Originally Posted by John V6
Rich,
when I grew up in Torbay you had 3 maybe 4 choices:-
1. Dad owns a farm / hotel . Make your career there.
2. work 6 - 9 months in hospitality & when the grockles go home it is life on the dole.
3. Go to Uni
4. Join the fuzz or the services

A lot of my mates joined the services just in time to enjoy the Falklands. I knew a few who never came back just because of dictator tried to prop up his rule & Thatcher cut costs by removing our defences.

it always amazes me how little we respect our veterans compared to the USA. Who amongst up would have yomped to Goose Green etc.

I was lucky I did 3 & went to the Godless of Gower Street.

Yes that is indeed a sobering thought John the choices were limited tbh and it was much the same for me in rural Norfolk albeit a few years earlier so I went for technology and engineering.

We moved down here 50 years ago now as The Decca Navigator Company HQ moved down as he kept his boat here the Uberous which of course we all called the Uterus.

We lost friends in the town over the FI job and our immediate neighbour Tim was No2 on Broadsword with a young family and he came back grey as they were stuck in the sound with two unexploded bombs embedded in the deck and still subject to Entenards attacking below mast height. A lot of brave boys and girls out there at the time.

Out of interest John an alumni from Churston lost his life in Ukraine helping out in a passive role.

I am disgusted at the way all our governments treat our heroes and this is the one area they should review urgently. To have them in numbers sleeping rough is a National disgrace that our incumbent Royals with massive military titles really could work to improve.

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