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Earning my gold watch at Lucas's
Um...now this is going to make me look real bad (especially if you read my Ansells posting)
I remember starting at Lucas's (in Gt Hampton Row was it?)
It was the night shift and they paid 40 pounds a week then, big money in 1931! (ok, it was 1973 but what the hell)..I remember starting at I think 9 pm..I watched the sun go down, the lights in the flats come on and as the night went on, slowly all go out (I think some bugger was up 'til about 4am, bone idle pervert!) I was doing Armature rewinds, each one took
1 minute 58 seconds..then as the buggers left the machine they fell into a basket and woke me up..It was like watching paint dry..I lasted one night, but guess what?
they paid me twice...only what I deserved of course.
Les Robinson.
PS...I never got that gold watch.
Um...now this is going to make me look real bad (especially if you read my Ansells posting)
I remember starting at Lucas's (in Gt Hampton Row was it?)
It was the night shift and they paid 40 pounds a week then, big money in 1931! (ok, it was 1973 but what the hell)..I remember starting at I think 9 pm..I watched the sun go down, the lights in the flats come on and as the night went on, slowly all go out (I think some bugger was up 'til about 4am, bone idle pervert!) I was doing Armature rewinds, each one took
1 minute 58 seconds..then as the buggers left the machine they fell into a basket and woke me up..It was like watching paint dry..I lasted one night, but guess what?
they paid me twice...only what I deserved of course.
Les Robinson.
PS...I never got that gold watch.