@Baz posted:

Those were the days 🤣🤣

The NHS would work better if they still had the old Matriarchy,instead of all these overpaid managers

I remember when I first started work , when they interviewed you , you were still asked if you had any intention of getting married , or were engaged ….if you said yes , then you probably wouldn’t have got the job …

@Kaytee posted:

The NHS would work better if they still had the old Matriarchy,instead of all these overpaid managers

I totally agree Kaytee ….not to mention the cleanliness !

@Baz posted:

I remember when I first started work , when they interviewed you , you were still asked if you had any intention of getting married , or were engaged ….if you said yes , then you probably wouldn’t have got the job …

Same…..deffo in the bank…..then they gave you a dowry and you had to resign, but being in the later sixties you got your job back🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Same…..deffo in the bank…..then they gave you a dowry and you had to resign, but being in the later sixties you got your job back🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

That was the 1970s for me, but same applied🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣rofl ….poor girl

@Kaytee posted:

That was the 1970s for me, but same applied🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣my first job was in the bank too ….

@Baz posted:

I totally agree Kaytee ….not to mention the cleanliness !

Yes…..hospitals were spotless the hierarchy of dragons saw to that 🤣

@Baz posted:

🤣🤣🤣🤣my first job was in the bank too ….

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

I had my appendix out……the sister on the ward was a real dragon…..if you looked like you were lazing in bed then she made you fold laundry and stuff pillowcases🤣

@Kaytee posted:

I had my appendix out……the sister on the ward was a real dragon…..if you looked like you were lazing in bed then she made you fold laundry and stuff pillowcases🤣

Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh I vaguely remember that

@Baz posted:

Yes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We were allowed to walk in the corridor…..we all decamped to the male ward where the sister was more lenient 🤣

Way to go Mary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@Kaytee posted:

We were allowed to walk in the corridor…..we all decamped to the male ward where the sister was more lenient 🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

Way to go Mary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Deffo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I remember the rag man🤣🤣🤣

Our rag and bone man used to give us a goldfish in a bag if we had any rubbish 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

Our rag and bone man used to give us a goldfish in a bag if we had any rubbish 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Think it was a balloon, but I’m in the next decade tbf🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Think it was a balloon, but I’m in the next decade tbf🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣

£2 wasn’t bad money for a days work in those days 🤣🤣🤣

I also remember the knife sharpener man coming round🤣

@Kaytee posted:

I also remember the knife sharpener man coming round🤣

Yep🤣🤣🤣🤣And the Corona man 🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

£2 wasn’t bad money for a days work in those days 🤣🤣🤣

It was almost a weeks pay for most 🤣

@Baz posted:

Yep🤣🤣🤣🤣And the Corona man 🤣🤣🤣

Oh yes…..and Ringtons tea van 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Oh yes…..and Ringtons tea van 🤣🤣🤣🤣

We didn’t have those 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

We didn’t have those 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I used to see it when I visited my aunt and uncle who had a shop so we got our groceries from him🤣

I never had any washing machine until the late 1970s ….when my kids were babies all I had was a baby Burco to boil the nappies 🤣🤣🤣

My daughter loved her Fuzzy Felts in the 1980s🤣🤣🤣

Lol….my mum and dad rented their tv from Radio Rentals 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

My daughter loved her Fuzzy Felts in the 1980s🤣🤣🤣

So did my daughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Baz posted:

I never had any washing machine until the late 1970s ….when my kids were babies all I had was a baby Burco to boil the nappies 🤣🤣🤣

Same, but ours was a hand down from an aunt….who got a shiny twin tub 🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Same, but ours was a hand down from an aunt….who got a shiny twin tub 🤣

🤣🤣🤣I actually had an automatic 😱😱😱

My mother in law had that set of crockery……she must have had it for decades🤣

@Baz posted:

🤣🤣🤣I actually had an automatic 😱😱😱

Oooh! Posh🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

My mother in law had that set of crockery……she must have had it for decades🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Kaytee posted:

Oooh! Posh🤣🤣🤣

🤣🤣🤣🤣I think it was about 1979/80

What a horrendous job

@Baz posted:

🤣🤣🤣🤣I think it was about 1979/80

I finally got one just after my daughter was born…..but I remember boiling nappies on the hot plate for a few months then got it on tick🤣🤣🤣🤣