Just A bit of fun, you can make it up if you like, it’s the story not the facts !
I started off at 16 as what they called a pot boy at a hotel bar in Liverpool. I was supposed to look after beers downstairs (although Mr Slee was the real master) and fill up the bottles upstairs as needed. We sold a lot of mild in those days, a lot of it in bottles and especially to the factory workers.
Anyway that was me first job, I’ve had many more which I can elaborate on once I’ve heard a few of your stories !
I’m a long term lurker if anyone is wondering, originally for her I think the old digital forums
Thank you!
Syl said
Aug 27 12:20 PM, 2025
Whilst preparing to leave school, I went for an interview for a telephonists job at the GPO. I remember the one outfit I had suitable for the interview, my horrible sister deliberately ripped the night before I was to go, so I had to attend the interview in my school uniform, but I got the job anyway.
The training course didn't start till spring, I left school at Christmas, so I needed a stop gap.
sO...i went to work at Woolworths in Piccadilly, the busiest Woolworths in the N/W, and I was put on stationary, the busiest counter in the store. The other woman working with me tried to take advantage, I was 15, she was 30ish, so she figured she could put all the workload onto me....after 2 weeks I had had enough, left, and as it was back then, got another job straight away.
This was at a local Co-op, the people were lovely, and I stayed till my GPO course started. They knew I was only there till my course started, so there were no bad feelings when I gave my notice in. The staff told me to pick any gift from the shelves, as a going away present.
I was a kid, shy, and didn't want to seem greedy, so I picked a bar of Pears soap, they laughed, gave me the soap, and also a big box of chocolates.
I stayed at the GPO till I was 17, then decided to spread my wings a bit, and started working away for the season, travelled a bit around England, went to work in a casino in the Isle of Man, and really loved that time of my life.
Magica said
Aug 27 1:05 PM, 2025
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
Syl said
Aug 28 11:17 AM, 2025
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
Vam said
Aug 28 11:42 AM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
Syl said
Aug 28 11:48 AM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
That would make for a more interesting read...what, iyo, would any posters, past or present, dream job be.
I will start with MICKY....an actual joiner, not an imaginary one.
Magica said
Aug 28 2:46 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
Magica said
Aug 28 7:28 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
I could have been Jane Bond 007 n half
Syl said
Aug 28 7:35 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Magica wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
I could have been Jane Bond 007 n half
More like Inspector Clueless.
Vam said
Aug 28 10:39 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
😳 🤣🤣🤣
Magica said
Aug 28 11:11 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Magica wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
I could have been Jane Bond 007 n half
More like Inspector Clueless.
Syl said
Aug 28 11:13 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Magica wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
My first job was in the Civil Service at 15.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
I could have been Jane Bond 007 n half
More like Inspector Clueless.
Vam said
Aug 28 11:26 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Vam wrote:
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
That would make for a more interesting read...what, iyo, would any posters, past or present, dream job be.
I will start with MICKY....an actual joiner, not an imaginary one.
Ooh okay - I’ll try to be good 😇
Red - Home Secretary, of course! With an extensively detailed ⛔️Immigration Reform⛔️ portfolio, of course!
Avon - A Justice in a bitterly divided Supreme Court, where his would be the deciding vote. ‘Avon Wisdom’ is a thing!
Mags - Patrolling every mile of the UK coastline, armed with an AK47 and an endless supply of ammo 😂 But back in the real world, she already has her ideal job, raising and being around her loving family.
Fluffs - Agony Aunt. With a sideline in heading up some kind of Women’s Rights think tank.
Diggs - The starring role in a TV comedy show. Kind of a cross between Catherine Tate and Patsy from Ab Fab, but with a northern accent 😂 If not that, then definitely a comedy show scriptwriter.
You - You have the patience, the people skills, and definitely the right temperament to be a top level Diplomat. You’d get shit done!
MD - A senior fiscal adviser in a POTUS‘ Administration, ideally in a Libertarian POTUS’ Administration. He sure AF couldn’t do any worse than the shower of shite running the US economy right now.
Hobbit - The undisputed Madam Dominatrix running her own members-only S&M club. The merest hint of dissent would result in the severest, most humiliating of consequences, which would probably include a cattle prod.
(the real) SF - A highly successful podcaster with a massive following. Hard to beat his bone-dry wit, his oh-so-subtle sarcasm, and his masterfully succinct one-liners. Over on Dogs, I tried to avoid eating or drinking anything when reading his posts 😂
-- Edited by Vam on Thursday 28th of August 2025 11:28:28 PM
Syl said
Aug 28 11:56 PM, 2025
Brilliant....you would make a great careers advisor, and Mags and Hobbit made me LOL. I wish I knew the real SF. I have seen you mention him a couple of times, he sounds like he would be a great addition to any forum.
