PJ
Pressing uniforms in a laundry. I was 14. I lied about my age and said I was 16, even though I probably looked about 12.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 February 2020 source ↗
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Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.
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Scrabbling about under dusty floorboards as an electrician in my early 20s.
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Selling fire alarms at 18 or 19.
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