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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Delivering milk with Eddie the milk man and driving the electric float like Dougal in Father Ted
Those women were never in the nip in Clondalkin spent my summers in clondalkin "
Sure it used to be practically the country in my day |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
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"The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
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i swear to fuck that melted my granite like heart |
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"The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
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Ah I bet she cried when she was alone  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
i swear to fuck that melted my granite like heart"
Aw some bonding |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
I worked in a garage, a petrol station and car workshop, for seven shillings and six pence per week.
That is 37.5 new pence, after 1971, when decimalisation was introduced.
Garage is long gone, owner is long dead, but I am still thriving and surviving, intact, despite battery acid accidentally having been spilled on me.  |
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My parents did farming, B&B and offered horseback riding. All of us children "worked". We'd be the service staff, kitchen staff as well as cleaners.
We'd be cutting, bailing and bringing in hay. We'd be stacking, bagging and bringing in turf, as well as picking stones out of the field or pulling ragwort. Though the farming stuff we were expected to do, not paid for and we always had a laugh (even while bitching and moaning).
What we were paid for is the horse trekking. We would be given a cut of the takings rather than a wage. My father wanted to instill a sense for business in us.
First real job (part time) was on a fruit and veg stand.
First full time job was in a call center.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Worked for the Funfair each time it came to town for a few years, then had to get a real job working shifts in a plastics factory...."
Shift work has to be the worst work. Wrecks havoc on sleep pattern and social life |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Worked for the Funfair each time it came to town for a few years, then had to get a real job working shifts in a plastics factory...."
I worked on a funfair too but it was in South Korea. The fair was run by Welsh gypsies.
We were told we had work permits. Found out we hadn't when immigration called and we were told take off the uniforms and blend into the crowd!
Blend in no less and there not a western face in the whole city besides the carny folk lol |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Working in a hotel split shifts. Morning on breakfast and accomodation, evenings in the food part til i got old enough to work the bar. Long long hours and the harassment was off the charts"
From customers or owners |
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By *enguin1Man
over a year ago
The sticks |
"Delivering milk with Eddie the milk man and driving the electric float like Dougal in Father Ted
Those women were never in the nip in Clondalkin spent my summers in clondalkin
Sure it used to be practically the country in my day "
I remember when there was plenty of green fields between Lucan and Clondalkin.
First job was collecting the milk money in Clondalkin on Thurs/Friday evening. Was 12 at the time. Think I got 2pound a week. Distinctly remember a feckin jack Russell destroy my new shiny tracksuit one evening. I still know where the feckin house is 35yrs later ?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Worked for a gardening service in my teens, bloody hard work to jump straight into but was all over the place with it. Saw some nice spots and sun bathers. |
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By *DSGCouple
over a year ago
That place in |
"Looking back, imagine how naive and innocent you were in your first job
The glass hammers,tin of tartan paint, and a long stand were well used in my first full time job "
1st job Hairdressers, was told to go for a long stand but knew the joke so went out had a cigarette and came back saying ' out of long stands only had short waits '
She was not impressed lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Got up at 5 in the morning and cycled for 6 miles with my friends to be told I was too small to be picking potatoes, (I was 8), the farmer gave in and I worked the whole week, jesus we were basically sl@ves. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Lounge boy at 12 in a pub in Francis Street Dublin 8.
And I started as a lounge boy at 14, sounds like I was too old for the job  "
When I started as a lounge boy the pint was 45 pence and you always got a tip
Once it went over 50 pence the tips disappeared |
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By *ilderMan
over a year ago
dublin |
"Lounge boy at 12 in a pub in Francis Street Dublin 8.
And I started as a lounge boy at 14, sounds like I was too old for the job
When I started as a lounge boy the pint was 45 pence and you always got a tip
Once it went over 50 pence the tips disappeared "
You should have went on strike  |
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"Working in a hotel split shifts. Morning on breakfast and accomodation, evenings in the food part til i got old enough to work the bar. Long long hours and the harassment was off the charts
From customers or owners "
Customers. One particular memory still makes me shudder |
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Vitoria coach station in the ticket office. Loved that job, free travel on all London transport, free uniform and decent wage to boot(1500 a month in 1997 was a decent wage) ... Only if I knew how good it was I wouldn't have turned up to work blasted every day, sorry if you bought a ticket from the rather freindly bloodshot 17 year old ticket clerk. 
