The jobs we did before and after our Sea life .

[Doc Vernon]

5/2/2019
A revival of this Thread for all the New Comers Hope we get some good Experiences!

Hi to All
OK i know quite a few have been here before on the old site,but that is all gone now,so i thought that we might all just recap the things we have done other than in the MN??(Well include that as well of course)
Thanks,and i will start the Ball rolling!
Vernon

The following Jobs span the Years from 1956 (16Years old) to 2005 (65Years old)


As far as i can recall not necessarily in order!
Cape Town

Junior Messenger Boy Cape Town Provincial Administration (Wale Street)
Learner Cable Jointer Cape Town Postal Services
Junior Asst Counter Salesman.(Delicatessen ) Wellington Fruit Growers Market Darling Street Cape Town
Learner Bespoke Tailor James Hinton Lever Cape Town
Learner Pattern Cutter African Clothing Factory Cape Town (Woodstock)
Silver Service Waiter South African Railways and Harbours
Bus Conductor Cape Town City Transport Dept
Trainee Traffic Officer ( Motor Cycle Patrol) Cape Town Traffic Dept Gallows Hill Road
Tally Clerk (Stevedore) (Mitchell Cotts Stevedore Company) Cape Town Harbour

Knysna (Groot Brak Rivier)


Painter and Decorater Groot Brak Rivier (Knysna) Cape Province
Telephonist Groot Brak River Exchange
Builders Asst and Roof painter Groot Brak River Cape Province
Brick Maker and Painter
Waiter and Barman The Fairy Knowle Hotel Wilderness


Durban

Fork Lift Driver South African Railways and Harbours Durban
Overhead Gantry Painter South African Railways Durban
Train Guard (Passenger and Goods) South African Railways
Shunter/Brake Catcher South African Railways Durban Bluff Goods Yard!
Fireman/Ambulance Asst Durban Fire Dept Durban
Traction hand and Rail Bonder South African Railways Durban
Bus Driver Durban Corporation (Single Deckers)
Paint Mixer Prolux Paints Jacobs Durban
Lagger and Painter RJ Southey Durban
Flour Mill Manager Union Flour Mills Umbilo Road Durban
Night Shift Technician Sugar Mills Durban
Batch Mixer (Chemicals) Durban Chemical Products (Sea Cow Lake Road)
Heavy Duty Petrol Truck Driver Shell Company
Light Bulb Replacement Hand Durban Electricity Corporation
Telephone Box Coin Collector Durban Post Office


Johannesburg

Tram/Bus Conductor Johannesburg Municipal Tramways (Fordsburg Depot)
Shop Assistant Fattis and Monis Delicatessen Johannesburg

Orange Free State South Africa

Gold Miner Orange Free State S Africa (Harmony and St Helena Gold Mines)

From Cape Town and then UK

1st and Tourist Asst/stwd Union Castle Line SA to UK/ Mail and Intermediate runs

United Kingdom

Wireless Operator Enlisted initially at RAF Cardington, then Training RAF Bridgnorth/then Compton Basset/ then Innsworth/then awaiting shipment to Aden

Tube Drawer Halesowen Steel Works, Mucklow Hill Halesowen Birmingham UK

Bus Conductor Leicester City Bus Corporation 1961
Pig Slaughterer Abattoir Birmingham
Brickies Labourer Birmingham Construction UK
Dining Room waiter Ilfracombe Hotel South Coast UK
Barman Hagley Court Hotel Hagley Birmingham
Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Multivac Company Southampton




France

Legionaire FFL signing up at the old Fort at Vencennis Paris.


Australia


Storeman and Packer Barere Surgical Company Sydney City Australia
Storeman GCE Electrical Auburn NSW Australia
Storeman/Issuer TAFE Colledge Granville NSW
Storeman Frost Engineering Yennora Australia NSW Australia
Cutter Ladies Under Garments Berlie Australia
Storeman/ and Telephone Sales Blackwwods Engineering (Smithfield) NSW Australia
Ticket Collector Central Station NSW (then promoted to)
Ticket Examiner Sydney Central Station NSW Australia
Band Saw Cutter Superior Saws Gipps Rd Smithfield NSW Australia

I know there are a few more that i have forgotten,but will come to me in time! Memory lapse!
Life was a sort of Jigsaw puzzle to me never knew exactly what came next!
Always just played it by Ear!

