NEW JOB & GRANDMASTER FLASH &THE FURIOUS 5

Around this period of my Life, I'm finding it hard to remember Certain Dates etc, What I can Remember is, I left The Sandringham Hotel around the Early to Mid Summertime of 1982 and went back to Butchery, for the Easier Hours, No Work on Sundays and all Bank Holidays Off!

I worked for (at that time) a Big Chain of Butchers "The Co-op", it was their Main Shop in Great Yarmouth's Town Centre. There were as I remember 2 other Butcher's Working there, the Shop Manager & his Deputy Manager, I cant remember who the Deputy Manager was, but I can vaguely remember the Manager, not his Name though, he was a Right Smart Arse, as I remember, and I did not get on with him that great!


As I recall he was a Right Big-Head and thought he Knew everything about everything, I think he liked Rock Music and thought Soul/Funk Music was a Load of Sh*t, I remember buying "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious five, around this time, and he thought it was the Biggest load of Rubbish , he had ever heard!


At this time I was still Biking to work, I lived in Gorleston, which was about 4 Miles from work, so I got plenty of Exercise, I used to bring the Bike through the Shop when I arrived to work and put it in the back room, I don't think we had a Back way, to the Shop, as it was Joined to the Main Co-op Shop! so everything including the Meat Deliveries had to come through the Front Door

The actual Butcher's shop is still in the same place as it was nearly 30 Years ago, but the Co-op Shop/Brand has long gone, and the Shop itself  is now Closed!


As for the Music around this Period (as I said previously), Rapping/Hip Hop had just begun, and one of the Biggest Releases then (and Now), was "The Message" by Grandmaster flash & The Furious Five, that was something New around this Period, Music Wise!


As a Group GMF only ever Released 2 Studio Albums, although they had plenty of Compilation Albums, over the years!