Days At The Tech!

A Memory of Chadwell St Mary.

I left school and went to London to work, but wanted to work locally so I went to the Tech on a funded course, you got paid a little bit of money for 1 yr to learn more office skills, including shorthand - this was in 1974. I enjoyed my time there, and remember I loved the library as they had copies of foreign magazines, like Seventeen an american magazine which I found fascinating. I was pleased to qualify and then went off into the world as a Secretary in a number of local companies, the first being Tunnel Building Products a very grey place. The college seemed very modern to me and I was surprised to read recently that it was built in 1955.