In #Thatcher's era, I moved from Sheffield, one of the worst-hit cities with its steel industry & nearby mines. Queues around the corner for a single job in a record store. Me, an unemployed graduate, with a huge file of job rejection letters. Female graduates encouraged to...2
2... study for "useful" qualifications - 30 or so of us did a secretarial course. I was still unable to get a job afterwards, so pretty much all 30 of us moved to London where secretarial jobs were a-plenty. The contrast between London & bleak, depressed South Yorkshire was...3
3... huge. I worked for companies in London which offered massive perks, unheard of in Sheffield, like free gourmet-chef cooked lunches, in-house bars, no-expense-spared Xmas parties, etc. If I quit my London job (as I did), I knew I'd find another almost...4
4... immediately (which I did). A very strange era of "loads of money" Londoners versus dole-queue or low paid northerners. Mid 1980s, I moved back to Leeds (homesick). Still a stark contrast between Yorkshire & London but I managed to get a secretarial job (much lower pay)...5
5... with "perks" that included a tea lady every morning armed with a tea pot and bread & dripping (I kid you not!).
Towards the end of the 1980s, things improved. I worked in advertising in Leeds & no expense was spared on all kinds of perks of the kind you probably...6
Towards the end of the 1980s, things improved. I worked in advertising in Leeds & no expense was spared on all kinds of perks of the kind you probably...6
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