Over 50's club

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LazyDaisy Jun 2020 8:17pm, 2 Jun 2020 30,320 posts	0 LazyDaisy 83 - working 84 - working 85 - working. I must have moved districts in one of those years and I'm guessing 84, but can't really remember.
Flatlander Jun 2020 8:35pm, 2 Jun 2020 1,717 posts	0 Flatlander 70s A levels Moved to my present area 80-84 part time O & H BTEC (then it meant Business & Technician Education Council, and was the equivalent of a BSc) while working 85-87 part time Fellowship of my Professional body (equivalent of a MSc) while working 2000-03 part time BSc while working 2003-05 part time MSc while working Had enough of formal studying but I continued to work, and do CPD and give in-house educational presentations Now having a well earned rest
Helegant Jun 2020 9:09pm, 2 Jun 2020 6,817 posts	0 Helegant ... waves... 81 - second child 86 - third career started - shoulder pads can't remember much else.
Ness Jun 2020 9:15pm, 2 Jun 2020 11,673 posts	0 Ness 👋 85 - finished A’levels but has to take a year out because I was waiting for hip surgery. 86 - 90 completed an Applied Biological Sciences degree at Bristol Polytechnic. 90 started a job as a trainee accountant but hated it lasted until the spring of 92. September 92 - started my PGCE and then qualified to teach.
Sigh Jun 2020 9:15pm, 2 Jun 2020 6,493 posts	0 Sigh 84 - 86 A levels at sixth form 86 - 92 work, HND then BSc on day release at the same time Taking into account mock 'O' levels, I had exams every six months for ten years.
GimmeMedals Jun 2020 9:25pm, 2 Jun 2020 16,933 posts	0 GimmeMedals 81 - O levels 81-84 - A levels 84-88 - BSc Hons degree 88-Feb 91 - worked in the office of a site-based scaffolding company 91-92 - did PGCE 92 - teaching
chunkywizard Jun 2020 9:50pm, 2 Jun 2020 8,116 posts	0 chunkywizard By the way, the link over there —> for the league tables in broken.
chunkywizard Jun 2020 9:51pm, 2 Jun 2020 8,117 posts	0 chunkywizard Ah, I see why now I’ve looked. The links are like this fetcheveryone.com/league?distance=5&unit=km&year=&age=50&people=x&mindate=&page=0 But you have to specify the distance as part of the URL
Nicholls595 Jun 2020 9:09am, 3 Jun 2020 20,610 posts	0 Nicholls595 81 - O levels 82/83 - Trainee engineer* 84 - Print finishing apprenticeship 92 - Started flying a desk as a trainee production manager. Still playing at printing today. * Spent 9 months fitting overhead hoists at the Ford Dagenham engine plant. Travelled down from Nottingham every Monday morning in a Sherpa van with 3 or 4 blokes. Stayed in digs around Ilford 4 nights a week. Grew up very fast
macca 53 Jun 2020 11:54am, 3 Jun 2020 27,736 posts	0 macca 53 81 got married and bought our first house (standard 2 up 2 down) for the princely sum of £12500 😳 84 moved 400m down the same road to a much bigger but pretty run down stone terrace with a garden, total money pit but we loved it! We always remember decorating during the opening ceremony of the LA Olympics. 87 changed job and spent 9 months commuting from the north west to Croydon on Monday and the reverse on Friday, whilst helping run the old factory down and reposting to the north east. Mrs macca fell pregnant within a few weeks of us deciding to make that move (which meant she would have to leave her job). 88 a very eventful year Nearly had first child born at 29 weeks when I was competing at JK88 in the Charlton Forest (race HQ at Goodwood racecourse), several days in Chichester hospital..... Moved into a rented house after we had sold our house but not yet completed on the one we were buying, registered with local GP (as Mrs macca was beyond 35 weeks pregnant); they arranged for us to visit maternity unit at Friarage Hospital, Northallerton where we were asked if Mrs macca would like a 7 day confinement or a 14 day one 😳😳😳. To her permanent regret Mrs macca chose 7 days 😂😂 Moved into our new home in July 88 with a six week old baby and stayed there until we retired in October 2017.