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Post by lin on Sept 19, 2008 6:09:13 GMT -1
HI BARBARA..LOVELY TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKFULLY MOST OF THE TRAFFIC HAS BEEN BANNED FROM IN PLYMOUTH TOWN AREA, BUT IT STILL GOES AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE TOWN WHERE YOU CAN PARK UP AND ARE IN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE STORES...SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE. HEAR FROM YOU SOON  |
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Post by Barbara on Sept 21, 2008 19:00:40 GMT -1
hello Everyone: And I was complaining about Atlanta traffic! Well Atlanta is running out of gasoline most stations are closed, this is due to hurricane Ike  that hit Texas over a week ago. All the big oil refineries are there so supply is short to get to us. Nashville is almost completely out and what stations are open there are lines for miles. So I may not be moving (although I did fill up yesterday) from now on I will keep my mouth shut! Got to run my daughter is cooking me a nice English tea ;D i will keep you all posted on what's going on here. And yes I hear the renovation of the city of Manchester would amaze me, Harpurhey and Langley even more so. Cheers barbara |
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Post by Lisa on Sept 22, 2008 12:27:24 GMT -1
Hi Barbara, Great to hear your news from Atlanta....and to see that not only the Brits are having problems!!! Enjoy your afternoon Tea......I used to be rather an expert of Afternoon Teas Barbara.....having visited most them here in the North West.....we used to score them from 1 to 10......and try to find different places to visit each week - after our long walk, of course!!   |
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Post by june on Sept 25, 2008 5:33:22 GMT -1
hello Everyone: And I was complaining about Atlanta traffic! Well Atlanta is running out of gasoline most stations are closed, this is due to hurricane Ike that hit Texas over a week ago. All the big oil refineries are there so supply is short to get to us. Nashville is almost completely out and what stations are open there are lines for miles. So I may not be moving (although I did fill up yesterday) from now on I will keep my mouth shut! Got to run my daughter is cooking me a nice English tea ;D i will keep you all posted on what's going on here. And yes I hear the renovation of the city of Manchester would amaze me, Harpurhey and Langley even more so. Cheers barbara hi Barbara hope your gasoline crisis has improved .... yes Barbara ,harpurhey and langley both changed very much and not for the better might add essp Harpurhey ... |
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Post by Tigger on Sept 25, 2008 21:45:55 GMT -1
Now now June...."harpurhey and langley both changed very much and not for the better might add essp Harpurhey ... "
y'know you cant see much from the top deck of the 163 when hiding behind the seats... ;D ;D ;D
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Post by june on Sept 26, 2008 6:55:58 GMT -1
;D ;D lol tigger how did ye know i did that ..by not for the better a mean look wot they've done to the good ole market lived in Harpurhey when we got married was first home luved it then ,even collyhurst my old stomping ground looks so weary now ..check em all out while wizzing pass on the way to town ;D guess its the good memorys a have from yrs ago the rows of terraced houses filled with friends looking out for each other |
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Post by jaykay on Aug 29, 2009 12:48:08 GMT -1
Hi Chris, Robertsons jam factory is now in the process of being demolished, which is a sad occasion for my wife and my in-laws as they've all worked there over the years, also sad for Droylsden and everyone else who worked there
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Post by 0urkid on Jul 19, 2010 18:17:43 GMT -1
Believe it or not, I had had about thirty jobs before I joined the army at 26 years of age. Might make a list up, one day. |
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Post by Lisa on Jul 20, 2010 10:01:31 GMT -1
Go on, Ourkid......start that list.....you'll be amazed what memories it will trigger. Also, others on her would love to read it. Believe it or not, I had had about thirty jobs before I joined the army at 26 years of age. Might make a list up, one day. |
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Post by dontaylor99 on Jul 26, 2010 9:02:40 GMT -1
hi,everyone. re places of work. I started my working life at Templemans shopfitters as a trainee designer draughtsman they were situated on Cambridge street close to the junction of cavendish street the premise was an old cinema, the balcony was used by the French Polishers.
