rd,outside queens park gates.I remember going in again years ago and asking for a vodka and orange and being told "sorry,we dont sell spirits"which i thought was very strange. x Belinda

Hi Olly,Thats brilliant.I never thought of that.you really made me laugh ;D ;D x Belinda

[OLLY]

hiya lin, the pub what belinda went in think it was called the junction, was one of the few pubs that had two lots of cellar steps down that means three levels down, another pub like that was the railway on the level crossing, errrr, whats it called , you may find that Im on pretty early in a morning, its not that Im over keen, Its just that I have this sleep problem
I need my sleep hours moving from 9 till 4am to 12 till 7 its not
easy ... unless Im out with the gang, three times aweek, gang is whats left of abbey hey club, al knows what I mean.....
bfn olly

lin said:

Hi Olly...I had to laugh at your posting to Belinda being told they don't serve spirits, think you and Migky got the same sense of humour..lol!

[lin]

Hiya Olly, I know what you mean about the pubs...Sweet Dreams

[OLLY]

hiya lin ,
you mentioned that you like seing interesting places when you go away, four of my friends just come back from china
you know great wall, and the terecotta men, they said it was brill, but very ,very exhausting, some monings they had to be up
before five in the morning, and seven thirty, It was the guides
and coaches what they had to catch, Iknow one pals got 10,000
photos that I`ve got to see.....
olly

[lin]

Hi Olly, our friends have been to China, and we will be going with them one year, not sure which yet though....some of the Egypt trips you are up at two thirty in the morning to take a plane trip to Abu Simbel, most mornings they have you out by six/seven the latest to avoid the midday sun, it's searing.

[tony38337]

Hi Belinda,

It wasn't uncommon for pubs not to sell spirits, If you look at the licence board above a pub doorway it always used to tell you what they were licensed to sell, if I remember rightly it used to be worded something like Ales & porter, wines, spirits and cigarettes, the licensee used to have to pay different rates for what he had on the licence.

Tony T.

[Belinda]

tony38337 said:

Hi Belinda,

It wasn't uncommon for pubs not to sell spirits, If you look at the licence board above a pub doorway it always used to tell you what they were licensed to sell, if I remember rightly it used to be worded something like Ales & porter, wines, spirits and cigarettes, the licensee used to have to pay different rates for what he had on the licence.

Tony T.

Hi Tony,Thanks for that.I always wondered about it and id never heard of it happening anywhere else. x Belinda

[lin]

Hi, anymore newbies would like to tell us about their jobs of work in Manchester?

[mac69]

My first job was with the cws as an apprentice electrician so I went around a lot of the COOPs that others have mentioned. When I came out of my time I went to south africa ...didnt like it so soon came back....could not get back in the cws so did a spell working for granada tv rentals.
Lisa was the raincoat factory Kattenburghs nr strangeways ,my first wife worked there

[Lisa]

Hi Mac69, No, the Raincoat factory was AquaMer Weatherwear (Harries Limited) and it was on Cheetham Hill Road on the corner of Derby Street. I recently went on a tour with the Jewish Museum of the area and it has all changed. The Ice Palace on Derby Street is still there and two of the old Synagogues remain. Its well worth a visit to the Museum and the Tour because it visits the whole area and the man conducting the tour is a mine of information. The Museum is also full of memorabilia and photos of the area from the when the Jews first arrived in Cheetham Hill. I bet you visited the Co-op in Clayton then when you were an apprentice?

mac69 said:

My first job was with the cws as an apprentice electrician so I went around a lot of the COOPs that others have mentioned. When I came out of my time I went to south africa ...didnt like it so soon came back....could not get back in the cws so did a spell working for granada tv rentals.
Lisa was the raincoat factory Kattenburghs nr strangeways ,my first wife worked there

[OLLY]

the co-op in clayton lisa, was that the one on the front near the dance place, donahays
I used to know a chap who was in the butchery dept, and there`s a photo on my i s p site
of clayton hall in 1806 great photo........thought Id..........just
mention it........

[BABS]

HI OLLY,
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

WHATS THE ISP SITE THAT THAT PHOTO OF CLAYTON HALL IS ON?.

