I am sure most of you see your relatives at some time or other. Me I never see mine. Well I say never I see one or two every few months. I’ve never had anyone of them asked how I was. What have you been up two. It is always how’s Philip ( my Brother) is he well what he up two how’s your dad he well. How Lynn ( my Sister in law) they never asked how I am or am I married ect. About A year ago one of my aunts died. My brother my dad and even my sister in law where asked to the Funeral. But not me....

In October 1987 I got a call saying I was on the Kitchen Assistant course in letchworth Skillcentre . So on that Sunday I caught the Train from Norwich to ely then to cambrage then on to Letchworth I got off the train then walked to the skillcentre I was going to stay at the Hotel block or that what it was called basically it was a building with rooms with beds and places to put cloths with sared WC / Bathrooms on each level I got to the hotel block at 4pm expected to check in goto my room then...

LIFE 5
Nice to have you all back following my life so far. If you where wondering K A is Kitchen Assistant which basically means any work that a chef or porter world not do you world. But I will come to that a bit later. I was called in to the dole office 6 months after I had finished N A C RO. I had kept trying to find work or a other course to get me on the work ladder but no luck. I went to my 6 month interview. I was asked what I wanted to do so I said I just want to get my 761 and 2 to...

I was thinking great I be able to call myself A tradesman I be a painter and decorator. I went to the office on A Monday Morring expected to learn a trade but no . I was told that I world be doing O A Ps houses and flats painting them ect. But world not be for a nvq just for a tenner extra a week on the dole I asked them the company name as it never crossed my mind to asked as all along I thought that I was getting a trade. The company was N A C R O (National Association for the Care and Resettlement...

I got A job in a local hotel kitchen as kitchen porter as I said not the best work in the world but hay it paid a wage 80.00 A week how things have changed. All I did was wash plates ect and and clean the kitchen the chef was a right never mind it takes all sorts all he did was swear at me and scream call me names for no reason .I asked him why he said that all KP are S**T and can be trated as he wanted as I said not a nice person I made A promise to myself if I ever became a head chef...