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chockers
#1 Posted : Tuesday, December 22, 2009 2:29:18 PM Quote
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Just read a bit what john H wrote on a post .

well this is my life story .
I went too school in a village started 1958 2 girls used to ride there ponys to school and they where put in the feild next door we had one teacher for 5 too 11 yr olds .taught in one room with a coal fire there was one cold water tap and sink outside loos where wooden with a bucket .tHE PLAYing feild was shared by 2 cows watch the cow pats .My home 2 up 2 down one cold water tap 2 scockets cooker was a oilstove
wooden loo with bucket .Bath tin .

school closed and we where bused to town .
my seconcy school they always told me that it was useless teach you girls as you would get married and a man will keep you .We learnt cooking washing baby care sewing english and maths and later woodwork
ha ha ha just had a thing to top my stamp up and it says 37 years working .Man keeping me ha ha
have now got NVQ care stuff depiset not learning much .They do the exams to suit you which paper work is not my thing as can,t spell .

So whats yours then what did they say you could not do .


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#2 Posted : Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:02:16 PM Quote
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I loved reading the story of your life in the village a few years ago Chris. The thing that really jumps out was the above, ie that girls should not be educated as the expectation was that they would be kept by men! Well you proved them wrong as most of us women have!

Eleanor x
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:04:19 PM Quote
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Hi Chrissie what good post thanks
Well they said i was average at everything

well i showed them i went to full time college did diploma in care
then age 30 i went to Top Massage therapy school in uk.
Even there said will you cope you havnt done o levels even i said yes i will shpw you this is my Dream.
Even despite RA rearing its ugly head after 1 year off sick i returned tog rauate and same tutuor who said will u cope was astonded i passed but not only passed but got high grades.
Razz
Heart west end and passed not at all average grades,i contiued on to set up and run my own buisness from Home with high profile clients of all professions.


Got distinctions.merits no just average.lol


I also ran for my school even though told i was a talker adn would i go the distance,came 15th for whole Suffolk county comp.

Dad said i was amd moving to London and to bcome therpaist we grew up council house dad bought it when made redundant,wasnt an estate as such.
my room had no heating at all except plug in heater,no tv only rented one,no phone,no car,no new clothes,mum worked evenings dad worked days.

dad said its a dead course how will i earn anything lol.
I earned £35 per hour so porved him wrong and my mum who said id never complete im a quitter.


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#4 Posted : Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:18:37 PM Quote
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Power to you girls! ThumpUp
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:43:57 AM Quote
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I did pass my 11+ but we could not afford for me to go. Off the the local Tech, where I was voted the person least likely to succeed. Was all NOT the best years of my life. But, I have since found that intelligence comes in many form, and can't really be judged by education, as it is at the moment. Working with young people who can not survive in schools has been an eye opener. Young men who are told they are thick, who can score darts matches quicker than I can use a calculator. Youngsters who have lost both parents, who grow up to well balanced, thoughtful caring people, kids that have caring, educated parents, who then end up on the streets.

Life can sometimes be, the breaks you get, or the indomintable spirt you have been born with. Life experience is something we all have, and it is never too late to learn, or re-think what we already know.
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#6 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:59:40 AM Quote
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Well said Mandy ; "Intelligence comes - but wisdom lingers" - that's a Tennyson quote. I'm no intellectual though - it was in a Puzzler magazine LOL LOL

Julie
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:07:31 AM Quote
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This makes me realise my parents were quite modern in their attitude.
They believed in us and always told us we could achieve whatever we wanted as long as we worked hard.
With 3 girls and one boy, they encouraged us equally, no question about the girls not needing to learn because they will get married and not have to work.

Doreen xx
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:48:30 PM Quote
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LOL i laugh now .School invited my embarrssing mother to a meeting .
she is still alive .Always lived in rual suffolk in middle of nowhere till now they live in a small town in Norfolk ( cos they are in the 80s now so live near grandsons and my sister )
No idea of life before hand .

i was told to shut up well it was the 60s while this man spoke to my mother about me going out too work
i was almost at leaveing age 14 and a half i was 4 ft 8inchs and waighed 4 stone 12 .

Arhhh i had deicied what i wanted was to stay on at school as the teachers of the 30/40s where leaving due too old age and in was coming great young teachers who taught proper .
Well they only took on 6/8 too stay on till almost 16 so no chance anyway .

My Mother piped up .I want her to leave i won,t get famlie awallowance .I think it would be best if she worked with chickhens Wub Wub Wub Wub Blushing How embassing So the welfair man said right ill get her a job .Wub Well the truth was at under 5 stone the doc would not give the go ahead as it was law to have a check so ended up in a factory doing light work .And loved my snacks i brought with my own money so Waight went on .

But if that where today i would be gone hid up The 50s and 60s where so funny out in Suffolk in the middle of no where
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#9 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:49:50 PM Quote
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Mine too, Doreen. My mam & dad were both clever, but in their respective families money was tight, so they were denied opportunities to go on to further education. They wanted better for my sister and me, and we were both brought up believing that if you really wanted something, you had to work to achieve it.

When I started the grammar school, I know they saved hard for the uniform, but any extras, such as sports equipment were difficult. I had to save hard for new hockey boots, and used a school stick until I was about 16, when as a reward for selection by the County, I got my own.It was pretty much the same for tennis stuff - I was into sport in a big way. We had no car when I was at school, but mam & dad would go off on the bus to see me run, play in tournaments etc. They were so supportive and encouraging, and I owe them so much.

Many of the kids I was at school off were wealthy - not all, but certainly some - but my sister and me always felt loved and secure throughout our childhood. Wealth is not always measured in terms of money.


Take care,

Kathleen x
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#10 Posted : Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:25:00 PM Quote
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We were the same, Doreen. My Mum was an artist and Dad was an insurance engineer (supervised the building of Glen Coe ski lift, lifting of new stones on top of York Minster etc) but we didn't have any money in the early days. I ws taught to work hard (but never did, I am ashamed to admit!). I left school with 9 O levels and 3 A levels (as they were called then). Went on to study for SRN but after I married Garth (first husband) decided I'd prefer to work in a library - which I did for years (got my year 1 and 2 exams towards FCA). Then did bits and pieces at odd intervals whilst Lucy grew up and about 15 years ago started working for solicitors, which I just loved. Started my legal exec exams, but when Mum became ill gave it up to care for her and Dad. I suppose you could say I'm a jack of all trades but a master of none!
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