hi leicester ex red bike boys i was a telegram boy in colchester essex from 1955-58, i missed my national service as the call up age stopped before my 18th birthday, this i did not mind as some of the other boys had been called up and came back to the office to see us after 6 weeks of training, not a pretty sight, short back and sides and a uniform miles to big, at least i could keep my hairstyle and look desent in a postmans uniform. i became a postman after 3 years as a telegram boy, and went on to do another 22 years as a postman and postman driver. but in 1980 i was pensioned off due to ill health mainly to deafness and going off balance, after a few months my balance was sorted with medication but the deafness got worse but i get by ok ,thanks to the internet i can keep in touch with some of my olde mates by email, the phone is a no go . for the next 25 years i became a ceramic wall and floor tiler, this was something i done on the side as a postman, with my balance sorted i could work again ,i retired april 2005. i am still in pretty good health and very active. each year i always take part in the grandparents and parents race at my granddaughters sports day,but if i am honest i am always looking at the rest of the field in front of me as we head to the winners line,this don't go down very well with my wife as she thinks i am to olde to run and could have a heart attack. i have written my memiors as a telegram boy for my local paper" IN LOOKING BACK"but wether it will ever see book form remains to be seen.
i have had a good life ,but when i look back the best years of my working life was a telegram boy ,those years i will always treasure, if only i could turn the clock back ,but this will be the nearest i ever get.
well done micheal for your book , which i shall purchase
lets hope your book will cause a lot of interest amongst other ex telegram boys. king regards graham tuckwell
hi leicester ex red bike boys
i was a telegram boy in colchester essex from 1955-58, i missed my national service as the call up age stopped before my 18th birthday, this i did not mind as some of the other boys had been called up and came back to the office to see us after 6 weeks of training, not a pretty sight, short back and sides and a uniform miles to big, at least i could keep my hairstyle and look desent in a postmans uniform.
i became a postman after 3 years as a telegram boy, and went on to do another 22 years as a postman and postman driver. but in 1980 i was pensioned off due to ill health mainly to deafness and going off balance, after a few months my balance was sorted with medication but the deafness got worse but i get by ok ,thanks to the internet i can keep in touch with some of my olde mates by email, the phone is a no go .
for the next 25 years i became a ceramic wall and floor tiler, this was something i done on the side as a postman, with my balance sorted i could work again ,i retired april 2005.
i am still in pretty good health and very active. each year i always take part in the grandparents and parents race at my granddaughters sports day,but if i am honest i am always looking at the rest of the field in front of me as we head to the winners line,this don't go down very well with my wife as she thinks i am to olde to run and could have a heart attack.
i have written my memiors as a telegram boy for my local paper" IN LOOKING BACK"but wether it will ever see book form remains to be seen.
i have had a good life ,but when i look back the best years of my working life was a telegram boy ,those years i will always treasure, if only i could turn the clock back ,but this will be the nearest i ever get.
well done micheal for your book , which i shall purchase
lets hope your book will cause a lot of interest amongst other ex telegram boys. king regards
graham tuckwell