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Midnight Pool Parties #20

MIDNIGHT POOL PARTIES:      After leaving school I spent a year at Burton-on-Trent Technical College studying to be a secretary but my year at college had come to an end - now to find a job! It didn’t take too long as there was plenty of employment around in those days and I was soon offered a position with a small engineering firm in Burton. As I didn’t drive there was still the problem of me getting to work and dad managed to talk the residents of the apartments into taking me, as they were going to Burton every day as well, and it would save him coming out twice a day (no doubt he was thinking about the petrol he would save too!) Kev and the band were...

Midnight Pool Parties #21

After leaving school I spent a year at Burton-on-Trent Technical College studying to be a secretary but my year at college had come to an end - now to find a job! It didn’t take too long as there was plenty of employment around in the seventies and I was soon offered a position with a small engineering firm in Burton. As I didn’t drive there was still the problem of me getting to work and dad managed to talk the residents of our apartments into taking me, as they were going to Burton every day as well, and it would save him coming out twice a day (no doubt he was thinking about the petrol he would save too!) Kev, my boyfriend, and the band were getting a fe...

Midnight Pool Parties # 59

Following on with the summer theme my mind drifted back to those halcyon days of summer when we were all young and lively and hanging out with a large group of friends.  By now Kev and I had left college and were both working but weekends were for fun and parties! Kev and the band were also getting a few gigs around the area and after singing with them for a little while I gave it up and let a more professional singer take over – I needed to work on my confidence first!   We still went to the local '76 Club' though to see live music – it was the start of the punk era and we saw the Sex Pistols there when they were just starting out – I have to say they...

A Christmas Celebration #74

...d a small band playing music.  A table was laden with food and drinks including mulled wine and ginger beer.  The staff dressed up in their ‘Sunday best’ and for one night of the year they could imagine what it was like to be a member of the aristocracy – however, they weren’t allowed to go into any other ground floor rooms and the big, oak double doors to the Drawing Room were kept firmly shut. Carter, the Butler came into the kitchen and sat down next to the fire. “Time for a cup of tea I think,” he said.  “My feet are killing me in these shoes, I need to sit down for a bit.  I’ve just been counting out all the bottles of wine for the par...

A Christmas Celebration #89

...d a small band playing music.  A table was laden with food and drinks including mulled wine and ginger beer.  The staff dressed up in their ‘Sunday best’ and for one night of the year they could imagine what it was like to be a member of the aristocracy – however, they weren’t allowed to go into any other ground floor rooms and the big, oak double doors to the Drawing Room were kept firmly shut. Carter, the Butler came into the kitchen and sat down next to the fire. “Time for a cup of tea I think,” he said.  “My feet are killing me in these shoes, I need to sit down for a bit.  I’ve just been counting out all the bottles of wine for the par...

THE GRAND OPENING #5

...r).  The band would be setting up in the Ballroom and the caterers would be putting the finishing touches to the tables.  As the evening commenced my friend and I would usually go round selling raffle tickets which would be drawn later on that night. A lot of the guests were middle aged and the men would always ask us girls to sit on their knee while they sorted out the tickets.  It seems unreal now but these were different times – if we were shy and tried to say no, they coerced us into doing it making out there was no harm done - but that's how it was in the 70's. Generally though it was good fun and in one of the side rooms there would be a disco for th...