George was Royal Navy Service Volunteer and in civvy street became a certified accountant in insurance in the Square Mile. When I first left school, aged 16, I went to work in a psychiatric hospital on the clerical side. This was only a stopgap job, because I knew I’d end up in a uniform of […]
Uniformed Services
The Air Force Engineer (1957- 1995)
Mike’s working life was in the Air Force, on the engineering rather than the military side. After a tour of duty in Cyprus, he became a nuclear specialist in the days of the Cold War, where top secret manoeuvres were carried out against nuclear attack. Based in Norfolk, he retired from the RAF and wrote […]
The Norfolk Policewoman
I left school in 1963 just prior to President Kennedy being assassinated. I went to work at Mann Egertons, which was a garage, a big garage on Prince of Wales Road. I worked in the insurance department, I worked there for a year and then I went to be a dental nurse. I think I […]