My Thatcher Experience

I left school and went to college. The course was stopped after 6 months because the funding was stopped due to education cuts. I then had to spend 6 months waiting for another course to start by which time a whole year was wasted.

I tried to get a job but I had no qualifications (see above).

I couldn't get any dole money because I wasn't old enough and still living at home.

There were queues going down the streets outside job centres.

Employers were happy because people were so desperate they would work for peanuts, in terrible conditions.

I tried to start a business but the interest rates were 15% or more.

I wanted a home but the mortgage rates were even higher.

Thatcher set me back about a decade.

Posted By: Larry Hagman, Apr 9, 16:42:48