Tuckers Luck ,Season 1 Episode 1

Tucker Jenkins has left Grange Hill. Follow Tucker, Alan and Tommy getting into more scrapes and schemes.

[@stingray4real]

RIP George Armstrong (1962-2023) who played Alan.

[@boogieboy1974]

Ah never 😢

[@user-he2hw8mo3r]

💉💉💉 if I was a betting Man ,no age.

[@user-he2hw8mo3r]

Brain hemorrhage ,vacs rip.

[@user-qd2pc5gz4n]

This is a blast from the past 53 and this is taking me back to my youth ❤

[@scottwallace901]

This was BBC2 not on with the Children's programs. Really good. One of the worst theme tunes ever.

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

​@@scottwallace901 personally I don't mind the theme tune but I know what you mean ..

[@garymcmillan4177]

52 and same here. Can anyone remember a program called "prospects "? Another good one from same era.

[@menditman2004]

I’ve just read George Armstrong ( Alan Humphries ) has passed away aged 60 I’m so sad to hear this, RIP George.

[@johnbarry1965]

Sad to hear about George Armstrong, "Another Good 'un gone"!!

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

[@Porch.monkey.slayer]

Sick of that stupid quote now

[@brhodes0]

No because it's a f**kin stupid thing to think.

[@joeblogs-vx4ep]

Too true and they are mostly bad memories .

[@Rome274]

Tucker dresses as if he's on the set of Grease .

[@annother3350]

He was London's answer to the fonz in my mind

[@SuperBartles]

I think Todd Carry still dresses like that to this day, or maybe he just bought another leather jacket for the Grange Hill reunion on Loose Women* * a program I watch religiously, you understand...

[@danw1374]

Indeed. I half expected olivia newton john to turn up and him start singing "Sandy" lol

[@jazmorrison9030]

@@SuperBartles in eastenders did dress the same too

[@thedrumdoctor]

It was a common look for a lot of teenagers back in 1983, especially after Wham! hit the charts.

[@user-John666]

Thanks for uploading this. Not seen it since it came out - when I too was young and on the dole. Fantastic and brings back memories

[@danw1374]

TheCosmicWarrior But there was still video recorders luckily back then which is how these were salvaged. I'd love for these to be released on dvd. But im wondering do the master tapes even exist anymore though? that's the thing. I know the BBC wiped a lot of stuff.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

DJosephWells I cannot locate them on Amazon at all but have some Grange Hill on dvd.. as S1 & S2 only.... but I would gladly pay to collect the rest and this programme too.. Maybe someone, somewhere has the whole T L series on VHS that can be transferred to disk etc?

[@teetonball1]

Sharp, witty and well acted. They really don't make em' like this anymore.

[@leeoshea3592]

Thank fuck

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

Actually, the last decade has featured the greatest television shows ever. You might not remember this but the mid 80s were a cesspool of unwatchable laugh-track gargbage.

[@dannygroom3327]

You are being sarcastic........ Surely...

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

They make TV about Blacks now ...not whites ...sad but true !!!!

[@markant9534]

@@Jeremy-ql1or But it was cosy TV and a simpler time.

[@andrewdrabble8939]

This takes me back. Loved this when it was on just to see what scrapes Tucker and his mates got into

[@thedrumdoctor]

Been wanting to see this again for years, thanks for posting. This mirrored my 1983 in so many ways, college and signing on, jeans, T-Shirt & black bikers jacket were my clothes as well, no wonder it hit home with me. I’ve seen bootlegs for sale on the internet but haven’t risked buying, but maybe now I will. There were thousands of us ‘Tuckers’ leaving school in ‘82 and this series was frighteningly accurate. Phil Redmond’s observation was the truth.

[@thelastmotel]

The bootlegs are literally the same quality as this. It was only ever shown on TV once, and never got VHS or DVD releases. You may as well use a YT downloader to grab these.

[@thedrumdoctor]

@@thelastmotel I think it’s missing episode 2 though, because of music copyright. For the full-on teenage regression experience I need episode 2!!!!!!

