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Had to go to Screwfix at the weekend, I needed some wood screws, got me thinking about the old days.
Now these screws came in a nice metal box all differing sizes, I was wondering how many of the older fraternity remember when they were lads following an Electrician around different jobs, wire a socket here, a light there, now the bloke I worked with most of my time had an old Army gas mask bag, and this was his bits and bobs store, I can remember him saying, as an example Pete I need 6 x 3/4 no 8 screws, I would have to tip the bag out and hunt around for the screws, there was all sorts in this bag cable clips, machine screws, staple (for bell wire the old lags will remember them), grommets, blooming everything in this bag, it was how he collected all this stuff that amused me, he would remove a switch, and chuck all the bits he could salvage in this bag. Just wondered if anyone else has experienced similar things during their Apprenticeship.
Now these screws came in a nice metal box all differing sizes, I was wondering how many of the older fraternity remember when they were lads following an Electrician around different jobs, wire a socket here, a light there, now the bloke I worked with most of my time had an old Army gas mask bag, and this was his bits and bobs store, I can remember him saying, as an example Pete I need 6 x 3/4 no 8 screws, I would have to tip the bag out and hunt around for the screws, there was all sorts in this bag cable clips, machine screws, staple (for bell wire the old lags will remember them), grommets, blooming everything in this bag, it was how he collected all this stuff that amused me, he would remove a switch, and chuck all the bits he could salvage in this bag. Just wondered if anyone else has experienced similar things during their Apprenticeship.