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Paper Boy
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When I was a lad I loved having a paper round and was out in all weathers delivering them
Our local paper boy gets ferried around his 'round' by his Mam in her car, her handing him each paper as she slowly drives along
Laziness of the youth of today or mollycoddling by the parent?
Our local paper boy gets ferried around his 'round' by his Mam in her car, her handing him each paper as she slowly drives along
Laziness of the youth of today or mollycoddling by the parent?
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>>> I used to go up to the station with the shop owner to collect them at about 06:00
Well that's certainly illegal under current law, since nobody under school-leaving age may be employed before 0700 or after 1900:
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Well that's certainly illegal under current law, since nobody under school-leaving age may be employed before 0700 or after 1900:
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Buenchico....that was 48 years ago ! Not sure if the law was still the same then. The Station was only 200 yards away from my house, and that was 2 doors away from the paper shop, in Watchet, Somerset where I used to live.
Something I do recall though is that paper rounds were like hens teeth in the those days. I inherited mine from an older boy who was going to College and I had my name down for nearly 2 years ! Apart from some fruit picking in the summer, it was the only employment around for youngsters.
Sundays were the worse......I could have done with one of those trolleys that see being used these days. Not that we have paper deliveries anymore where I live now.
Something I do recall though is that paper rounds were like hens teeth in the those days. I inherited mine from an older boy who was going to College and I had my name down for nearly 2 years ! Apart from some fruit picking in the summer, it was the only employment around for youngsters.
Sundays were the worse......I could have done with one of those trolleys that see being used these days. Not that we have paper deliveries anymore where I live now.
Buenchico...I failed my 11+, so I went to a very nice but very common Secondary Modern !
We lived in a very rural area of North Somerset and lots of the boys came from farming backgrounds. A blind eye was turned on those bigger boys that disappeared for a week or two at harvest or during the lambing season, as they were needed on the farm I suppose.
There has been a series of letters in the Guardian lately, about what subjects girls were taught at in the 50's and 60's. Some of them have come from ladies who went to good, independent "gels" schools, presumably Grammar Schools, who were never taught anything like typing or domestic science, ie cooking, as it was presumed that they would have servants to do these tasks when they were grown up.!
In my Secondary School, us boys did woodwork, metalwork and Tech drawing, but I wonder if the boys that went to the Grammar School in Minehead did these subjects ? I can't conjugate any Latin words but I can still hang a door !
We lived in a very rural area of North Somerset and lots of the boys came from farming backgrounds. A blind eye was turned on those bigger boys that disappeared for a week or two at harvest or during the lambing season, as they were needed on the farm I suppose.
There has been a series of letters in the Guardian lately, about what subjects girls were taught at in the 50's and 60's. Some of them have come from ladies who went to good, independent "gels" schools, presumably Grammar Schools, who were never taught anything like typing or domestic science, ie cooking, as it was presumed that they would have servants to do these tasks when they were grown up.!
In my Secondary School, us boys did woodwork, metalwork and Tech drawing, but I wonder if the boys that went to the Grammar School in Minehead did these subjects ? I can't conjugate any Latin words but I can still hang a door !
The rule was no work before 7am when I did my paper rounds. We squeezed that a bit and I'd start at 6:45. Forty minutes for the round at breakneck speed, half an hour to walk the dog over the common then back home by eight to quickly get changed for school (twenty minutes by bus, kick-off 8:50am).
Could I imagine my mum or dad ferrying me around for any of this (leaving aside the fact that we had no car)? What do you think? In the words of the late Tony Capstick "They don't know they're born today".
Could I imagine my mum or dad ferrying me around for any of this (leaving aside the fact that we had no car)? What do you think? In the words of the late Tony Capstick "They don't know they're born today".
Mikey:
We did both woodwork and metalwork at our grammar school. I was frowned upon by my teachers, at the age of 14, for opting to change classes so that I could drop Latin and take Technical Drawing at O-level instead. (Technical Drawing sounded really interesting to me. I found out too late that it was deadly dull and I should have stuck with Latin!)
NJ:
I've never been a 'morning person' and I certainly wasn't in my teenage years. I never got up until well after 8am, even though I had to cycle 2½ miles to be at school by 8.50!
We did both woodwork and metalwork at our grammar school. I was frowned upon by my teachers, at the age of 14, for opting to change classes so that I could drop Latin and take Technical Drawing at O-level instead. (Technical Drawing sounded really interesting to me. I found out too late that it was deadly dull and I should have stuck with Latin!)
NJ:
I've never been a 'morning person' and I certainly wasn't in my teenage years. I never got up until well after 8am, even though I had to cycle 2½ miles to be at school by 8.50!
