Education and Training

Physical education: teacher, lecturer, adviser (1960-2000)

Jo tells us about working within the education system as a teacher, lecturer and adviser. I left school and went straight into teacher training and

Bombs, ghosts and garlic (1945-1997)

Marjorie shares memories of her wonderfully varied working life as a machinist, doctors’ maid, schools cook, solicitor’s filing clerk and Norwich Castle museum attendant, and

Lucky Jim. Being in the right place at the right time (1948-2012)

Jim began working in a bank in central London, then served as a bombardier and sergeant major in his national service on Salisbury Plain. He

Reflections on forty years at the chalkface (1967-2007)

Bob started teaching on leaving university in 1966 as a temporary measure but made it his lifelong career. After teaching in a rough area of

Not just a telephone engineer (1954-2001)

Brian reflects upon the things he learnt from the different jobs he had over the course of his working life – from working in a

A technical life: from an RAF instrument fitter to a secondary school technician (1947-1994)

Ronald went to schools in London and Norfolk before joining the RAF as an apprentice at the age of 16. He qualified as a navigational

A Cook’s Tour (1949-1995)

Doreen started work in 1949 in Bonds department store in Norwich. After going to America with her husband, she became a school cook in Norfolk.

A Career in Primary Schools (1940s-1990s)

Rowena always wanted to be a teacher and trained and worked in Norwich as a primary school teacher. What were you thinking about as a

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