It is 1965, the swinging sixties were in full cry and yet unless you were involved in the pop music business or were part of say, the fashion industry, your day to day life was not at all like that. For most people, you got up, put on your ordinary clothes and went off to your place of work. For the writer this meant the suit and tie and boarding a commuter train up to town. Much has been written about the world of pop music, fashion and the new freedoms that they heralded, but far less is known about the real life work setting of those who were around at the time.
The author’s first job was unusual in its setting, for he worked in a fire station office. The location was Stratford in the East End of London and which much later became the setting for the Olympic Games. In the period covered by this book, it was all very different to what it is today and, using real life anecdotes about the people and happenings of the time, the reader is taken back into a workplace that now belongs to another world.
This book will amuse, entertain and provide a pleasant remembrance as to how people conducted themselves in a society long disappeared.
The author’s first job was unusual in its setting, for he worked in a fire station office. The location was Stratford in the East End of London and which much later became the setting for the Olympic Games. In the period covered by this book, it was all very different to what it is today and, using real life anecdotes about the people and happenings of the time, the reader is taken back into a workplace that now belongs to another world.
This book will amuse, entertain and provide a pleasant remembrance as to how people conducted themselves in a society long disappeared.
