[Stumped]

I left school in the late 1950's when anyone with an ounce of gumption could walk into virtually whatever job they desired. It was a time when the area sported dozens of cotton-mills and an abundance of engineering firms, efficient railway bus and railway systems and countless subsidiary industries, retail establishments, etc. National Service was still operative for lads from the age of 18-years and district hospitals served the communities in which they existed.
It's a totally different ballgame for youngsters leaving school today, many of whom face a mundane existance in the so called service industries that themselves are under threat from unwarranted cuts by the powers that be. OK, I may be accused of having another rant at the establishment, but today's youngsters certainly deserve better than what is currently being offered.