Quote Originally Posted by soulman101 View Post
Hi,I joined the GPO as an apprentice in B'ham 1970 and in 1979 left to go to Chubb Alarms , I was going to emigrate to Canada.
I was offered a job in Canada, but had go over there to finalised my contract then await a visa.
So in the end went to Chubb Alarms.
Then I had a great twist of fate, I was getting fed up of callouts and after one bad night, I went to bed a 7 am.
Then at 7-10 I got called out again , the rules was if you was out all night you got the morning off.
So off I went realy p//ssed off, to a tyre place just pasted Walsall manor hospital they are still trading.
Anyway I was working away above the roller shutter and I dropped my side cutters. I then heard a familiar voice, it was my old gaffa from the GPO, He said these are GPO cutters. We had a good chat and I told about the bad night of calls.
He said why don't you come back to the GPO, I said nobody can come back after they left he said leave it with me , I'll phone you tonight.
When he phoned he said I've got you an interview in W'ton tomorrow, I gave you a great reference,just turn up and the jobs yours.
2 weeks later I was back and hd a great 25 years.
With out that callout, my working life would have so been different.
I remember the alarm calls, my old man used to get them from time to time at the GPO, the engineers used to be first out when an alarm went off! Remember having to sit in his van one night when my mom was out, ended up being a false call out, was pissed off as I think it was the SixMillion Dollar man on the telly!!