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When I joined the Fire Service as a Retained Fighter it was on the back of having come down from the ‘Dreaming Spires’ and waking up to the fact that I was never going to be capable of remaining there in any type of academic capacity, which, of course, is what I had worked towards for many years. And, even though I was deeply disappointed – more than I ever allowed myself to admit to anyone – I was able to justify this so-called ‘failure’ by convincing myself that I had done my level best, but that, ultimately, ‘I couldn’t put in, what God had left out!’ And it was no exaggeration to say that, to me, it felt as though I had slogged hard for years without getting very far! I had studied a number of Classical and non-European languages and had certainly made a lot of sacrifices in order to achieve – what I felt at the time – to be relatively little. For example, I had chosen libraries & reading rooms over pubs & night clubs – hard circuits and long runs over soft mattresses and short walks, protein shakes and vitamin supplements to drugs & alcohol and, most disappointingly (!), all-night study sessions working on memorising irregular verbs and their exact endings rather than enjoying ‘piss ups with my pals’ and going out ‘Raving’ to the music of The Happy Mondays! I had tried to join the Foreign Office, Civil Service and various other Uniformed Services, but had got nowhere! Even the University’s Army Careers’ Officer had gone out of his way to talk me ‘out’ of going to Sandhurst, as I think my application was ‘filed’ in his bin the second that I said ‘goodbye’ and closed the door of his interview room!…
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