Holidays we went to Torquay, Seahouses and several times were used my wifes Aunty's caravan in Bridlington. Holidays abroad were Ibiza, Fuengirola, Yugoslavia, when it was run as a communist state, Majorca and Lanzarote.
In 1985 things really changed my wife became pregnant. We had son, Andrew, who was born 26/01/86. My wife took maternity leave and went back to work but she resigned after the benefits stopped. Our lives changed dramatically by having a son. I remember going to Los Boliches, Fuengirola where we took my wife's aunt because she looked after Andrew when my wife returned to work. After that we went to the same apartments at least once ever year.
In 1990 we had another son, James, born 12/01/90.
At work a computer was installed called MAC, Measurement and Analysis Centre whose purposes was to run throughout Leeds telephone network and to measure the service. I joined the Reference Centre as the main T.O. working the MAC in 1984. In 1988 I had to cover for my manager who's other roles were Cordless Switchboard maintenance and SPC Telex. In 1999 the engineers union POEU(which I was a member) took strike action about the governments role providing a new telecommation operator 'Mercury'. It started with a 1 day strike but BT seeked reassurances that it wouldn't happen again. The engineers refused and everyone took srike action but I, as manager, went back to work. This lasted for about 3 weeks when BT negotiated a return.
I took my board in April 1990 but I was moved into a temporary post on System X(Digital) maintenance. I got my first post as the North East Manager on Interconnect. My headquarters were in Leeds B Transmission Repeater Station opposite Leeds Westgate on Burley Road in the North East Regional Network Management Centre. After 6 months I managed the Private Circuits Maintenance in Bradford. It was a local duty but Trunk Networks staffed it. There were 2 TOs and 1 T2A in the main Exchange in Manchester Road, Bradford. I got an office there as well. The 2 TOs had a bad reputation but after the initial meetings I worked with them to raise the statistic
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