What jobs did/do your parents have?

[Parafox]

Just wondering what folks parents did and whether their job influenced your job.

 

My late father was originally a farmhand labourer at Ingarsby Hall when he first came to Britain; then he worked for 30 years as a toolmaker at Wadkins.

 

My Mum was a shopgirl then moved to Leicester and worked as a knitwear mender for Corah's.

 

Neither of my parents had any medical background, the only thing that I would say influenced me job wise is their work ethic.

[Larry_LCFC]

Mum works as a teaching assistant. Dad works as traveling sales/account manager. Absolutely no influence on my career path

[Jimothy]

My Dad was a watch repairer for Sekonda. He met my mum there, she used to fit straps to new watches. She became a shop worker at Bhs on Saturdays when me and my sister were born and then when we'd gone school she also got a job on the reception at Coombs bakery in the week. My dad's now retired, and mum still works in reception/admin type jobs.

My sister is a French teacher and I work in payroll and accounts. Neither of us have followed them really, although I suspect my dad's old job is pretty much obsolete now.

[Guest MattP]

Dad a director for BAE ten years ago but now retired.

 

Mum a cook at a Catholic school.

[pSinatra]

My Mum was a shopgirl then moved to Leicester and worked as a knitwear mender for Corah's.

 

She will probably know my Dad.  He was in the Corah's dye house for over 30 years.  His Dad (& my Grandad) worked in the knit shop for over 30 years too.  I was always amazed as a kid that my Grandad has perfect fingernails.  Yellow fingers from smoking & a hardcore alcoholic, but he used to get manicures so that he didn't snag the fabrics

 

2 gold watches in the family.

 

I used to go regularly into the dye house & Corah's shop for my pants.  I never had any inclination to follow in the footseps of my Dad & Grandad.

[Captain...]

Both my parents were primary school teachers, their influence on my career was that there was no way I was ever going to be a primary school teacher.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Dad is a self employed architect. Mum runs a playgroup in Coalville.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Dad was a hosiery mechanic and mum was an overlocker before us kids were born and then she used to sew on the clasps for braces on an industrial sewing machine we had at home. I can remember as a kid helping to pull on the plastic slides that hold the pair of braces together.

 

Nowadays we have Romanians.

[Wycombe Fox]

My Dad was a watch repairer for Sekonda.

 

A bit of a 'hands-on' job then 

[bovril]

Dad helped develop that god-awful all day breakfast in a can shite.

[bovril]

I wanted to be a civil engineer after going to Old Trafford in the 90s but I have no technical / mathematical knowledge or indeed any spacial awareness.

[purpleronnie]

Dad was a postman and Mum a cook.

[Parafox]

Dad was a hosiery mechanic and mum was an overlocker before us kids were born and then she used to sew on the clasps for braces on an industrial sewing machine we had at home. I can remember as a kid helping to pull on the plastic slides that hold the pair of braces together.

 

Nowadays we have Romanians.

 

Oy, leave it ahht, my dad was a Romanian!!

[Parafox]

Dad helped develop that god-awful all day breakfast in a can shite.

 

Really? The sausages and bacon and egg etc? My life, did he actually taste-test it?

 

And is that why you're called bovril

[bovril]

 Yes he did I am sure. And we used to get cans and cans of the free stuff. I was very popular at Uni.

Bovril is just cos I like a cup of the old meat extract at half time. My real name is Cream of Chicken.

[Webbo]

My dad was a painter and decorator too, my mother worked in a factory making school uniforms.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Oy, leave it ahht, my dad was a Romanian!!

 

Yes, and my dad was my dad

[The God Emperor]

dad was a heating engineer, used to work with him a fair bit which made me enjoy working with my hands so that influenced my career. mum was a nurse

[Jon the Hat]

Dad was an electrical engineer and project / bid manager for Plessey and then Marconi.  Mum was originally in retail, then when back to work after my sister and I cam along she worked as a health care assistant in the NHS for 25 years.

[Finnegan]

... My dad worked for the council for 35 years....

... Yeeeaaaahhhh....

[Parafox]

Dad was an electrical engineer and project / bid manager for Plessey and then Marconi.  Mum was originally in retail, then when back to work after my sister and I cam along she worked as a health care assistant in the NHS for 25 years.

 

My brother used to work for Marconi. He went on to help develop the Virtual Reality gaming headset. he now designs equipment for disabled people.

[SystonFox]

Me dads an electrical engineer.

Mums now a butcher but has had all sorts of jobs. Barmaid, shelf stacker, cleaner.

[Jimothy]

A bit of a 'hands-on' job then

I'm glad you didn't make a joke about my mums job putting straps on!

[Parafox]

Me dads an electrical engineer.

Mums now a butcher but has had all sorts of jobs. Barmaid, shelf stacker, cleaner.

 

 

Pat?

[Mike Oxlong]

I think my dad is a Viscount and my mum a Viscountess because they tell me that I am just a Count.