im 57 yrs old i left school at 16, there was approx 2000, jobs available when i was interviewd for employment, apprentiships, building, pannel beaters, engineers, labourers, painters,plumbers, electricians,aprentiships, the list goes on, a levels, o levels, no qualifications were necassery,
by the time i was in my 20s there was big changes, the good times had gone , i dont care what the figures are, but i know what i saw