Oh, and Digger talks dead posh, not much of a northern accent there.
Vam said
Aug 29 12:04 AM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Brilliant....you would make a great careers advisor, and Mags and Hobbit made me LOL. I wish I knew the real SF. I have seen you mention him a couple of times, he sounds like he would be a great addition to any forum.
Oh, and Digger talks dead posh, not much of a northern accent there.
Really surprised about Diggs! Whatever 🤷🏻♀️ Her posts often have me real life LOLing.
I have a feeling SF sometimes reads here. Maybe one day he’ll dip his toe in… 🤞🏻😉
Syl said
Aug 29 12:10 AM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Brilliant....you would make a great careers advisor, and Mags and Hobbit made me LOL. I wish I knew the real SF. I have seen you mention him a couple of times, he sounds like he would be a great addition to any forum.
Oh, and Digger talks dead posh, not much of a northern accent there.
Really surprised about Diggs! Whatever 🤷🏻♀️ Her posts often have me real life LOLing.
I have a feeling SF sometimes reads here. Maybe one day he’ll dip his toe in… 🤞🏻😉
Digger has a unique turn of phrase.
I hope SF does read ... we have a few really nice regular anons, and a couple who pretend to be what they are not.
Magica said
Aug 29 12:19 AM, 2025
Omg I laughed out loud Vam at my job. 😂😂
Syl said
Aug 29 12:02 PM, 2025
I think Avon would make a brilliant school counsellor. He appears to have patience, understanding, and a knack of reading between the lines. Face to face with troubled teens, I bet he could see where their problems were rooted without the kids having to spell it out...and his listening ear, or advice when asked for, would be spot on.
Maddog would be the school fitness instructor. The kids either loved him, feared him, or hated him. He would arrive with his bulging bag, squat to empty it, pull out humungous weights, and insist the weediest kid would end up like Charles Atlas by the time they were 70 if they started now and graduated to lifting Geoff Capes size barbells by the time they left school.
Magica would be the school nurse, dealing with all the strained muscles and broken toes that resulted in Maddogs classes. The kids love her, because underneath her sometimes scatty exterior, lies a very warm and humorous woman, who sneaks cuddles to comfort the younger kids, even though, as school rules dictate, she shouldn't even be touching them without at least 2 responsible adults present.
To be continued.
Vam said
Aug 29 1:21 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Omg I laughed out loud Vam at my job. 😂😂
😂 We’re poles apart, politically
But on the bright side, I sense I’ve helped make you take a closer look at trump, and see his sociopathic character traits. And you’ve helped make me more aware of Meghan Markle, and really see what a desperately thirsty attention whore she is.
It’s all good…
Vam said
Aug 29 1:30 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
I think Avon would make a brilliant school counsellor. He appears to have patience, understanding, and a knack of reading between the lines. Face to face with troubled teens, I bet he could see where their problems were rooted without the kids having to spell it out...and his listening ear, or advice when asked for, would be spot on.
Maddog would be the school fitness instructor. The kids either loved him, feared him, or hated him. He would arrive with his bulging bag, squat to empty it, pull out humungous weights, and insist the weediest kid would end up like Charles Atlas by the time they were 70 if they started now and graduated to lifting Geoff Capes size barbells by the time they left school.
Magica would be the school nurse, dealing with all the strained muscles and broken toes that resulted in Maddogs classes. The kids love her, because underneath her sometimes scatty exterior, lies a very warm and humorous woman, who sneaks cuddles to comfort the younger kids, even though, as school rules dictate, she shouldn't even be touching them without at least 2 responsible adults present.
To be continued.
Great suggestions 👏🏻👏🏻
I‘ve mostly covered the people I ‘know’ from here, plus a couple of Dogs people.
If I do others I recall from Dogs, it’d be a challenge for me to not get all sweary. I don’t possess your self-restraint
Just A bit of fun, you can make it up if you like, it’s the story not the facts !
I started off at 16 as what they called a pot boy at a hotel bar in Liverpool. I was supposed to look after beers downstairs (although Mr Slee was the real master) and fill up the bottles upstairs as needed. We sold a lot of mild in those days, a lot of it in bottles and especially to the factory workers.
Anyway that was me first job, I’ve had many more which I can elaborate on once I’ve heard a few of your stories !
I’m a long term lurker if anyone is wondering, originally for her I think the old digital forums
Thank you!
The training course didn't start till spring, I left school at Christmas, so I needed a stop gap.
sO...i went to work at Woolworths in Piccadilly, the busiest Woolworths in the N/W, and I was put on stationary, the busiest counter in the store. The other woman working with me tried to take advantage, I was 15, she was 30ish, so she figured she could put all the workload onto me....after 2 weeks I had had enough, left, and as it was back then, got another job straight away.
