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Originally Posted by katex

Comment by Retlaw (and others) that we should bring back National Service, sorry to start with a google, however, :-

BBC - History - The Peacetime Conscripts: National Service in the Post-war Years

Sure did not do any good to the minority of our young lads in the 50's 60's as per this report.

Can you imagine what the problems would be today ?

Young people being taken away from their ongoing education. We need more qualified technicians, engineers, plumbers, academics, scientists to forward our economy now.

That was never a problem, anyone in the process of "serving an apprenticeship" was exempt until such time as the apprenticeship had fininshed and the young person was classed as a "skilled man"

Training in those days always started on the "shop floor" that is after you had learned the correct way to brew the tea. The further education and qualifications came later in the form of 1 day at college + 3 of your nights attending "night school" if you could stand the pace.