My first job was with Wrights' Ropes, back in 1963. I worked in the Export Dept. for a littel Irish chap called Gerard Neilan. Looking back now he was a bit of an oddity, but at the time I was terrified of him; he was so fussy & particular about everything, I was frightened to do anything! I don't remeber much about the work itself, but I do remember there that everybody had to '#clock in' or out. It was a great big circular clock, with a sort of arm attached, & that you pushed in, and it recorded the time you came in or left. I can also remember gazing in awe at the comptometer operators, pushing bunches of keys on this machine, that somehow ended up calculating the costs of an order, or an invoice, or something. I never did get to understand how they worked.