Now old and Grey,and wasting my time away! haha!
Cheers
Vernon

Wouldnt change a thing for quids if i had the time all over again!

[Ian Walsh (paddy)]

Vernon,i'm embarassed to even try to follow that list but,here goes,
McCairns motors,Santry Dublin,Trainee Manager.
New zealand Shipping Co. D.H.U--E.D.H.
Sutton Service Station,mechanic.
Kilbarrack Service Station,Mechanic.
Skillet Sailing School,Kinsale,sailing instructor.
Delivery crew 52' ketch to Hamble.
Tug Capt/laborer Walcon Construction,Hamble.
Irish Shipping Co.E.D.H.
P.R.Reilly,Dublin. Truck driver
Interpart,Rugby,Warehouse Manager.
Roger Springett Racing,F3000 f1 shadow,crew chief.
M/Y Southern Breeze 170' yacht,Bosun--Chief Officer
Capt,various yachts,currently 16 years on 58' Hatteras.

Still working because I've never made enough money not to!!!

[happy daze john in oz]

Well Vernon will try to recall what i can.
Paper round, worked on pig farm holidays, Left school, worked on pig farm, went to sea, in hospital (Hernia) barman, head barman Theatre restaurant, book salesman, store handyman (4 days) barman, assistant cook Jersey, assistant cook Bournemouth, relief work angency, contract catering management, owned two pubs, one restaurant, came to Oz, food services manager departrment store, assistant store manager Safeway, food services manager University, (longest job ever of 14 years), agency work, maintainance/cleaner/dogs body retirement lodge, retired, volunteer local community centre. Here endeth the story so far.

[john sutton]

7 years at sea on deck
scaffolder,toronto
painting bridges over the peace river,alberta
painter and decorator
roofer(1 day)
baby photographer 1 week
2 years oil rigs in western canada(roughneck,motorman,derrickman)
selling encyclopedias to american troops in germany
selling cars to american troops in germany
car salesman(uk)
oil rep
insurance salesman
Financial adviser and pensions broker(owner)
gentleman of leisure for past 11 years

[Bill Dobson]

I had over 35 years experience in the operation, maintenance, and repair of electrical and mechanical installations and equipment in both the public and private sectors.

1963-1968: Apprentice Electrician, Skinningrove Iron & Steel Works, Carlin How, Saltburn, Cleveland.
1968-1969: Shift Electrician, Skinningrove Iron & Steel Works, Carlin How, Saltburn, Cleveland.
1969-1970: Assistant Electrical Officer, P. &. O. Shipping Co. Ltd.
1970-1971: Travelling overland through Europe and Asia to Austrlia
1971: Electrical Fitter, Garden Island Naval Dockyard, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.
1971-1973: Electrical Officer, Esso Petroleum
1973-1974: Maintenance Electrician, PSA, RAF Fylingdales.
1974-1975: Shift Control Engineer, PSA, RAF Staxton Wold.
1975-1978: First Electrical Officer, Ellerman City Lines
1978-1981: Electrical Technician, BOC Ltd., Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Cleveland.
1981-1985: Process Technician, BOC Ltd., Grangetown, Middlesbrough, Cleveland:
1985-1986: Technical Officer (M&E), PSA, DWO Stockton-on-Tees:
1986-1988: Maintenance Electrician, North Tees General Hospital, Stockton, Cleveland:
1988: Field Service Engineer, DMR Electrical Ltd., Bedford:
1988-1989: Maintenance Engineer, Forrester Foods Ltd., Bedford:
1989-1991: Technical Officer (M&E), PSA, RAF Henlow, RAF Cardington, RAF Stanbridge
1991-1994: Assistant EWC (M&E), Sovereign Consultancy Services (formerly PSA), RAFSEE Henlow, RAF Cardington, RAF Stanbridge
1994-1996: Engineer (M&E), Serco Consultants Ltd., RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Buchan, HNB Faslane, Serco EWC Head Office (Stepps)
1996-1998: Assistant EWC (M&E), Sovereign Consultancy Services Ltd., RAFSEE Henlow, RAF Cardington, RAF Stanbridge
1998-2000: Senior Engineer (M&E), Scott Wilson, RAF Cardington
2000-2001: Senior Engineer (M&E), Scott Wilson, RAF Henlow
2001-2002: Senior Engineer - DEWC (M&E), Scott Wilson, ATR Bassingbourn
2002-2003: Agency Work – Delivery Driver, General Assistant at a Cash and Carry, Picker at National Distribution Centre for House of Frazer and Mini-bus Driver for Employment Agency
2003-Present: Self employed – now restoring photographs

I came out of engineering because I was fed up of being sat behibd a desk and legislation and the bureaucracy was just getting too much.

