’Daniel Meadows has traced many of the people he photographed then, but this is of little interest to us‘.
In July 1973 I bought a 1948 double-decker Leyland Titan PDI bus for £360.20 from Barton Transport in Chilwell, Nottingham. (If you want to see it today, go to the Midland Bus and Transport Museum at Wythall near Birmingham where it has been fully restored.) I was twenty-one years old, fresh out of…
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‘I think there should be a National Service of Hospitality. The best way to see the true face of humanity is to serve it a plate of chips.’
Camilla Grudova on bad-mannered customers.
‘Anyone who has ever worked night shifts will understand the vertiginous feeling that comes with staring down the day from the wrong end.’
A.K. Blakemore on working nights.
‘I was constantly reading job ads, trying to find my holy grail – a job I could stand to do, and someone foolish enough to hire me.’
Sandra Newman on learning how to play professional blackjack.
‘I loved being a receptionist. What I loved about it was playing the part of being a receptionist.’
Emily Berry on being a temporary office worker.
‘Every part of you would swell, including your eyeballs, and no matter how much water you drank, you were always dehydrated.’
Junot Díaz on working for a steel mill.
