When I were a lad

[graffian]

A new school leaver was sent round to the assembly shop (exclusively wimmin then) to see Doris (cant remember her name) to ask for a pair of greased nuts.

I had a job where I worked with 60 women.
I remember the old foreman, who never stepped foot in the big room, telling me "but you would have to work with women"
I was 16 and loved every minute of it and I got paid.

 

[KemppiFrog]

I had a job where I worked with 60 women.
I remember the old foreman, who never stepped foot in the big room, telling me "but you would have to work with women"
I was 16 and loved every minute of it and I got paid.

Any more detail ?? Many friends want to know!!

 

[Robotstar5]

Any more detail ?? Many friends want to know!!

The sewing rooms at car factories were like that, we would normally send the apprentice under the benches to fix the treadle switches, they'd normally be shouts of "cop a load of that sonny" and they'd come out red faced

 

[daleyd]

My best mate was mechanic at Laura Ashley, worked there since he left school in about 1980 ish until the uk factories closed, probably mid - late 90’s.

He was like a dog with 2 - you get the idea….

 

[8ob]

When I were a lad we never thought twice about knocking up a few tons of concrete by hand, if there was no mixer we just got on with it. Got a brikkie in atm doing variety of very small oddsnsodds, he wouldn’t use a barrow of muck in a day doing what he is and wants a mixer, looked at me like I was an alien when I told him to knock it up in a barrow

Bob

 

[Norsk]

When I were a lad I had to free climb a 70ft steel Yarder mast via the guy ropes with a grease gun hanging off my shorts in order to grease the fairleads.

Safety last!

 

[mtt.tr]

When I were a lad we never thought twice about knocking up a few tons of concrete by hand, if there was no mixer we just got on with it. Got a brikkie in atm doing variety of very small oddsnsodds, he wouldn’t use a barrow of muck in a day doing what he is and wants a mixer, looked at me like I was an alien when I told him to knock it up in a barrow

Bob

I just use a paddle mixer on small mixes.

Though I did hand mix a load over the weekend, to much for a paddle not enough for a mixer

 

[OJCar]

When I were a lad we never thought twice about knocking up a few tons of concrete by hand, if there was no mixer we just got on with it. Got a brikkie in atm doing variety of very small oddsnsodds, he wouldn’t use a barrow of muck in a day doing what he is and wants a mixer, looked at me like I was an alien when I told him to knock it up in a barrow

Bob

Double down and tell him to mix it in a bucket!

 

[Keith 66]

At my first job Thames marine there was a fibreglass store where all the boxes off rolls of mat & cloth were kept, underneath was the cutting room where one guy weilded a stanley knife all day cutting the glass to pattern for all the boats & industrial jobs.
It was not unknown for people to go upstairs & have a kip in the warm inside a fibreglass box.

 

[pedrobedro]

I just use a paddle mixer on small mixes.

Though I did hand mix a load over the weekend, to much for a paddle not enough for a mixer

I've still got the old tin bath behind the shed for mixing purposes. Half a bag of cement and two of sand then get the rake and add water to suit.

 

[arther dailey]

The sewing rooms at car factories were like that, we would normally send the apprentice under the benches to fix the treadle switches, they'd normally be shouts of "cop a load of that sonny" and they'd come out red faced

doing light haulage I worked for a firm that employed only women , thhe boss warned me you will get some grief as he put it when you walk through , did nt know what to expect , sure enough half way through with a pallet truck one of the gals lifted her top and shouted ...woohoo what about some of this then ..I promtly shouted back yes Please theres a room over there (toilets) at that she pulled her top down and it all went quiet..never any problems after that..and soon as they got used to me it was happy days .

 

[Rannsachair]

When I were a lad I had to free climb a 70ft steel Yarder mast via the guy ropes with a grease gun hanging off my shorts in order to grease the fairleads.

Safety last!View attachment 489797

That certainly beats my offshore drilling training as a Derrickman in Montrose around 1991 (I do not like heights)

 

[redlig]

doing light haulage I worked for a firm that employed only women , thhe boss warned me you will get some grief as he put it when you walk through , did nt know what to expect , sure enough half way through with a pallet truck one of the gals lifted her top and shouted ...woohoo what about some of this then ..I promtly shouted back yes Please theres a room over there (toilets) at that she pulled her top down and it all went quiet..never any problems after that..and soon as they got used to me it was happy days .

As a young sales rep for a linen hire co. I got a good order to supply workwear for Johnson & Johnson in Slough. Really pleased with myself until I realised that I had to measure up all the staff,mainly ladies for their kit. I bottled out and gave the tape measure to the line manager and said "just call out the sizes".
As an apprentice I was sent down to the coil winding dept to get some HF coils wound .While waiting I noticed a large cullender on the wall with girls names written in the daily squares. On asking I was told that it was unwise to try to date any girl whose name was on that days date if my intentions were not "honorable". Evidently it had been discovered that the change in the sweat from the girls fingers altered the values of the hf coils and ruined them.

 

[daleyd]

A mate of mine left school and went to work as a mechanic in a Laura Ashley sewing factory back in the very early 80’s.

He was like candy to them…poor bloke

 

[addjunkie]

That certainly beats my offshore drilling training as a Derrickman in Montrose around 1991 (I do not like heights)
View attachment 489822

My feet too have graced that and a couple of other Monkey Boards. Did you enjoy the view!

 

[bricol]

A mate of mine left school and went to work as a mechanic in a Laura Ashley sewing factory back in the very early 80’s.

He was like candy to them…poor bloke

Almost like a dog with . . . a short memory?

(see post #1,245 )

 

[daleyd]

Almost like a dog with . . . a short memory?

(see post #1,245 )

I don’t really recall what I did yesterday so remembering 2 years ago is asking for a miracle!

And yes I’m still jealous of him…

 

[Parm]

At my first job Thames marine there was a fibreglass store where all the boxes off rolls of mat & cloth were kept, underneath was the cutting room where one guy weilded a stanley knife all day cutting the glass to pattern for all the boats & industrial jobs.
It was not unknown for people to go upstairs & have a kip in the warm inside a fibreglass box.

I’ve slept on the cupola roof of a well know insulation manufacturer

 

[arther dailey]

doing light haulage I worked for a firm that employed only women , thhe boss warned me you will get some grief as he put it when you walk through , did nt know what to expect , sure enough half way through with a pallet truck one of the gals lifted her top and shouted ...woohoo what about some of this then ..I promtly shouted back yes Please theres a room over there (toilets) at that she pulled her top down and it all went quiet..never any problems after that..and soon as they got used to me it was happy days .

she never took me up on it , as a lad I was quite miffed

 

[brightspark]

Saw a bright orange Bond Bug today!

there fetching a fortune, hardly any left on the roads