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When I first left school I worked for a small chain of chemists in their various shops for 6 months until there was a telephonist training vacancy at what is now BT. Did that for 6 years until I had my son, then worked in the evenings as a controller/telephonist at a car breakdown/recovery company for 4 years until I had my daughter. Then, whilst son was at school, I strapped baby daughter in car seat and delivered vehicle parts for the Motor Factors my husband ran. Then when daughter started playgroup, I worked in the evenings for a different breakdown/recovery company until I had 2nd daughter. When she was a year old I became a registered childminder - a job I loved and did for over 20 years. I also ran a Mother & Toddler group, jointly ran a childminders support group, helped at playgroup and listened to the children read at the local infants school. After my 2nd son was born, I continued as a registered childminder, and worked one night a week for the breakdown/recovery company. After the youngest of my grandchildren started infant school, I 'retired' from childminding (ha ha!) and now work part time during the day for the breakdown/recovery company as a general dogsbody. I answer phones, I do the accounts, I dispatch jobs, I do the wages, I make the tea, I sort out the paperwork, I placate the drivers etc etc. - not a lot different from childminding, just bigger children! LOL. In my spare time I run occasional creches for a local charity (and look after my grandchildren in the holidays!) Oh, nearly forgot - I'm also secretary of our local village hall management committee. Sue xx.

Hi ive worked in shops, but for the last year ive worked for figleaves*com kim

when i left school I worked in Dockyard accounts dept (then Admiralty now MOD) doing dockyard wages. (No PCs then all done manually. left in 1961 to have first child. Second child born 1967 but also had 9 foster children between 1967 and 1972. During that time had several part time jobs like Avon, and party plan selling. In 1973 had 2 part time jobs, one as lunch time superviser, including running a disco once a week at a large comprehensive school, the other as secretary to the district WRVS office. 1976 worked in garage office, 1977 worked for local government, District council, first wages, then housing rents, then cashier. 1981 worked in construction firm office (boring job), 1982 back into MOD (RAF) where I stayed until I retired in 2000, worked in Civilian Personnel, Airmens' promotions, Training among other things. Now retired. Ann Glos

How far back do you want. shopmanager,,mum,,scrubber ,,dinner lady ,,scrubbin again,, scrubbin at hospital ,,, decided i did have a brain somwhere then library asistant

I have run a centre for the Homeless for nearly 15years. before that i brought up 5 children. Shirley Page.

Hi Bec I am a Practice Manager for a local GP - been there 20 years in July, how time passes! Very interesting job and sometimes very frustrating. Carol x

I'm a Teaching Assistant in the primary school I used to attend! I work with 3 x year 3 classes so have 90 names to remember. Love it though. AIleenx

credit to shirley working with the homeless. i have very intresting job, debt collector (nice one) with lots of patience, some lovely people i meet, just shame people borrow money with high intrest rates, but good job and people love me.

Trainee kennel maid, shoe shop, head kennel maid, pet shop, veterinary nurse, mum and lollipop lady ran wild bird sanctuary all at the same time. Now dinner lady, relief caretaker and scrubber also wildlife leader(all for my local school been there 37 years).

my first job after leaving school at 16 was in the Army Pay Office, calculating wages & allowances for TAVR officers (didn't even use a calculator in those days!) more local authority clerical/accounts-type jobs, then the same for 2 private companies, finishing as an accountancy assistant before I got bored and retrained as.... computer programmer, mostly working on financial & payroll type packages for small & medium sized businesses usually in the building & contruction sector, till I was made redundant twice in 2 years ... went to uni as a mature student to do molecular biology (haven't even been invented when I was at school LOL) liked it so much I stayed on to do a research degree, in genetic aspects of brain tumours... can't get a decent job now, because of my age, so I'm sort-of retired...

Hi Bec, started as trainee in bookmakers. Then went onto be tattoo artist for next 24 years(on and off) Pub licensee up until last year (for 20 years). All jobs I could leave and go back to if needed. Now, do quiz in friends pub and work part time at crown court. ( not putting away those I tattooed or served beer to!!)

I'm an artist. Mainly a glass engraver. I use a drill a bit like a dentist uses. This is one of mine if anyone is interested. http://pic17(.)picturetrail(.)com(/)VOL816(/)400524/2690511/87891476(.)jpg Just remove brackets and it should link directly to a bowl I did. Sue

Well, I'm a retail manager for a supermarket...soon to be a publican as in process of buying a lease... Kila

Served articles to train as an accountant, spent 17 years in the profession then worked locally in internal audit for the County Council for 6 years while the children were young. Left there to become the accountant for an examination board for 5 years and for the last 13 years as finance manager for a membership organisation/registered charity in London.

Well Rebecca I worked in engineering for 40 years and now, Im a dosser lol! Dxx

joined the WRNS at 17 and stayed 3 whole days! Had lots of jobs in between children. Worked in factories making plastic bags, hoods for gas fires, in a laundry, selling Tupperware,in a stationers warehouse, taxi driving, shop assistant, play group leader, dinner lady. For last 10 years a teaching assistant in a reception class. Used to work with 2 teachers who taught me! Claire

I think you know already, Bec. As a student I worked in a Wimpy bar, a record shop, Christmas post, model, play leader and in BHS Then as an infant teacher, special needs teacher, home tutor for kids who couldn't/wouldn't attend school. I also taught O level English and basic literacy to adults at night school. I trained and worked as a volunteer counsellor. Now I run several Youth Theatre groups. Gwynne

for the last 11years i have been a checkout operator for morrisons and before that my ex husband and i had several jewellery shops in scarborough (retail and wholesale). before these i worked in couple of shops and a couple of offices. at 51yrs old i still do not know what i want to do when i grow up! tina x