[@user-John666]

Well said, I left school in 82 too and loved this as it rang so true. Brilliant

[@thedrumdoctor]

@@user-John666 it was like Grange Hill tracked our school years, year-for-year and Tucker’s Luck was the point of life after school. College, YTS, an apprenticeship before the government scrapped them or the dole. My friends who went to the local Grammar school were expected to stay on 2 years at 6th form to do A-levels, then go to uni for 3 years. Back then only the 11+ pass kids were expected to get degrees. Now it’s a standard goal for everyone and further education is like part of the corporate sector!

[@user-John666]

@@thedrumdoctor Very true mate, pretty much nobody I knew went to Uni, it just wasn’t the done thing. Possibly some random course at college or something via the YOP but Uni? For posh kids or swots. Mind you, it actually meant something different to go to University then, now as you say it’s just the expected thing, regardless of academic leanings. I think the way it was for us prepared you better for the ups and downs of life and the realisation that not everyone is equal and there are losers in life. Cheers.

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

You'd never get a CBBC show with the protagonist waking up with a hangover these days...

[@peaceLove1988]

Stephen O'Donnell yeah or zammo chasing the dragon

[@georgecurtis5371]

That's because it wasnt a cbbc show its was on at 6.30 n BBC 2

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

@@georgecurtis5371 Oh, right. Well anyway, you'd STILL never get a CBBC show with the main protagonist waking up with a hangover these days...

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yeah the 'Teenager' slot ...later on there was 'Rapido' ...and channel 4 used to show the cosby show and Desmonds ....-There was a lot of brainwashing for the future in this scheduling i can see now ! . .. . .

[@m56214]

@@stephenmcconnell1000 My Parents Are Aliens were pretty edgy for a kids show even tho that's CITV

[@jamesjones7138]

Memory Lane. A top example of YOOF BBC TV. Magic.

[@janiebaker7105]

This was how it was . Bloody brilliant. Brought back great memories of playing out . Remember you had to be in before the street light came on lol the good old days .

[@markredmond59]

Would have been ten elven when this came out. 9.30 had to be in by.

[@alexstone9424]

I’m 53 and I’m glad to have found this on you tube

[@MW-rv8hi]

This is great. Thanks. A real blast from the past.

[@peacesofregalia]

Thanks for the post, brings back great memories. Lovely to see the late, great Peter Childs as Alan's dad!

[@Matt571]

I liked Alan's dad. He was really good in Grange Hill although he was played be a different actor then.

[@andymerrett]

@@Matt571 And Peter Childs was also a fire officer when Grange Hill caught fire and they had asbestos.

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

@@andymerrett Wow the current up to date affairs of the day!

[@rodlayne8527]

He was brilliant as Inspector Rycott in Minder. RIP Peter Childs.

[@MrLondonGo]

I have a copy of the Tucker's Luck annual and I shit you not it has a section on how to apply for benefits complete with a full page UB40 (80's unemployment benefit claim form) and instructions on how to fill it in!

[@SuperZebadee]

Yep, ive got that annual too. I remember a text story about Tucker having to wear specs cos of headaches, and having chocolate banned.

[@mannzymunster]

That's awesome. 😂😂😂

[@BoudicaJ]

Lol that's fab

[@elliemccarthy3487]

Because you were not demonised for needing benefits

[@dunnwell7780]

@@elliemccarthy3487 Tbh Thatcher's government did demonise benefit claimants, or shunted them onto sick pay to massage jobless figures, or told them to get on their bike and find work. Despite the government selling everything off or closing it down.

[@NWOConspiracyGroup]

Wow what a blast from the past! Loved this back in the day. Fab upload

[@gmc9451]

I was scrolling through the comments and came across your channel. You were down the rabbit hole years ago.

[@systemler44]

Rip Alan 🙏 legend

[@RajPatel-gq5uf]

Thanks for uploading - brings back memories.

[@marcdeb1000]

Thanks for the upload have not seen these since I left the UK many years ago.

[@euanshanks]

Thanks for this upload. Legend. Haven't seen this in years.

