[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

I left school on my 14th birthday, war in europe was winding down, nowt special happened nobody said owt, didn't even get the months annual school holiday. A week later I started my first job at Shepherd Bros up Bash, until a vacancy came up for an apprenticeship at Lang Bridges, started there in Sept 1945.
Can't understand all this hoohah about leaving school.

A few of us finished up in the Australian after the last exams - mind you we were 16, well almost