Probably more speaking about those of us of a certain vintage but I was having a chat with my Daughters about all the jobs I done before and after school or at weekends.

Firstly I have memories of when living in Leith where me and a friend would spend an hour in a stinking basement in Sandport St of a company who imported animal skins, they were in large blue plastic drums full of rock salt and we would get the hands in and turn the skins in the drums and I can literally still smell the stench, think we got around 50p each.

Other less smelly jobs were delivering Bon Accord juice around the Leith Fort flats and delivering tatties around the same area.

I done a milk round with Edinburgh dairies where I would be picked up at my house and taken to West Bryson road to meet my float, again I delivered around the Leith and Niddrie areas before getting dropped off to get ready for school, think I earned around £15 pw and to be honest that was good money in those days.

Then a job I think most of us done was a paper round, after school and at weekends.

Its funny now that many if not all of those jobs dont exist anymore, I loved it though, particularly the milk deliveries as I think I was up at 4 or 5 in the morning and by the time I got to school I felt invigorated and wide awake and it was certainly a good introduction to what working life was to become.

Great memories