My next job was that of a posterwriter,at Beales studio in Stretford,it was in a private house opposite St Annes Church on Chester road. NationaL Service came next I was fortunate in obtaining a job as depot signwriter, which I did for the rest of my service. my next job was at Northern Signs, in Warrington,where I made wooden sign boards,painted them,and even erected them.from Warrington I went to Preston,working as a Cinema Oil Writer.next, back to Manchester where I was employed by a poster and screen printing firm called France posters, nothing to do with the country,just the name of my boss.next I started my own poster and printing business on the corner of Sadler st, and Upper lloyd st. moved to ellesemere st, in Hulme[alongside St Georges church. I next moved to Cambridge st,Salford, [to be continued later]
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Post by 0urkid on Jul 26, 2010 12:51:49 GMT -1
Go on, Ourkid......start that list.....you'll be amazed what memories it will trigger. Also, others on her would love to read it. Believe it or not, I had had about thirty jobs before I joined the army at 26 years of age. Might make a list up, one day. Lisa, will start work on the list first thing in the morning. Will have to get the old memory into top gear, though. ;D |
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Post by Lisa on Jul 26, 2010 14:02:05 GMT -1
That shouldnt be too difficult then Ourkid, should it?  Go on, Ourkid......start that list.....you'll be amazed what memories it will trigger. Also, others on her would love to read it. Lisa, will start work on the list first thing in the morning. Will have to get the old memory into top gear, though. ;D |
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Post by 0urkid on Jul 27, 2010 17:28:19 GMT -1
That shouldnt be too difficult then Ourkid, should it? Lisa. I am a Gemini, as you will no doubt see from the following history. Not quite complete, but as near as I can remember. My first job on leaving Openshaw Tech., was with the Rennie Tool Company on Upper Brook Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock. I left after about a year, and went to Southern and Darwents timber yard in Castlefield, Liverpool Road, where I worked “backing up” on the huge bench saws. Chasing the money, I took a job with Matthew Hall and Co. as a pipe-fitter’s mate, working on new plant at ICI, Blackley. Here, my take-home pay was £8 pounds a week, which for a seventeen-year-old was extremely good in 1951. When the ICI contract ended, I found various jobs, non of which lasted any length of time. Among these was gardening at Manchester University, driving a horse and cart for Broadbents of Ardwick Green (hilarious!), a half-day stint at a dairy (hated it), three weeks at the Dunlop Rubber Co., Cambridge Street, a couple of months at a paper mill at the back of City Road, from where I went next door to a flour mill. In those days, you just walked into a place, asked for a job, and you were usually told to start immediately. No references, just your NI card and P45. The flour mill episode, which was all night work, was followed by a spell selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door, six months trying to make a living selling firewood, and two and a half years down Bradford pit. When I got fed up with that, I went to Bradford Gas Works, where I stayed for several months. Replying to an advert in the Manchester Evening News for “a young man, interested in electronics”, got me a job with Thomas A. Edison as a service engineer for dictating machines. It was during this time, that I married my first wife. This would be 1955. Pay at Edison’s was not great, nine pounds before stoppages, so I left and took a job a bus conductor at Hyde Road depot, where there was plenty of overtime work available. Ever a glutton for punishment, I went back down the pit, this time Mosely Common. I also did a spot of selling table linen, towels etc. Barber’s Removals in Levenshulme was my next port of call. In all, I worked for three removal companies, although I can’t recall the names of the other two. One was based at Knoll’s House, Bury New Road, the other was also in Levenshulme. My next job was with Shudehill Electrics, but can’t remember how long I was there. Next came a couple of months at Turners Asbestos in Trafford Park. I then bought a window-cleaning round, followed by a lucrative stint selling TVs, washing machines and fridges, door-to-door. I also had a mushroom growing business and ran a mobile snack-bar at one time or another, but can’t recall when. I finally joined the Army in 1960, where I stayed for seven years. When I left, in 1967, I took a job with James H. Vickery, Shudehill, and then an American company, Varityper, servicing and repairing type-setting equipment. I must have known what I was doing; after 12 months, they promoted me to area engineer for Ireland. This suited me fine, as my second wife, Rachel, is from Belfast. While in Ireland, I took a television servicing course at Knockmore. When the troubles flared, we returned to Manchester and I started work with Reliable TV Services on Stockport Road. I then opened a TV repair shop in Marlborough Road, but we decided to move to Luton, as many of Rachel’s siblings had moved down here. After working for Granada, Radio Rentals and Pye television, I became service manager of the first radio and TV shop in Bedfordshire, Abels, established 1928. After that, I opened a TV shop in Hightown, Luton. I have also repaired microwave ovens and installed alarm systems. I finally retired, last year, as Operations Yard Marshall for an international transport company. They relocated, and it wasn’t a practical proposition for me to go with them. Shame. I was only 75. |
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Post by jackaitch on Jul 27, 2010 17:47:13 GMT -1
Hey Ourkid you certainly have done your share of moving around..and I thought I had my share!!!
