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Fiona Turnbull
I joined DAFS in SAH in January 1974, right in the middle of the series of '3 day weeks' On two days a week there was no electricity and the heating was turned down to save on fuel - it was coal at that time and the people working in the rooms overlooking the centre of the building had to close their windows when the coal was delivered, as all the dust came in. We sat in the gloom until the EO decided that it was too dark to work any more. As she sat by the window, she obviously had the most light to see with. So much for health and safety. In those days the most senior people in the room sat by the window. My EO was Stella Primrose,[url=http://billigamonclerjackadamsverigeonline.albirank.net/][b]Billiga Moncler Jacka Dam Sverige Online Moncler Jackor Herr Outlet[/b][/url], Miss Primrose to all but her friends; she was a real eccentric and still wore 'New Look' clothes. She had a new hat for each season of the year and wore one of those dead foxes round her neck. She was very insistent that we should not leave early,[url=http://duveticaoutletcanada.halod.com/][b]duvetica jackets canada online outlet duvetica down jackets men sale[/b][/url], no flexi time then, and if we put our coats on before 5pm she let us know about it! It was different on Fridays though when she wanted to catch the Perth train which must have left the station soon after 4.30. It was about that time that women were allowed to wear trousers to work for the first time. Men were allowed to take their jackets off in their rooms, but there was an unwritten rule that jackets should be worn when out of your own room.
One of the first memories is being whisked up to the Staff Restaurant (never Canteen - too common!) on the 6th floor in a lift with an operator. The lift had internal brass gates and the operators (I see to remember two different men, but there may have been more),[url=http://cheapnikesoccercleatsmercurial.webmium.com/][b]nike soccer cleats mercurial Discount Soccer Cleats[/b][/url], spent their whole working lives opening and shutting doors. The messengers used the 'service' lift and operated it themselves.
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The desks had different numbers of drawers depending on what grade you were. I was a CA (A1/A2) and had one little drawer. My EO (B1) had a little drawer and a big one and the HEO had two sets! We had brown lino,[url=http://parajumperssale.webmium.com/][b]Parajumpers Jackets On Sale Parajumpers Parka Coat Online Store[/url], which was polished to a high shine every holiday weekend. Heads of division had a carpet square in their rooms and senior staff had fitted carpets. We were issued with a clean linen towel every week (or was it two weeks?). There were no towels or dryers in the toilets. The loo paper was hard and shiny and had 'Government Property' printed on each sheet.
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There were a couple of outdoor messengers who took things to nearby offices. They had a wee cubby hole just inside the front door. One of them used to take bets to the bookies if you spoke nicely to him.
I left on promotion in 1976 and didn't go back until 1986. The real characters had gone by then,[url=http://duveticaoutletcanada.halod.com/][b]duvetica down jackets men[/b][/url], either that or I had got used to eccentric people. They started work on modernising the building about that time and we were moved about the building a bit while they did it. I left the building in 1991 and haven't been back to work there since.
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