I have never worked at Radbroke hall but have been known to drink in The Whipping Stocks.
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Bye bye Radbroke Hall. Nostalgia thread.
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Originally posted by AtW View PostSo Alf, you worked for a bank that some might say is among the most aggressive in the UK, yet you hate Thatcher?!?!Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."Comment
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Originally posted by Alf W View PostGo on. Your point being?
It's not like you worked for a coal mine or something.Comment
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I was there back in the late 90's just after the the Barclays Bonk scandal and still has very fond memories for me. Real fun place to work and great people. Probably the best contract ever, I'd say but mean to be a different story now from what I've heard...Comment
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postwell we are deffo talking about the same incident (sec guards video).
so being as i am old and stuff, i will concede
i always thought it was a threesome in the tennis courts.
It was Dave from IT in the Squash Court with the Pork Sword.What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Cuts this year, but they will be back, its a revolving door in these sorts of places. Don't write off Radders too soon.
Nice memories of beers at lunch in the shed, watching the call centre girls from block 10 in the summer
Sci-Fi club in the shed, when they had various authors in to give talks
Also the 'Barn' across the road, where the owner would come and plonk himself in the middle of meetings randomly 'ignore me lads, just carry on'Politicians are wonderfull people, as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, like working for a living!Comment
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I worked on two projects there, the first one was alongside "Andersen Consulting", the second was when F.I. Group offered my Manager £1k per contractor to replace them with off-shored Bob's...
Originally posted by portseven"Sci-Fi club in the shed, when they had various authors in to give talks"
Great days indeed.
Were any of you crusty lot at Radbroke during the "Nuclear Power Group" days?Last edited by Churchill; 13 January 2012, 08:33.Comment
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Oh? I've had a couple of calls about a role there, this week. Strange.Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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Originally posted by MaryPoppins View PostOh? I've had a couple of calls about a role there, this week. Strange.
MP - In "Hatchet(Wo)man to the Gentry" Mode...
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Since they shut down Poole (for IT) this is their main site for techies. AFAIK they don't have anywhere else to keep them out of sight.Comment
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