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Read more about the article All those jobs I couldn’t cope with
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All those jobs I couldn’t cope with

My wife and I were talking the other day about our patchwork employment histories. I'm lucky I wound up, eventually, with a job I loved. I sure had a lot of jobs I didn't love. The first “job” I ever had was selling programmes at Newcastle Rugby League matches. I think I was still in primary school, and I got the job because a classmate’s father produced the programmes and maybe had something to do with the league competition. The idea was to earn some pocket money, since my official family pocket money had been indefinitely…

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Read more about the article A gallery of workplace photos: Part 2
Newcastle Post Office staff, 1949.

A gallery of workplace photos: Part 2

Group photos of employees in their workplaces aren't as common today as they once were. But I've gathered a selection from a variety of sources. Here is part 2 in the series. Newcastle Hospital staff, circa 1940s. Staff of P. Johnson and Co (later Stylemasters), makers of menswear, Darby Street Newcastle, circa 1930s. Krempins seed store, Hunter Street Newcastle, circa 1945. L to R: Edith Krempin, Laurel Blakemore, Biddy Hill, Nina Longworth, Norma Atkinson, Harry Krempin, Jack Krempin?, Roger Cecil (far right) Casben clothing company, Weston, circa 1957. Photo from Bernie Peel. Morison and Bearby engineering,…

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Read more about the article The world of work isn’t what it used to be

The world of work isn’t what it used to be

She was a teacher, she said, at a local private school. She taught in a field in which her work excelled. She had been employed for a number of years. And she was a casual. Still. When I shook my head in sympathy, she said her sister was even worse off, having been employed as a casual in the same job for 10 years. Politicians love to prattle about all the jobs there are, just waiting for willing workers to take them on. If you have a go you'll get a go, earning a fortune picking…

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