[@lllucky13]

i remember when this first aired.. bbc2 6pm.. a lot of us school kids had just left school and we used to watch this before meeting up at the roller rink in roichdale.. we often talked abot tucker and his pals and we often thought what we was going to do when we left school.. so many kids looked up to programmes like this.. As the years went on we found our long life school buddies from infant school to junior school to high school slowly drift away creating their own lives.. cherish the childhood memoreies people because one day its all you will have left

[@epermute]

God I remember those job centres in the 80s...,we called it the joke shop.....

[@simoncollett4524]

That's we called it down in Essex :D

[@helenrudd7842]

Hey thats what we call them as well up north

[@jonathandwoolley8768]

I remember 16 and signing on. £27.50 per week. No hope of finding a job, Chicks were hotter in the 80s!

[@BoudicaJ]

...not this particular **chick** though surely? Looks like a chipmunk

[@adamw2911]

They were definitely more appealing than the entitled, trout pouting, top 10% man chasing trollops of today!!!

[@lucaschapman2188]

Never been on the dole unfortunately been working since about 6 weeks after I left school in 87.my dad said if I didn't find a job ( any job) he would chuck me out on the street. He meant it as well.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yes the 'Birds' were Gorgeous back then ...Now it seems They all have a face like a plastic Trout, its true !!!!😆

[@MrMarcy76]

I don't know about that. The chicks back then were much smaller looking. Nowadays women in general are much curvier and fitter looking.

[@potsiewall6506]

Not seen this for a while!!! Cheers for posting.

[@fraz6354]

This was depressing,after Grange Hill you expected Tucker to take over the world.

[@kimjongun1413]

He ended up dying of Aids you know

[@pferreira1983]

@@kimjongun1413 Wrong show.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

john Doe he ended up being a wrong un and was charged with obscenity in a public place for wearing those shitty sunglasses he has on. 😂

[@markwhite3444]

@Mark Richardson Exactly....lots of kids leaving school with little to no qualifications, no experience and ready to get shafted on some training scheme or by some unscrupulous boss...

[@garolstipock]

The crashing realities of Thatchers Britain came down on us all without silver spoons.

[@darrellcairns1007]

God this takes me back...Great memories

[@richardgoldman9155]

Loved this series when it came out, probs about 15/16 How effin sad thou Peter McNamara who played Passmore died in 2018, only 58 and he was from Enfield in north London where I’ve lived all my life and wish our paths had crossed, his character was so good and well acted. Met George aka Alan few years back at a mutual friends house and we had great chat about all the Grange Hill/TL days, top fella

[@johnbarry1965]

Peter McNamara was an extra in "Quadrophenia", he appears in the Kitchener Road party scene!!

[@johnbarry1965]

I also spotted Robert Glennister as an extra in the Cafe scene after the mods are told to leave!!

[@factgasm2365]

I always felt Todd Carty's natural charisma could have taken him to Hollywood and into action/comedy type movies.

[@StreetTweets]

01:06 that is all.

[@TherealKeyserSoze-ff5fx]

Todd was me right pal. He got into the acid house scene a bit too hard . If you ever see T boy ( his nick name) just say to him fly monkey fly . He will stand chatting to you for ages

[@fci1]

😂😂😂😂

[@carolined668]

Love it! Thanks👍👍🍺

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

I certainly used to fancy the bird out of this ....- a real piece of crumpet !!!!!!🙂😍😉

[@peternagy-im4be]

Mrs Jenkins?

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@peternagy-im4be no , the tart ..

[@JamieFurlong]

​@@peternagy-im4be 😅

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Tucker trying to get up is an accurate representation of me trying to get up from sleeping or just resting my bum on the sofa.

[@danw1374]

Jesus christ im getting old...

[@Dave-rm1mb]

Yeah it's not something you realise until you bump into an old school mate and see how old he/she looks and then realise that this must be how you look to them.

[@acxezknightnite1377]

Can’t believe I’m watching this again in 2021 at 49 years old. I was at school when this came out and I loved it. I don’t remember the acting being as wooden as it is, but then again I was a naive teenager who thought Dallas was the best thing ever. Cringe!!!!

[@oleggorky906]

Yeah, it might look wooden now but it all seemed like good fun at the time. I also remember Scully, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Super Gran and The Boy who Won the Pools. It certainly wasn’t worse than any of the stuff being shown now. It’s all pc nonsense.

