Work! (yuk) But a nessasary evil bestowed upon us all.

After all it's a material world.There is nothing worst than being unemployed.In the 1980s I suffered this fate.

I was made redundant three times in 18 months.It took me two days to walk round a local industrial estate."Bayton Road"Exhall

Coventry.I'd called at every factory that did not have a "No vacancies" sign in the window and I did not even get to fill

in an application form.So I wrote this......BLUES

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WORK

WORK

WORK

WORK

THE THE THE THE

UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT

BLUES BLUES BLUES BLUES

It starts with redundancy not such a shock,

But after a few months the key goes in the lock,

The door closes on life and it fades away,

You've only got hope and you wait and you pray.

You take the agony,You take the pain,

You write applications again and again,

You search for a light in a dark dismal day,

You've only got hope and you wait and you pray.

Looking for a job is such a strain,

But still there's no sunshine only pouring with rain.

You go round factories,"Sorry" they say,

You've only got hope and you wait and you pray.

After a long year your still waiting for news.

Will there ever be a cure for the unemployment blues!

D.R.Emery. 20th July 1985.
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THE WAGES ARE GOOD, THATS THE MAIN....

We all have to work. Sometimes it's not our choosen vocation.

Circumstances depict what we do and we get stuck in a rut that is very difficult to get out of.

Choose what you want to do when your young and pursue your goals and ambitions before it's too late!WORKER

THE THE THE THE WORKER WORKER WORKER WORKER

Up on the dot at eight, Rushes breakfast, must not be late,

Blows a kiss to the wife at the garden gate, The 8.45 intercity will not wait.

Takes his usual seat on the train, "Times" crossword out, racking his brain,

Don't really know how he keeps himself sane. "Morning George," same pinstripe again.

In the office he sits, telephone rings, Typewriter clicking, secretary sings,

more paperwork his assistant brings, Does this and that and other things.

Time bombs exploding in his middle, lives his life in constant riddle,

Maybe he can work a fiddle, Might have a barbecue, if he can find the griddle.

Knocks off at 5.00 back on the train, Doesn't matter 'cause tommorows the same,

He probably really is going insane, the pressure he feels is such a strain,

His wages are good thats the main!

And on his gravestone it will say.

This man really earned his pay,

He worked hard to get where he is today,

and here eternally he will lay.

D.R.Emery. August 1991.

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One of those most interesting jobs I've had (and there's been many) was on the buildings as an hod carrier. You got around a lot and met lots of interesting characters.
As the irish say the "crack" was good.The bricklayers were always winding us up about differant things and they were quite demanding.
The work was very hard.HOD CARRIER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE THE THE THE

HODCARRIERS HODCARRIERS HODCARRIERS HODCARRIERS

NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

The hod carriers nightmare is known as a brickey,

Who is never satisfied and always takes the mickey,

He never tells us what we want to know and takes it pretty steady,

When he finally tells us something, we bloody know already!

The odds(hods) are stacked against us, so it's no good fighting back,

For if we bite he'll reel us in and we'd probably get the sack!

But come the revolution, when we get organised,

We'll down our hod, won't give a sod.

and become very uprised.

So heed this warning brickey,when you run out of muck,

we might be gathering weapons, then you'll run out of luck.

D.R.Emery. 24th July 1985.

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