Mike Reads 1979 Pop Quiz - Got me thinking

[erimus74]

When I worked at Hills the bakers as a van driver in the very early 80's, you had to clock on before starting work

Can posters remember this & did they use this themselves while working, I know its an age thing mind

Brilliant record BTW

[tunstall]

I worked at Billingham Machine Company for a few months in the late 90s and we still had to clock on and off there

Walking in to that workshop was like going back in time

[Ural Quntz]

Clocking In for your mate was a sackable offence at BSC I recall

[erimus74]

Clocking In for your mate was a sackable offence at BSC I recall

Yea, remember that too, 😥

Those were the days, not the getting sacked bit

[BoroRedKen]

The 1st "dirty hands" job i had did not have clocking on but it was the little brown pay envelope on a Thursday in the bait cabin.

Amazingly a Thursday always saw a 100% attendance.

Could never work out why......

 

[erimus74]

The 1st "dirty hands" job i had did not have clocking on but it was the little brown pay envelope on a Thursday in the bait cabin.

Amazingly a Thursday always saw a 100% attendance.

Could never work out why......

 

Remember the brown envelope days too, 👍

[tunstall]

Yeh BMC used to give us our wages in little brown envelopes

I put it through the wash once on a Friday night like a daft cunt

[tonyangelino]

You had to tear the corner off to check through the notes in case it was short. If you just ripped it open without checking and it was short, tough..

[markmywords]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

[fukyu]

Clocked in at BSC,last job at seal sands you just walked on site, this job pass is read at the gate by security to get on site then pass to open turnstyle to get into work area.The thieving grangetown/southbank cunts still get on site though.

[BoroRedKen]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

Exactly the same routine fella except it was The Magnet not the Navvy for us.
🤣👍

[BoroRedKen]

The floating score?

20 quid that had been borrowed that many times on a Wednesday that nobody really knew who had lent it out in the 1st place!.
🤣

[erimus74]

Ours was the Ackam hotel every thursday

Game of daets & an orange,😉

[fukyu]

The floating score?

20 quid that had been borrowed that many times on a Wednesday that nobody really knew who had lent it out in the 1st place!.
🤣

I heard you would get lads at BSC picked their wages up at dinner time and lost them by teatime playing three card brag.

[fukyu]

Ours was the Ackam hotel every thursday

Game of daets & an orange,😉

Bottom and middle house at g/town were busy before and after shift changes,half the nightshifts on Teesside had been drinking before work,I used to take cans of lager in as a teenager.

[tonyangelino]

The floating score?

20 quid that had been borrowed that many times on a Wednesday that nobody really knew who had lent it out in the 1st place!.
🤣

I heard you would get lads at BSC picked their wages up at dinner time and lost them by teatime playing three card brag.

100% true, seen it done in the pitside cabin on the BOS plant many a time

[BoroRedKen]

With being a young un at the time i loved some of the older blokes. They knew every trick in the book.

Proper characters. Blokes you knew were tough but also some of the funniest blokes going.
Blokes your older brothers knew but now you did!

There was definitely a community in those days.

[markmywords]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

Exactly the same routine fella except it was The Magnet not the Navvy for us.
🤣👍

Massive change in the job I was doing couple of years ago. Random drinks and drugs tests that were stricter than drink driving limits. Having a couple of drinks then previous night was a definite no-no. If you tested positive you were out of a job.

[Norman_Conquest]

Clocked in at BSC,last job at seal sands you just walked on site, this job pass is read at the gate by security to get on site then pass to open turnstyle to get into work area.The thieving grangetown/southbank cunts still get on site though.

Let me know what we pinched from you and I will see you get it back. 🤣🤣🤣

[Norman_Conquest]

We had to clock on at Smith's Dock and my clocking card number was 16240. This number was so important to your pay it became etched on your mind.

Regarding being sacked for clocking someone else on. I remember being transferred over to Birkenhead and the manager showed us around. He took us to the clocking stations, introduced us to a bloke and said'If you give him 50p a day, he will clock you out on a night. 😳

[erimus74]

We had to clock on at Smith's Dock and my clocking card number was 16240. This number was so important to your pay it became etched on your mind.

Regarding being sacked for clocking someone else on. I remember being transferred over to Birkenhead and the manager showed us around. He took us to the clocking stations, introduced us to a bloke and said'If you give him 50p a day, he will clock you out on a night. 😳

😁

[fukyu]

Clocked in at BSC,last job at seal sands you just walked on site, this job pass is read at the gate by security to get on site then pass to open turnstyle to get into work area.The thieving grangetown/southbank cunts still get on site though.

Let me know what we pinched from you and I will see you get it back. 🤣🤣🤣

It was probably one off my uncles or cousins who chewered it.

[Norman_Conquest]

I once worked on a shutdown in to 80's for an outfit called Thompsons on Eggborough Power Station and when you got finished there was a brief note attached to your clocking card that night telling you your service were no further required.

We used to call it 'the black spot'.  🤣🤣🤣

[erimus74]

I once worked on a shutdown in to 80's for an outfit called Thompsons on Eggborough Power Station and when you got finished there was a brief note attached to your clocking card that night telling you your service were no further required.

We used to call it 'the black spot'.  🤣🤣🤣

😁

Remember when you worked extra shifts the supervisor would ask you to get your card, he would then add the extra hours & sign it

[borope]

As an apprentice at Teesside Bridge in the 70s we used to get our wages on a Thursday dinner time in a little brown envelope. The wage was always rounded up or down to the nearest 50p and it had to be checked before opening and breaking the seal. Once checked it was straight over the road and into the navigation and a quick 2 pints in 30 minutes before the claxon sounded. Different times back then for sure.

Exactly the same routine fella except it was The Magnet not the Navvy for us.
🤣👍

Massive change in the job I was doing couple of years ago. Random drinks and drugs tests that were stricter than drink driving limits. Having a couple of drinks then previous night was a definite no-no. If you tested positive you were out of a job.

When i first started at ICI we used to go out for a few pints on a Friday lunchtime as did half of Wilton. Like you say totally different now where i work now they had the random drugs and alcohol testers in after every England euro game the bloke in charge of security must love it whenever he gets someone the sack.