[@flight101]

Awful, there was one girl in grange hill susie i think, left after a few episodes, im sure she was reading out of a book.

[@grantross2609]

watching it again & I'm 64...... you only live twice tho !

[@acxezknightnite1377]

@@grantross2609 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻

[@Porch.monkey.slayer]

Yes but in fairness i bet you had to watch what your parents did.. all four channels

[@jonswift6173]

Great stuff , Grange hill with Tucker in was fantastic TV ...they should revisit the series

[@sugarpuff2978]

This is a little bit before my time but I just about remember my older brother watching this and the same era of Grange Hill. I do remember the job centre being like this though.

[@Mark-ji4mm]

Was a mere kid watching tuckers luck in 83, what a cool programme, though could not get away with alot of stuff in the series nowadays, Tucker was like a hero to me as a kid🤣 At school in grange hill and here, he always stuck up for his friends and people and the system for what is right, like a London's Clint Eastwood im guessing 🤣 Todd Carty is not a bad actor, shame never got Hollywood like he deserved to,unless he not chose that direction, he did a few films i see.🙂👍

[@user-un9go4qe5i]

RIP George Armstrong.

[@switchbladeromance1466]

Flipping eck Tucker!!! 😂❤❤

[@indie8892]

Thanks for posting this series it brings back happy memories. By the way Alans dads Rover JLH 199K is alive and well according to the DVLA.

[@MyPathogen]

Haha. I like to check things like that too. =)

[@SuperBartles]

Thank God!

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

You need to get out more fella?! 😳

[@rockola111]

The car at the beginning of the Sweeney is still going as well!

[@Useaname]

rockola111 What, still going around that roundabout?

[@johnmscott4556]

One of those girls, is the Slater sisters from EastEnders, in the black hair.

[@4Humanity2869]

I remember this... watched Grange Hill with Tucker Jenkins then moved onto this. I remember those Skinheads the villains of the piece.

[@MyPathogen]

2:40 onwards, he looks like a very skinny terminator

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

Well he did say he'd be back, so ...

[@originalpickaxe]

RIP George ......it was also sad to realise that Peter Childs who played Alan's Dad also died of leukemia aged only 50 in 1989.

[@leenobody3249]

Ol whelk lips Tucker.wonderful memories and times.

[@TeresaHutchinson1982]

The girl with the ponytail in the jobcentre ended up as Lynn slater in eastenders

[@danielfrancis3660]

I remember the job centre boards with the job cards. Happy days.

[@darrensmith6368]

I can remember this series, the last time I watch this when it first came out

[@Myschoolsout1]

Alan’s dad has become Rycott from Minder.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Ronnie Rycott!! Legend

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

@@peternagy-im4be Absolutely a legend without doubt! Rycott and Chisolm were a great craic

[@peternagy-im4be]

@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 gotta love cheerful Charlie Chishom (real name Albert).

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

@@peternagy-im4be Awe my word man hed have me in stitches, he was above an beyond when it came to stalking Arthur and Terry D

[@Equinoxxa]

My great aunt is Tucker's mum in this, hahaha. Bit before my time, but still interesting to watch.

[@FlyingHigh99999]

Brilliant 👍

[@terrilouis2702]

Is your great aunt hilary crane

[@Equinoxxa]

@@terrilouis2702 Yep, Hil was my great aunt. :)

[@terrilouis2702]

@@Equinoxxa Sad life she died 11 years ago but you probably know that

[@Equinoxxa]

@@terrilouis2702 Aw, I wouldn't say she had a sad life! It was certainly never boring though, haha. I do indeed, I saw her as often as possible and went to her funeral. She's a much missed woman!

[@girlygirlyblonde]

That perm on Tommy was hideous.

[@CC-uc4gq]

Aww, I always thought he looked cute! And in the next generation to follow, Ant Jones and Robbie Wright were pretty hot, especially when you're 14 and dreaming about finding your first love!

[@mousecharger]

Omg wow!!!!!brings back memories

[@andeeharry]

Cool...we can continue to follow Uncle Tucker a bit more

[@rickyred001]

great show when extremely well written tv for younger people was wide spread on British telly

[@MrAnime74]

I never watched the earlier days of Grange Hill with Tucker. Every time I see Todd Carty I always think of him as Mark from Eastenders.