BABSX

[OLLY]

not tellin yeh ;D ;D ;D

[Lisa]

Hi Olly, Yes, it was the same one. Double fronted shop with sawdust on the floor. There were chairs for the older people and woe-betide any youngster who tried to sit on them. You handed in your list and waited while the assistant got everything for you. Biscuits in tins at the front and sacks of sugar and beans etc. The cheese, butter and bacon section had a white marble top where they cut off a slab of butter and patted it with butter pats then put it in greaseproof paper. Bacon was Rhody, streaky or best and sliced on a machine. You then took your goods to the cashier who sat on a high chair in a little box while she totted up the list. You then got stamps to put in your Divvy book. The dancehall next door was used for wedding receptions etc. Anyone else remember it?

[OLLY]

hi all, kept dry for most of the day after this mornings rain, rain didnt stop the council cutting all the grass verges ect, no grass collection, all comes out clogged up, ahhhhhggg.....

[bodzy3]

mavisredford said:

STEADY ON YOU TWO.......you'll be getting all excited with your memories and the Ian McShane Eyes.........Do any of you remember your first boyfriend and his name? I mean FIRST by the one you fell in love with or had a schoolgirl crush on. Mine was a boy in Clayton called Vincent Lawler and he had Elvis Presley eyes. My next one was called Raymond Taylor and came from Droylsden. When I used to go away to my parents' caravan he wrote to me and I remember the thrill of collecting his letter from the farmhouse. I ate my breakfast rather too quickly and ran down to the beach to be alone with 'my love letter'. He'd enclosed a tiny photograph and I wish I'd kept it. He promised to 'be good' while I was away and I believed him. Silly fool. My heart was broken but I can still remember when he first kissed me. My very first kiss and I thought my head would explode and thought my parents would guess by the look on my face, which was all flushed, so I ran upstairs to bed without my cocoa - it must have been love.......... AND I was only 14.

hey Lisa That Guy Vincent Lawler, no relation to Ian Lawler who used to live off Ravensberry Street

[Lisa]

Hi Bodzy, They probably are related. Several years ago when I was working at the Crown Court in Manchester I was working with a young witness from Clayton and her face looked familiar. As we got talking I asked her if she was related to someone called Vincent. She looked at me shocked and said that he was her uncle. She was the image of him so it really is a small world. I wonder if the Ian you know was her father? Babs will be able to tell you because Vincent was one of her boyfriends too !! Babs and I seemed to have shared everything

[june]

hi everyone have really enjoyed reading all the posts on here ,,so now i'll add my two penny worth ;D
left school 1965 and started work at Oxendales catalouge offices in town centre M/c second job was at Sylvana's clothing mill not far from ancoats hospital ,,did a couple of months at a box works in between bradford rd and ashton old rd i think,, my mum worked there did'nt like it to noisy,, worked at a place on mellor st miles platting called trade works it did alsorts made and packed B/day cards was one of the jobs i remember, i enjoyed working here the girls were great ,, ,,done a few months at a tobbaconist /with a barbers at the back that was on london rd ,,also worked at the under ground market on Market st in town selling ladies fashions also enjoyed it there to we sold mini skirts/dresses ,midis, hot pants used to get to buy the clothes cheap to wear in work and show them off to customers .. worked at a shop near moston lane that sold rain coats they made at a factory they also owned, this was last job before i started a family in 1972 ;D

[OLLY]

hiya june .....I reckon that box place you didnt like because it was too noisy was the "METAL BOX COMPANY"..........on crabtree lane
that place was very noisy.......

[bodzy3]

I can remember starting work as a Milk Monitor at school ................................................ERR then did all sorts of jobs like milk man ,window cleaner ,van-lad then into the building game as hod -carrier ,then carrying for the plasterers dumper truck driver,worked on a brick yard till i found my passion the pub trade ,from waiter to barman to head barman to asst barmanager at Piccadilly hotel to hea d bartender on to working in Germany Holland ,Channel Isle Belfast ,London, Scotland and many citys in the UK befor becoming taxi driver in Manchester leading to collage at mancat then before retirement in Clayton, i did a short time as a undertaker when i was banned from driving ....sort of full circle .......now looking for job as asst- Milk Monitor