I worked in Fleet Street in the 80's the best part was the subsidised restuarants those were the day's, the money was good and you could float around and work for different Newspapers so you get to meet different and interesting people and eat in all the different restuarants my favorite was Associated Newspapers as I had a lot of friends working there so it was start work at 11.00 and in the pub by 13.00 go back to work at 15.00 and finish at 17.00 and back in the pub and you could use any restaurant you wanted, once you new where they were, I can't remember 100% but I think steak or cod and chips was only about £2.50, I know exactly what the sins of the Newspapers were especially when they put a price on your head. There favorite word so they couldn't be sued was allegedly,
I know the Sun is full of shit but they do publish some interesting stories, I could do threads from the FT but I don't think many people would be interested,
and they are usally stolen from a different paper, but they do mention it in there articules.
It was down to The Sun I got made redundant after the Unions lost power and new technology was introduced and they changed everything so my job went bye bye and it was off to the City of London, lol but some really great memories 90% alcohol related,
Cheers
Geo
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