[@eddiecollins453]

Thanks for posting

[@joianclaymoore6406]

awesome been looking for these since uktvbox dissappered thanks :))

[@mistofoles]

Unusually, Tucker's mum was played by the same actress who occasionally popped up as his mother in GRANGE HILL.

[@fluxington]

I think she was also the 'shake and vac' lady.

[@mistofoles]

Really?

[@stevebailey5591]

It's great to see a show that respects continuity instead of just making it up as it goes along.

[@bodiegod]

Incorrect. But she did appear on ill-fated BBC soap Eldorado a few years later.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

eon_flux wrong, she didn’t put the freshness back.

[@geoffjoffy]

I haven't seen this in donkeys' years. Thanks for uploading.

[@shubr66]

My mates brother said I was like Tommy I need to watch this again , thanks

[@43658hgt]

British comedies are always the best

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

yes ....Sykes another example .....and On the Buses . . . . .the GREATEST !!!!!!😁😁😁😁

[@peternagy-im4be]

This isn't a comedy.

[@43658hgt]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 It ain't Half Hot Mum is hilarious too. And Mind Your Language.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@43658hgt nearest and dearest ..jimmy jewel and Hylda Baker .. - Brilliant 😁

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

Giz a Job, go on…giz it. I also grew up in Thatchers Britain…left School in 1987 with 3 O levels and got an apprenticeship. Never been out of work in my life ….

[@fargodavilleitnotd6729]

thats nice, I bet youre lookin forward to getting your carriage clock!

[@benwherlock9869]

@@fargodavilleitnotd6729 😂

[@christianblake3997]

3 O-Levels? I wouldn’t be bragging about that if I was you….div?😂

[@ChristopherLightfoot-zu3kb]

@@EvanMann7 I wish I could mate 😂😂😂

[@hidebarnes8188]

Lol todd carty in just his pants 😂

[@CC-uc4gq]

Looking good! Tight briefs, before Nick Kamen took us into the boxer shorts era, then in the early 90s, Marky Mark took us into the hybrid model......the boxer brief from Calvin Klein !

[@njf669x]

They are appreciated thanks,don't see the last episode of series 2 though..

[@anorganlover6281]

Don't expect me to piss on the pensioners when Passmore has set them on fire. I should piss on them when they're not !

[@elliemccarthy3487]

Omg this is like going back in time with my friends looking for work , luckily I found work & went uni

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

i drew dole , like Tucker ...wasnt allowed into Uni . . . . .now 'University' is comprised mainly of foreigners . . . .and Britain is a complete dumping ground ..to think , back in 80s we were told it couldnt get any worse !!!!! 😄😄😄😁

[@funksoulbrother3620]

My god, eighties Britain was beige

[@Kblog777]

Should have guessed that Passmore went to chavvy Brookdale lol. If this had been filmed 20 years later, he'd have been rocking the Burberry hat and sovvy ring lol.

[@TheGodParticle]

Kblogg 777 a true chav wouldn't leave the house without such tacky ittire lol

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

TheGodParticle a true chav cannot speak or spell properly?! 😂

[@danw1374]

😂😂

[@chipsthedog1]

Flippin eck Tucker! The sound of my youth

[@CC-uc4gq]

Does anyone know where the 'Tucker' nickname came from ? i can't recall if it was ever mentioned? Same with Pogo Paterson and Gonch Gardener! Phil Redmond was obsessed with giving out loads of nicknames. He did it in Brookside too. Ducksy and Growler Rogers. Most lads at school were just called by their surname by their mates usually adding a bit ......e.g. Smithy in G&S !

[@Tommyblueeyes]

lots of girls looked like michelle in the 80s

[@danielwilson6529]

Throwing up , off the bus , Tommy’s a legend

[@Porch.monkey.slayer]

Those skinheads are about 35😂😂

[@Villiago]

Todd Carty looks like the centaur in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.

[@johnlynasgray8816]

Being a Grange Hill fan. I think GONCH's luck would have been a good spin off after Tuckers luck. Gonch setting up buisness in the Outside world with Ziggy in the show and all.