Nowhere near...It would take several people to add up to the jobs you,ve had.
Well done you made it to retirement!!!!
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Post by Lisa on Jul 28, 2010 7:08:03 GMT -1
Hi Ourkid, I'm impressed.....and exhausted just reading your jobs. I wonder what youngsters today would think of that impressive array on jobs? You can certainly look back with pride knowing you've got your place in the Hall of Fame( ;)on Manmates at least). |
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Post by 0urkid on Jul 28, 2010 9:08:09 GMT -1
Thanks for the complimentary replies. Forgot to mention, in my spare time I used to write magazine articles. As I mentioned somewhere previously, we Geminis are seldom still.
Been an interesting and varied life!
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Post by jnealedroylsden on Jul 28, 2010 11:12:39 GMT -1
bloomin eck ourkid.................bet you could write a book about your experiences in all your jobs, bet there would be some funny pages in there as well................well you have certainly seen life
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Post by lin on Jul 28, 2010 11:29:24 GMT -1
ourkid...we can all say you're not afraid of hard work with all the jobs you have had had loads of jobs myself but all in Devon and Cornwall. |
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Post by 0urkid on Jul 28, 2010 12:54:53 GMT -1
ourkid...we can all say you're not afraid of hard work with all the jobs you have had had loads of jobs myself but all in Devon and Cornwall. Lin, I've always got to be doing something. Took up French polishing a couple of years ago. Lovely hobby. Very satisfying. Must write up the horse and cart episode, some day. Now that was really funny. Think Tommy, the horse, enjoyed it too! |
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Post by lin on Jul 28, 2010 13:27:03 GMT -1
Hi Ourkid...I'm usually like that myself even if sitting down with the tv on I have to be doing something. My husband used to do French polishing when he worked for Rank radio/tv. You just reminded me of the Rag and bone man when I used to live in Parker steet Bradford, both him and the coalman were called Tommy ;d ;d Can't wait for your story. |
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Post by Lisa on Jul 28, 2010 16:55:26 GMT -1
Ah Ourkid.....a Gemini.....a twin.....a multi-faceted person....as well as a multi-tasker. I thought only us ladies were multi-taskers. Shall we let him into our SPECIAL CLUB ladies? No Olly....you cant....... ;D |
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Post by june on Aug 21, 2010 9:07:21 GMT -1
great reading our kid well done you yes them were the days wen yo cud just walk into a job no filling dozens of forms out like now |
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Post by odtricia1 on Sept 28, 2010 15:22:14 GMT -1
Hi everyone, Just by chance I happened on this page and having worked in Manchester from 1962 - 1969, despite having left the city then, I still remember the Manchester Ship Canal Co on King Street, where I worked in a Secretarial capacity in what was then the Staff Office, now Human Resources. I also worked for L.A. Mitchell Ltd, Chemical Engineers in Peter Street, also the Theatre Royal in Princes Street. I can see, in my minds eye the people I worked with and the offices in which I worked with such a clarity it is as though I never left the city 41 years ago. I hope to be over next May for my big birthday. Roll on May 2011.