Just over 4 years to retirement

[Frank Ferri]

OK YOU asked for it VERN, Here goes. not as glamerous as yours though.
Past Employments
Milk Delivery boy age 13
Newspaper Delivery boy age 13
Trainee Cooper
Butchers Boy
Brewery labourer
Chipper & Painter, ship yards
Merchant Navy
National Service
Warehouse Labourer
Labourer in confectionery factory
Senior Sales in Gents & readymade & bespoke tailors (occasional modeling the clothes at shows)
Progress Clerk Ferranti Electronics
Senior Technical Clerk,.. Ditto
Planner (technical drawing) ..Ditto
Computer Data computer processing ..Ditto
Senior Clerical Assistant, Education Department Local government.
Administration Officer Ditto
Finance officer Ditto, Water Board
Billing Manager Ditto.. Retired
Incidental stuff..
Bingo caller part time
Extra in a movie
Vocalist in a band
Steward in Beat Club (60s)
Non Paid Stuff
Shop Steward, Union Recruitment Officer, Local Community Leader,
Social Convener (Social Club) Secretary (Bowling Club)
Now a senior Rum and Indian Curry taster
Unions member of in the past.. MSU (MN), Secretary of NUof MW, NALGO (Unison)
Frank..

[Graham Payne]

ref post #1

No way I can match you Vern,
as far as I can rember
"Nicked" 1960 for hopping school, sent to a kids home under a "Fit persons order" Sidcup SE London
'61 to '63 "T.S.Indefatigable" pre sea training, Angelsey N Wales.
'63 to '72 Merchant Navy ( 2nd BEST TIME OF MY LIFE)
'72 to '80 Painter & Glazier, married and divorced.
'80 to 2006 hospital porter to telephone manager (they trained you well if you had the aptitude) met my Wife a Ward Sister and never looked back (BEST TIME OF MY LIFE), now retired early at 59. Not bad for a "Toe rag" as I was called as a sprog.

[Russ Kennedy]

REF POST #1

Crikey Vernon, What did you do in your spare time?????????????? Compared to yours mine is a doddle:
Paper boy aged 13
Apprentice Fitter and Turner Doxfords 1956/61
Marine Engineer 6th to Junior 2nd 1961/1968
MOD Birtley, Mechanic Examiner/Draughtsman/Ass. Foreman/Production Foreman 1968/78.
Shell Expro Aberdeen, Head of Maintenance Info Systems/Senior Maintenance Engineer 1978/94
AMEC Aberdeen, Senior Maintenance Engineer/Project manager 1994/99
Mini Stroke then Mini Heart attack, beat a hasty retreat and retired!

Cheers
Russ K

[Michael Lawrence]

Here Goes
Paper Boy, Butchers Boy.
Left School
Trainee Electronic Eng., (lasted 3 months)
Carpet cleaner and Dyer in Dye works( 9 months)
Vindi ( Thank God)
Marylyn
Hudson Firth
Swift
Braemar Castle
Pipiriki
Esso Stockholm
Esso Canterbury
Drackengerg Castle
Surrey
Hertford
Cumberland
Shaftesbury
Newbury
Post Office
Storeman Furniture Factory
Putter of money into ATM
Technical officer local council
Retired
Mon,Weds,Fri Gym for workout
Tues,Thurs, Swimming and then teaching swimming evening at local club.
Line painter for local football team
Gym, Swim and Football all unpaid but great to be wanted. Mike

[happy daze john in oz]

I had one repercussion from some of my early life. Second steward said to me one day re-signing on,' see you worked part time on a pig farm, have just the post for you, officers steward'. He was the same one who tried to ration dry tea to two cups per blood per day. Now I know why we called it the Union Cattle Line.