[@FlyingHigh99999]

Brilliant 🤣🤣

[@philauguste7310]

@@GarethColquhoun didn't have the charisma of Gonch

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

i didnt like ziggy .....earlier ones were best . . . . .

[@shitstainknobknocker]

Great stuff....Thanks for the uploads (just watched series 1&2 back to back) took me back to more innocent days. Don't suppose you have series 3?

[@goodlife6145]

I like the piano version of the main theme at 19:45, goes nicely with the scene.

[@user-un9go4qe5i]

Alan Hawkshaw. The Hawk. Incredible talent and a great guy. RIP Big Al.

[@nebbs]

Yeah, I remember 10am was ungodly early when you were on the dole in the 1980s : )

[@Red-Revolution708]

So sad to hear of another Grange Hill actor dying, sadly this time it was the great George Armstrong R.i.P Tucker Jenkins best friend in the school drama series. Also it’s sad to hear of the death of Gwyneth Powell R.I.P the actress’s who played Mrs McClusky what a lovely lady and also a great actress she was, Gwyneth played in multi character roles in a lot of tv series, other than the most popular Grange Hill.

[@simonprodhan5050]

great show, reminds me of my youth, passmore! oi oi, ha ha

[@bradleyjones3052]

Memories

[@finn013]

The life of Mark Fowler before he started selling fruit and veg and caught AIDs.

[@steely666]

I've got all 3 series on DVD. 1st series Deffo best.

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

+Steely666 where can you get Tucker's luck on DVD

[@johnbarry1965]

Todd Carty was the James Dean of my generation!!!! I had a major crush on the gorgeous Elaine Lordan.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

SpeedbirdConcorde more like an aldi value imo

[@shitstainknobknocker]

thanks

[@Fixatedwatcher]

God this must have been in the mid 80's? got a slight recollection of this. Around the same time as the young ones?

[@boozed24seven]

Really enjoyed seeing that again, have you got episode 2 ?

[@FoobsTon]

Tucker.....the only kid in the world who was cool enough to get away with rocking a biker's jacket at school.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

..he had left school at this point ...was now drawing dole . . . . .

[@Marvellous132]

Seeing a fresh-faced Elaine Lordan, who went on to be in Eastenders, makes it seem sad how things turned out. Hope she's doing better these days.

[@njf669x]

Thanks, just finished watching the whole series..thought the first series was far the best,the second series was good,but i thought by the third series it was lacking something...and where did the sister suddenly come from....?

[@Matt571]

I know! There had never been a single mention of her, especially not in Grange Hill either.

[@AH_Derby]

The two girls in the Job Centre could easily have been Cathy and Trisha from Grange Hill. Tucker’s Luck lacked something… should have been other characters from Grange Hill in it. Not even Susi makes an appearance.

[@peternagy-im4be]

Originally they talked about making it a post 8pm evening show. More hard edged but thought they would lose many viewers.

[@martinsmith1538]

Hilary Crane as Tucker's mother, much missed. Also in Eldorado' as Rosemary.

[@leonfairhurst7597]

I'd forgotten just how brilliant this was

[@markfox1545]

This reminded you it was brilliant...?...

[@Fur_ball]

One of those girls in the jobs place looks like the one who played Lynn Slater in Eastenders

[@fluxington]

It is - Elaine Lordan.

[@peaceLove1988]

Looks a little like her little sister in eastenders.

[@AngryPapaSmurf]

This needs an official dvd release

[@krispysox]

Hello my fellow Gen.X old geezers :)

[@Sameoldfitup]

We have known the days♥️

[@MsFanmail]

i was at middle school when this was first broadcasted in 1983

[@matthewc.419]

Wooooooooow it only seems like 20mins ago !!!!!!!! How times change

[@j0hnf_uk]

This was a couple of years before my own experiences of having left school with nothing much to do. The last exams were at the beginning of June, and the rest of the month as well as July and part of August seemed to fly by on the, 'extended summer holiday.' I hadn't a clue what to do with myself, job-wise. Ended up on a YTS for the next couple of years. It gelt great having your own money to spend, until you soon learned just how far 27.30 went, in the real world.