Fucking hell!I've got GCEs in Maths and Art and now work with my brother in South East London as a market trader
My brother found a fob watch in our garage the other day, hoping it's worth a few quid
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Marketing and yes it’s made my careerTell us what you studied and what you do now. Did you need that degree? Or did you take a completely different path. I personally don't work by profession. And I think that all the years I spent studying were useless. No one needs that diploma now.
Ask me any question about F1 from 1990 onwards and il get it right
Serious question.I got my teaching degree back in 1995 at the age of 42. Couldn't be arsed going into teaching after that. I then joined BBC CWR and realised my forte was radio, particularly editing. Still love editing, even though I'm now 68 and been retired for years!
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Me on degree day....
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Me at CWR (about 1995ish, with Geoff Foster in the next door studio, chatting to Rob Gurney) .....
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When a car crashes and a safety car is called out do you:
a) Let all the cars that have been lapped unlap themselves before restarting the race
b) Let none of the cars unlap themselves and restart the race
c)Just let the ones between first and second unlap themselves and then restart the race for shits and giggles
FFS not Biamoux again .Depends if it means max wins
Really too much to explain! Just as an example, one of the sliders opened up would connect you to the other studio, another one would control "carts" (cartridges) which we used back in the day! Others when opened could connect to a live feed to another station, say BBC WM. And another would open up phone call chats. There's also others to control output of bass, treble etc. Looks a lot when you first sit in the seat, but it all comes to fruition after a while.Serious question.
What do all those buttons/sliders/knobs do?
Don't you just need volume up/down, bass/treble and mute?
(I'm an audio philistine by the way).
Apologies if my initial post came across as somewhat flippant.Really too much to explain! Just as an example, one of the sliders opened up would connect you to the other studio, another one would control "carts" (cartridges) which we used back in the day! Others when opened could connect to a live feed to another station, say BBC WM. And another would open up phone call chats. There's also others to control output of bass, treble etc. Looks a lot when you first sit in the seat, but it all comes to fruition after a while.
What were the CWR crimbo parties like, Houch?I got my teaching degree back in 1995 at the age of 42. Couldn't be arsed going into teaching after that. I then joined BBC CWR and realised my forte was radio, particularly editing. Still love editing, even though I'm now 68 and been retired for years!
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Me on degree day....
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Me at CWR (about 1995ish, with Geoff Foster in the next door studio, chatting to Rob Gurney) .....
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You are 20 according to your profile when you say 'all these years' do you mean school?Tell us what you studied and what you do now. Did you need that degree? Or did you take a completely different path. I personally don't work by profession. And I think that all the years I spent studying were useless. No one needs that diploma now.
Not flippant at all. And yes, it was a fabulous 'buzz' every time I went into the studio, whether it was for a show, to interview a guest or editing a 30 minute package down to 5 minutes and yet keep it interesting! And the studio manager wanted it 'on air ' in an hour! That was the buzz I loved!Apologies if my initial post came across as somewhat flippant.
It wasn't meant to be.
I have nothing but admiration for those people who keep all those plates spinning whilst on live radio.
What a buzz it must have been. Real 'seat of the pants' stuff at times I suspect.
We were based in Warwick Row at the time, and all our 'do's and parties' were usually in a bar opposite. I can't remember the name of it. I don't think it exists any more. Anyway. Couple more pics. First is of me and a couple of co-workers outside the Warwick Row studios (me in the middle) and the other is inside that bar I mentioned (I think it was some sort of leaving do for one of the journos). Me on the right in the leather coat.What were the CWR crimbo parties like, Houch?
Come on, spill some!
Left school with 3 O levels. Joined a local company as a tech apprentice and worked way up to be head of R&D. Head hunted to do a similar job for one of the world’s biggest companies. Now semi-retired and doing consultancy work in product Certification and Approvals.
Corks?Possibly Chaplin's Wine Bar?
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