15 or 30. My First Day at Work. August 1953.
Friday, our last day at school was as normal,
except for the last half hour - an assembly.
all ushered into the hall, we had a
Lecture from the Headmistress
about not letting the school down,
the whole school sang “Fight the
Good Fight”. We were off, we were
Free!! Free!! Free!!
Monday morning came, I dressed with
care, I had hoped to be able to wear
Nylon Stockings, but NO! Mum said “You
must wear your white ankle socks, Nylons
must wait until I was eighteen years old”.
Mum had made me a new coat to wear,
she was a tailoress, it was beautiful,
but did it have to be pink??
Mum accompanied me to work,
I was working in the Children's
Toy and Book department of
W.H.Smiths in Leeds. We were
welcomed by the Manageress,
she said I must call her Madam.
we were taken to meet the Manager,
He had to be called Sir.
They outlined my job, being a Junior,
I would be doing a lot of cleaning of
books, after my tea break, I was
to tidy the staff room, then make
tea for the Manager and Manageress,
to wash their tea things, then to feed
the shops' Cats. I was to go down to
the stock rooms and bring stock
up the three flights of stairs. In fact
I was to do anything but sell books !!
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