Theme 04 of 13
Coming of age, first jobs, leaving home.
Having raised our own family I can see how personality traits that are apparent at a VERY young age, persist through childhood and into adulthood. I think that…
DadMy first job was as teenager and was with the family clothing business, Burslem & Sons. At that point I was the great grandson of the original Burslem.…
MumNo, as a child I didn't break any bones or even have anything that needed stiches. I do remember one spectacular fall off a fallen and slippery tree…
DadMy fIrst car was a Morris Mini and I bought it in about 1963 crashing in all my savings to do so. It cost me about five hundred…
MumHmm....... is that 'job' or 'real job'? My first paid employment was in a cafe in Bromley that was owned by the leader of our church youth group,…
DadI think that it was in 1962. I turned 21 in that year which was when one was legally recognized as an adult. It was a big celebration…
MumI was always very 'independent' as a child, so what might have been interpreted as 'rebellion' was to me just an expression of being able to do whatever…
MumOK, it’s been ages since I tackled one of these Storyworth questions……..Yes, I think mostly I would have been considered well behaved. It was certainly an expectation back…
MumI don’t think my twenty year old self would be very thrilled to have my advice, and certainly wouldn’t have sought it! But if I think of any…
Mum photosI am pretty sure I have answered this before in another post…. but it was a Ford Popular circa 1955, like the picture below, but it was a…
Mum photosMy first car was a 1954 Ford Popular the old 'sit up and beg' model which got such bad rap for being so unstable. I bought it in…