Quote Originally Posted by Returnofrros View Post
Left school in 1984.

In the middle of thatchers Britain......as did the vast majority of my acquaintances.

I don't know one person who was unemployed for years in that age group.

By 20 I had a mortgage, 22 a car ( not leased or bought by parents) was going on regular foreign holidays, comfortably afford a season tic and a few pints, wasn't regularly attending foodbanks or the like, was able to put clothes on my back and save a bit of money each month buy my first shares and look forward very positively.

It's imho a myth that the Thatcher years were bad for the youth of the day.

Some aulder industries suffered and the attitude that Thatcher was evil went from the aulder generation to the young but the younger generation did fairly well.

And never forget Thatcher was responsible for the policy that created wealth and "upward mobility" for the working class.....right to buy.,...........maybe something for the section 18 laddies to ponder before they post ****e on their web page.��
I left school in 1979 and got an apprenticeship. Place closed in 1981 as a direct result of the witch's policies. 18 years of age and on the heap.

Went from casual job to casual job before the evil one decided, probably after nearly getting her arse felt over the Falklands, to massively increase the armed forces so got the lifeline.

Second best thing I ever did was joining the RAF in 1984, set me up for a life of decent career and earnings. Best thing was coming out of the RAF in 1996 to grab those chances, governments after hers slashed the forces, and finding things 100 times better job wise than when I went in.

Not a lot in it but between her election in 1979 and me losing that apprenticeship in 1981 she destroyed industry in this country and left millions like me with very few options.