Eventually got fired for making too many mistakes, I wonder why |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"Lounge boy at 12 in a pub in Francis Street Dublin 8.
And I started as a lounge boy at 14, sounds like I was too old for the job
When I started as a lounge boy the pint was 45 pence and you always got a tip
Once it went over 50 pence the tips disappeared
You should have went on strike "
No just started fiddling the d*unk customers
(know I'm going to get into trouble for that one) |
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First ever part-time job same as above in a pub an 14
Pints 76 pence and 10 Gold bond 82pence
Took me best part of 4 mnts before I was aloud to tap out a pint to include the shamrock
That's many moons ago
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By *lameBoyMan
over a year ago
Enfield & Dublin |
In my grandads scrap yard in Dublin age 11 doing nothing productive but ‘helping’. Progressed to driving machinery and operating huge yard cranes by 14. Cutting heavy steel with gas torches by 15. Structural steel demolition from 17. |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"In my grandads scrap yard in Dublin age 11 doing nothing productive but ‘helping’. Progressed to driving machinery and operating huge yard cranes by 14. Cutting heavy steel with gas torches by 15. Structural steel demolition from 17. "
Wow sounds amazing ...best one so far |
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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in Co. Down |
First job was picking potatoes when I was 12 we got £4 a day working from 8.30 until 5. We used to cycle to and from there every day and thought we were making great money when we got paid at the end of the week.Then went home and handed it over to mum and I got to keep £1 for treats. |
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By *rankbMan
over a year ago
around |
First job was picking blackcurrants on a fruit farm. Got a few pence per pound.
First wages, me and a pal bought a half block of ice cream each and sat in garden of a derelict hoist eating it in the sunshine!
My mother nearly knocked my block off - from them on, half my money went to my mother and half for myself - took me weeks to save for an LP! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
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Awwwwwwwww |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"The money was great wasn't it
I got one pound my first day and went into a chemist on the way home
My mum had complained about rough skin on her hands so I bought her Atrixo hand cream for 80 pence
Felt like a king
Awwwwwwwww "
Didn't get the wooden spoon for a month |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place "
first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area |
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"My parents did farming, B&B and offered horseback riding. All of us children "worked". We'd be the service staff, kitchen staff as well as cleaners.
We'd be cutting, bailing and bringing in hay. We'd be stacking, bagging and bringing in turf, as well as picking stones out of the field or pulling ragwort. Though the farming stuff we were expected to do, not paid for and we always had a laugh (even while bitching and moaning).
What we were paid for is the horse trekking. We would be given a cut of the takings rather than a wage. My father wanted to instill a sense for business in us.
First real job (part time) was on a fruit and veg stand.
First full time job was in a call center.
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County Kerry..? |
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"Working in a hotel split shifts. Morning on breakfast and accomodation, evenings in the food part til i got old enough to work the bar. Long long hours and the harassment was off the charts
From customers or owners
Customers. One particular memory still makes me shudder"
Which hotel |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area"
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool "
was just brilliant |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool was just brilliant "
Health and safety out the window.....here's a rowing boat ...fuck off and don't down |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool was just brilliant
Health and safety out the window.....here's a rowing boat ...fuck off and don't down "
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool was just brilliant
Health and safety out the window.....here's a rowing boat ...fuck off and don't down "
In fairness the water was 2foot but felt like the ocean when ya where 8 |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Flashed my arse there a few times ....it was a mad swimming pool was just brilliant
Health and safety out the window.....here's a rowing boat ...fuck off and don't down
In fairness the water was 2foot but felt like the ocean when ya where 8"
same at belcamp college
I thought the river was bottomless |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area"
Wasn’t that Dan Lowrys bar? |
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"My first job was in Butlins Mosney 1977,oh what fun we had R x
Have you seen the video on YouTube of it closed down
Such happy memories of that place first boobs i ever saw was when i saw underwater boob from the bar area
Wasn’t that Dan Lowrys bar?"
i honestly cant remember the name |
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was 13 at the time 
I should have stayed in Woolies 