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Post by Lisa on Sept 29, 2010 14:14:05 GMT -1
Hi Patricia, Make sure you keep us posted of your BIG DAY.....how old is it......48 just like Olly's age Bet you will see some changes in Manchester when you visit. Hi everyone, Just by chance I happened on this page and having worked in Manchester from 1962 - 1969, despite having left the city then, I still remember the Manchester Ship Canal Co on King Street, where I worked in a Secretarial capacity in what was then the Staff Office, now Human Resources. I also worked for L.A. Mitchell Ltd, Chemical Engineers in Peter Street, also the Theatre Royal in Princes Street. I can see, in my minds eye the people I worked with and the offices in which I worked with such a clarity it is as though I never left the city 41 years ago. I hope to be over next May for my big birthday. Roll on May 2011. |
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Post by crabbygit on Oct 1, 2010 20:46:03 GMT -1
Hi All. I'm afraid that I have lead a very boring life as far as jobs go. I left school in 1962 and went to work at the, then, Manchester College of Science and Technology, as a technician. The place changed its name in the late 60's to UMIST and I was still there when it was 'merged' with The University in 2004. I took early retirement in 2006 and moved to Ohio, USA when I married an American lady. Over the years however I did lead a more interesting life as a part time musician, when i played Lead Guitar in the Gorton Group, 'The Condours' in the 60's. In the 70's I was with a band called ' Summer' who started off resident at The Osbourn, on Oldham Road, till we went on the road. The 80's I was in two duos, Whisper and Duplicate and thought at that time I would retire from the Pub and Club scene. Alas I keep clear of it all till 1999, and formed a duo called 'Knight Ryder' ( I use the stage name Rik Knight and my partner was called Chris Ryder). We had a name change in 2004 to 'Blast From The Past' and we broke up when I moved to USA. Well that's it, my life in a paragraph !
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Post by Lisa on Oct 3, 2010 8:48:09 GMT -1
Hi Crabbygit, Lovely story.....we have a lot of ex-musicians here on MM.....it must be the Manchester-soul that did it. Hi All. I'm afraid that I have lead a very boring life as far as jobs go. I left school in 1962 and went to work at the, then, Manchester College of Science and Technology, as a technician. The place changed its name in the late 60's to UMIST and I was still there when it was 'merged' with The University in 2004. I took early retirement in 2006 and moved to Ohio, USA when I married an American lady. Over the years however I did lead a more interesting life as a part time musician, when i played Lead Guitar in the Gorton Group, 'The Condours' in the 60's. In the 70's I was with a band called ' Summer' who started off resident at The Osbourn, on Oldham Road, till we went on the road. The 80's I was in two duos, Whisper and Duplicate and thought at that time I would retire from the Pub and Club scene. Alas I keep clear of it all till 1999, and formed a duo called 'Knight Ryder' ( I use the stage name Rik Knight and my partner was called Chris Ryder). We had a name change in 2004 to 'Blast From The Past' and we broke up when I moved to USA. Well that's it, my life in a paragraph ! |
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Post by climb57 93/20 on Oct 10, 2010 14:03:33 GMT -1
I'm an engineer ( universal grinder) coming to the end of my career, iv worked mostly around the area. any body remember them Jones sewing machines, where i served my time , then B&S Massey, Rock Bits, Cravens of reddish, and finally ending up at brooks ltd.
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Post by Lisa on Oct 11, 2010 5:00:25 GMT -1
Hi Climb57......I remember Jones Sewing Machines. My mum owned a treddle machine and it was superb. I learned to sew on that machine and it took me ages to learn to work the wheel but once I did it was great. I watched my mum make curtains and dresses on the same machine. It was inside a wooden cabinet.....far nicer than any of the modern machines today. Some of the cabinets were works of art.
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Post by tony38337 on Oct 12, 2010 9:28:46 GMT -1
I gotta say that the best occupation of all is retirement. However did we find time to work?
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Post by lin on Oct 12, 2010 10:55:54 GMT -1
My mam had a treddle machine, on fact she had a couple, one jones and the other was singer....I have my sewing machine adapted to industrial one along with the overlocker machine I have as well...of course I am a trained machinist and a seamstress so I would have my own machines...mam was trained as well...she used to work in Raffles when we lived in M/C Even now I get asked to make items of clothing or curtains....even done wedding dresses....but I got to say Tony is right, you can't beat retirement.. ;d ;d ;d although I did love sewing. |
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that hit Texas over a week ago. All the big oil refineries are there so supply is short to get to us. Nashville is almost completely out and what stations are open there are lines for miles. So I may not be moving (although I did fill up yesterday)
