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To ask , what jobs did your parents have?

103 replies

SteveAs · 04/03/2018 12:42

My mum is a carer

And my dad works in a garage.

OP posts:
speakout · 04/03/2018 12:45

My father was a Head of a Quality control Department in an Engineering firm, my mother gave up work when she married and never worked after the age of 22.

madein1995 · 04/03/2018 12:46

mum is a carer
Dad (now retired) has various jobs including factory work, forklift driver, shop worker, royal mint worker

FoodGloriousFud · 04/03/2018 12:47

Both nurses

ForTheLoveOfSleep · 04/03/2018 12:48

Mum is a carer.
Dad an electrician.

Grilledaubergines · 04/03/2018 12:48

Builder and JP.

mimibunz · 04/03/2018 12:48

Both of my parents were ministers. People used to say to my mother, ‘Are you Rev’d Bunz wife?’ And she would reply, ‘No, I AM Rev’d Bunz!’ with a chuckle.

NickyNackyNoodleNoo · 04/03/2018 12:49

Dad was a farmer and my mum stayed at home and helped my Dad.

SecretNutellaFix · 04/03/2018 12:49

Dad was a farm labourer, after he died, mum took on cleaning jobs, and then became a home carer before ill health forced her to stop working in her 50's.

Justwaitingforaline · 04/03/2018 12:50

My mother runs a tea emporium

My dad is high up in BAE

My step mother is an Archeologist

OurMiracle1106 · 04/03/2018 12:51

My mum worked in shop Work and cleaning
My dad was a long distance lorry driver

CanIhavedessertfirst · 04/03/2018 12:51

My dad - an ex gambler - is the manager of a bookies, my mum was a hairdresser.

thenightsky · 04/03/2018 12:51

My dad trained to be a cobbler, but had to supplement this by working as a hospital porter.

My mum's last job was as a carer working for Social Services. Prior to that she had been a cleaner, print shop worker, lift girl in John Lewis in Leeds, land-army worker, and others.

Skiiltan · 04/03/2018 12:53

Dad was a toolmaker (skilled metal-worker) from early in my childhood; previously worked on a car assembly line. Mum was what was then called a clerk-typist and later more a general secretarial person for a couple of one-man businesses.

JaceLancs · 04/03/2018 12:53

Mum was a part time cleaner and also did book keeping from home
Dad was in buildings maintenance

PNGirl · 04/03/2018 12:55

Insurance claims handler and Part Exchange Manager for various house builders. They had both retired by 60.

WyfOfBathe · 04/03/2018 12:56

My dad is an engineer and has been since he left university.

My mum also has a degree in engineering, but has had various jobs including engineer, tutoring, and IT support. She also had about 10 years as a SAHM.

BonnieF · 04/03/2018 12:58

Dad : Lorry driver.
Mum : part time shop worker.

We were as working class as they come.

ScreamingValenta · 04/03/2018 12:58

Both originally Civil Service. Mum was SAH while we were young and then got a job working for OFSTED when I was about 14, which she kept until retirement. Father stayed in Civil Service right through to retirement.

Tiredofit · 04/03/2018 12:58

They are both dead now but my Dad was an engineering inspector and my Mum was a bank clerk.

SoFancy · 04/03/2018 13:00

Mum was a teacher when we were kids, but worked her way up to a senior management role in a large educational organisation, then took early retirement and worked as a consultant for the Dept of Education.

Dad was a builder.

Stepdad is a university professor.

midnightmisssuki · 04/03/2018 13:00

My dad used to be a manager at the worlds best airlines. My mum was the head secretary of a private school.

lostherenow · 04/03/2018 13:02

IT project manager
Electrical engineer

TheFabledSnake · 04/03/2018 13:03

My mum is a nurse, my father was a plumber and my step dad was a labourer

ScreamingValenta · 04/03/2018 13:03

... actually, I think it was LEA to start with and changed to OFSTED later.

BoredOnMatLeave · 04/03/2018 13:11

Mum is a bookkeeper and I have absolutely no idea what my dad does to be honest. I think it's something to do with sales. It's well paid. (I'm not being self centred, we aren't close)

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