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Oh FFS!! Who flushed out the little Englander Sports Jacket & Flannels Brigade??!! I can smell the moth balls from here...........
Engineers my a.se, oily rag middle class tw.ts!!
Thanks for that, Mr. Puller, it neatly illustrates the point.
Shutes' attitudes are probably a bit dated, but then he's been dead for 60 years.
The major difference was that Britain then was the heart of the world's engineering industry. The 'upper classes', the unions and the benefit state have since destroyed that and the engineers, tool-makers and artisans have either emigrated, died or started selling insurance, solar panels or double-glazing.
Yeah, the type of books you 'put down & find it hard to pick up again'!!!
That's why Maggie shut down all these 'Engineering' industries that were not making any money. In a modern world you got to move fast to stay ahead of the game.