This was at a local Co-op, the people were lovely, and I stayed till my GPO course started. They knew I was only there till my course started, so there were no bad feelings when I gave my notice in. The staff told me to pick any gift from the shelves, as a going away present.
I was a kid, shy, and didn't want to seem greedy, so I picked a bar of Pears soap, they laughed, gave me the soap, and also a big box of chocolates.
I stayed at the GPO till I was 17, then decided to spread my wings a bit, and started working away for the season, travelled a bit around England, went to work in a casino in the Isle of Man, and really loved that time of my life.
What job did you do in the Home Office Mags?
😂🤣😂 I bet I know the work she would have loved to do!
That would make for a more interesting read...what, iyo, would any posters, past or present, dream job be.
I will start with MICKY....an actual joiner, not an imaginary one.
I didn't work in the Home Office
I would have liked to be a spy lol
I could have been Jane Bond 007 n half
More like Inspector Clueless.
😳 🤣🤣🤣
Ooh okay - I’ll try to be good 😇
Red - Home Secretary, of course! With an extensively detailed ⛔️Immigration Reform⛔️ portfolio, of course!
Avon - A Justice in a bitterly divided Supreme Court, where his would be the deciding vote. ‘Avon Wisdom’ is a thing!
Mags - Patrolling every mile of the UK coastline, armed with an AK47 and an endless supply of ammo 😂 But back in the real world, she already has her ideal job, raising and being around her loving family.
Fluffs - Agony Aunt. With a sideline in heading up some kind of Women’s Rights think tank.
Diggs - The starring role in a TV comedy show. Kind of a cross between Catherine Tate and Patsy from Ab Fab, but with a northern accent 😂 If not that, then definitely a comedy show scriptwriter.
You - You have the patience, the people skills, and definitely the right temperament to be a top level Diplomat. You’d get shit done!
MD - A senior fiscal adviser in a POTUS‘ Administration, ideally in a Libertarian POTUS’ Administration. He sure AF couldn’t do any worse than the shower of shite running the US economy right now.
Hobbit - The undisputed Madam Dominatrix running her own members-only S&M club. The merest hint of dissent would result in the severest, most humiliating of consequences, which would probably include a cattle prod.
(the real) SF - A highly successful podcaster with a massive following. Hard to beat his bone-dry wit, his oh-so-subtle sarcasm, and his masterfully succinct one-liners. Over on Dogs, I tried to avoid eating or drinking anything when reading his posts 😂
-- Edited by Vam on Thursday 28th of August 2025 11:28:28 PM
Brilliant....you would make a great careers advisor, and Mags and Hobbit made me LOL.
I wish I knew the real SF. I have seen you mention him a couple of times, he sounds like he would be a great addition to any forum.
Oh, and Digger talks dead posh, not much of a northern accent there.
Really surprised about Diggs! Whatever 🤷🏻♀️ Her posts often have me real life LOLing.
I have a feeling SF sometimes reads here. Maybe one day he’ll dip his toe in… 🤞🏻😉
Digger has a unique turn of phrase.
I hope SF does read ... we have a few really nice regular anons, and a couple who pretend to be what they are not.
I think Avon would make a brilliant school counsellor. He appears to have patience, understanding, and a knack of reading between the lines.
Face to face with troubled teens, I bet he could see where their problems were rooted without the kids having to spell it out...and his listening ear, or advice when asked for, would be spot on.
Maddog would be the school fitness instructor. The kids either loved him, feared him, or hated him.
He would arrive with his bulging bag, squat to empty it, pull out humungous weights, and insist the weediest kid would end up like Charles Atlas by the time they were 70 if they started now and graduated to lifting Geoff Capes size barbells by the time they left school.
Magica would be the school nurse, dealing with all the strained muscles and broken toes that resulted in Maddogs classes. The kids love her, because underneath her sometimes scatty exterior, lies a very warm and humorous woman, who sneaks cuddles to comfort the younger kids, even though, as school rules dictate, she shouldn't even be touching them without at least 2 responsible adults present.
To be continued.
😂 We’re poles apart, politically
But on the bright side, I sense I’ve helped make you take a closer look at trump, and see his sociopathic character traits. And you’ve helped make me more aware of Meghan Markle, and really see what a desperately thirsty attention whore she is.
It’s all good…
Great suggestions 👏🏻👏🏻
I‘ve mostly covered the people I ‘know’ from here, plus a couple of Dogs people.
If I do others I recall from Dogs, it’d be a challenge for me to not get all sweary. I don’t possess your self-restraint