What is/was your old mans profession?

[Deleted member 40035]

Truck driver.

 

[KeefBeer]

RAF bricklayer on Christmas Island in the mid to late 1950s

 

[Lukas73]

Bass player for Alexis Korner, Edwin Starr and Mungo Jerry....
Builder these days and still gigging

 

[Goat Eyes]

Army, carpenter, concrete repairs, hospital porter

Bass player for Alexis Korner, Edwin Starr and Mungo Jerry....
Builder these days and still gigging

Winner.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Space ninja.

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

Telecoms engineer

 

[vinegar hill]

Was a merchant seaman and the full 6 years in the Royal Navy in WW2.

 

[AlpineExile]

Forensic Scientist.

The bombs and bullets sort, not Quincy MD.

 

[Ramshanker]

Carpet weaver & weekend drummer

 

[Edinburgh Black Cat]

Taxi driver. They made a film about him

 

[Arkle]

Local government accountant (the Bodie & Doyle type).

 

[LondonBlackCat]

Chartered Surveyor.

He hated it but I’ve always admired what he achieved.

 

[janey]

Headteacher

 

[dangermows]

MP

 

[Bear]

Sparky

 

[socrates]

RAF (5yrs in India WW2), miner, washing machine salesman, centre lathe/capstan operator, retired at 65 and back to work as a security guard at 66. retired at 78.

 

[DisillusionedOldGit]

School teacher . I can't imagine him being any good at it though .

 

[Ciro_DiMarzio]

Fitter. Worked at Coles cranes for most of my childhood then worked abroad starting in Germany the going to China.

 

[Occam's Razor]

Metallurgist.

 

[Deleted member 2014]

He was a time served painter & decorator, but spent most of his life, (over 40 years) working as an overhead crane driver, at British Steel Hartlepool (South Durham Works)