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Part threePhil Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-78530933617524319192009-05-15T12:27:00.000+01:002009-05-15T12:27:00.000+01:00Very interesting story and one that you could well...Very interesting story and one that you could well make into a great short autobiography worthy of printing, Real life stories like this are hard to come by yet tell the real local history which is lost as time goes by.<br />I have enjoyed reading the series, Thank you for writing them.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404808062883060562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-41441501433270372242009-05-07T10:37:00.000+01:002009-05-07T10:37:00.000+01:00Cheers French Fancy, your comment about me being a...Cheers French Fancy, your comment about me being a 'fascinating chap' made my day. I've certainly led an interesting life so far and I love writing about it with humour. On occasion humour can dispell a few ghosts of the past.Phil Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-80046525998464178202009-05-06T13:40:00.000+01:002009-05-06T13:40:00.000+01:00Bits of this I had to nip past with my eyes half s...Bits of this I had to nip past with my eyes half shut. I loved your 'young' photo - and fancy being a qualified Master Butcher. <br /><br />You are a fascinating chap, PhilFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-4568653543271482242009-05-04T14:10:00.000+01:002009-05-04T14:10:00.000+01:00Thanks Athina and Cheryl. It is quite ironic that ...Thanks Athina and Cheryl. It is quite ironic that a veggie cafe should be my bolt hole from the world of butchery isn't it?Phil Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-23705815132123282862009-05-04T10:02:00.000+01:002009-05-04T10:02:00.000+01:00The butchering trade may not have nurtured your ar...The butchering trade may not have nurtured your artistic side but it does seem to have given you a lot of artistic fodder. And it's hilarious, and fitting, that your escape would be the Lettuce Leaf.<br /><br />I've really enjoyed following your personal history, btw.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-61674586624603536102009-05-03T15:15:00.000+01:002009-05-03T15:15:00.000+01:00Knives and electric saws and tyrant managers - ver...Knives and electric saws and tyrant managers - very dangerous workplace the butchers'. Glad you survived in one piece and a better person.<br /><br />More powers to your writing, Phil.Athinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08601809566948332273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-40861204232277074402009-05-03T10:02:00.000+01:002009-05-03T10:02:00.000+01:00Elizabeth: I think I just craved some intelligent ...Elizabeth: I think I just craved some intelligent conversation and company. I am quite a sensitive man really and was getting my real kicks from the drama groups I'd joined and had discovered my real self. Just doing it in the evenings wasn't enough and ... those meringues were really good.<br /><br />Gail'sMan: Bakelite phones! Wow, I bet they be collectors items by now. Thanks for your comments on how you've enjoyed my writing. I am considering developing this aspect of my life into a humourous book.<br /><br />Guy:No! my name's NOT effing Stanley! lol<br /><br />There are lots of butchery related stories that I have left out and I've actually changed the names of the folk at Rydes and some of the stories would be unbelievable if I wrote them (due to the cruel tricks played on younger members of staff like the YOP scheme boys) and 'fingers in the till' stories.Phil Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481531408247859880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-64499557281533911262009-05-03T08:39:00.000+01:002009-05-03T08:39:00.000+01:00I demand an autobiography Phil. Suggested title, ...I demand an autobiography Phil. Suggested title, 'My names not effing Stanley!'.<br />A third episode and as entertaining as the previous two. Great reading my friend.<br /><br />I was lucky training in retail management. I started with my dad, very much a 'look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves' sort of businessman. In my time with Central Midlands Co-Op I trained under (not physically) two fine ladies. Sue at Cheddesden and Janet at Duffield. <br />It was the area managers that were the b*****ds. They were the reason for my departure from a trade I loved despite the poor pay and long hours.<br />Good memories though for the most part.<br />Thanks for the smiles. You help pass my working sunday away nicely.<br />G.StGeorgeOfEnglandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15784670285839149788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-86320963396148272482009-05-02T21:51:00.000+01:002009-05-02T21:51:00.000+01:00Been a great story. My working life started off i...Been a great story. My working life started off in the Lace Market, back in 1979. Alas no real colourful characters that I can remember. But they still used Bakelite phones and a girl used to man (person) the switchboard. The old fashioned type with the plugs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349828855153546542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4576959142506128840.post-28560491072503674022009-05-02T17:36:00.000+01:002009-05-02T17:36:00.000+01:00Oh my, I had no idea that butchery was such a peri...Oh my, I had no idea that butchery was such a perilous profession! I had a deranged boss for a long time, he also specialized in "management by tyranny". <br /><br />Do you suppose the draw to the vegetarian cafe had anything to with being around meat and blood and bones all the time? I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, really really interesting.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.com