FabSwingers.com forum: What perks did you have as a kid because of your parents job

By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Happy sunny Wednesday morning everyone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free train travel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A ridiculous amount of cake/ice cream sprinkles.

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By *tarflyLouWoman
over a year ago

Preston

A huge pile of dot matrix printer paper to draw on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Family Christmas party’s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free Frijj milkshakes, endless butter, cheese and milk (Dad was manager of the Dairy Crest site)

Lots of cake, and free Strawberry milkshakes and sticky buns in Uncle Petes cafe (not actually my Uncle, but Dad's best friend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Huge amount of land to do whatever i want.

Free milk

Good quality beef

Animals to play with

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

A happy sunny morning to you too Busman x

Our perks would have been Cadburys chocolate

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Company car and loads of free food.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shoes repaired and keys cut

NBVN x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mum worked as the dinner lady at my primary school for the first couple of years. I always got a kiss and a hug from my mum after dinner. Wish I could go back for one day just to appreciate that fully and tell her how much I miss and love her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free food

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free sweets and a lack of need to go to supermarkets regularly

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By *45amMan
over a year ago

South wales area

Cream and cakes from my mum and ringing the fire bell at my dads factory

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By *oody HuddsonMan
over a year ago

sexy town

"Happy sunny Wednesday morning everyone

Not me but my son gets sponsorship for his chosen sport and entry into some facilities too. He is good at what he does but my past and work opens the doors.

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

My grandad was a bin man and he did our street. He used to put 10p each through the letter box for me and my brother.

In those days, bin men carried bins and 10p bought 10 sweets.

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By *heron212Man
over a year ago

London

Great healthcare.

guest passes to sporting events

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By *obyn GravesTV/TS
over a year ago

1127 walnut avenue

None...my father worked on the hod..I guess he could have always brought me some bricks home to play with..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some fucking privileged kids back in the day here.

We got a roof above our heads,and fed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some fucking privileged kids back in the day here.

We got a roof above our heads,and fed."

Luxury!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mum was a cook in my primary school, got to pick the dessert I wanted

And sometimes take some home. Used to love the pink cake and custard, school dinners aren't what they used to be now

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By *JandCMCouple
over a year ago

cardiff

My dad was in the army n around 1970 we were living in Hong Kong n I do remember a few times he would call home during his working day n he would let me n my brother play with his guns.

But to be fair he did take the bullet our (when he remembered to)

Bet the army kids can't do that these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

None what so ever unfortunately

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My best privileges where enjoying neighbours wife while he worked shifts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

White coats for dressing up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"White coats for dressing up"

Butcher was he

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"White coats for dressing up

Butcher was he

nope

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By *etwifeandhim69Couple
over a year ago

Darlington

My dad drove a Sierra Cosworth as company car.

Hot shit back in the late 80s when you where a clueless kid.

These days it's my Dad was loaded back then and had a better income than these days but I digress.

Now I'm older the real perks where..family not anything else.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"White coats for dressing up

Butcher was he

nope"

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In-house pharmacist in a sanatorium in Tasmania?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pens and paper everywhere

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By *assy MissWoman
over a year ago

Sent to Coventry

The first in the street to have a colour tv, and later a microwave oven

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

My parents were both teachers so in the summer holidays we could go camping for five weeks in Europe

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By *gent CoulsonMan
over a year ago

Secret hideaway in the pennines

6 weeks in the south of France for the summer holidays

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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

Free train travel allover the country

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By *ockey64Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

My uncle was a miner. As I lived with them. We had free coal back in the day

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By *mo512Man
over a year ago

LONDON

Being woken up at 4am during summer holidays to go help on the market stall.

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

Coal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"White coats for dressing up

Butcher was he

nope

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In-house pharmacist in a sanatorium in Tasmania?

Bit early for your wild imagination!

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Colour tvs and video recorders. Dad was a rep for television rental company and these occasionally dropped by for a weekend or two.

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"My mum worked as the dinner lady at my primary school for the first couple of years. I always got a kiss and a hug from my mum after dinner. Wish I could go back for one day just to appreciate that fully and tell her how much I miss and love her "

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By *ibi_curiousCouple
over a year ago

Shepperton

travel anywhere on the Underground for 8p return

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Absolutely none whatsoever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Booze and porn videos - they ran an off-licence and video rental shop back in the day so I’d run the shop in the evening, then sneak a couple of bottles and the latest porn film home while they were down the pub.....

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Dad was military so travel, getting to live in and visit many places we wouldn’t have otherwise and meeting lovely people along the way. Free access to sports and leisure facilities, at one place this included a pool a 5 min walk from our house so we were in there most days in the summer. Also lots of parties/discos any excuse for a knees up really. Always plenty paper and pens for drawing and colouring.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Happy sunny Wednesday morning everyone

Got to travel first class on a plane - I hate flying

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

The house was always well decorated and the food was good

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

I didnt get any perks due to my parents jobs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Unlimited arcade credit

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By *ane DTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham (3nts)

Free Beanos, Dandys and other assorted comics.

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By *hors fantasyCouple
over a year ago

Blackpool

Sort of regular meals…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dad delivered stationery to various businesses around Sussex.

He could bring home anything from cakes/biscuits to turkey eggs.

Of course we were never out of pens, diaries and paper either

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By *urvytreatWoman
over a year ago

somewhere nice

"My grandad was a bin man and he did our street. He used to put 10p each through the letter box for me and my brother.

In those days, bin men carried bins and 10p bought 10 sweets.

My nan used to write to us every week, and it always arrived on a Saturday morning with 10p each for sweets taped to the letter. We’d sit after dinner on a Sunday and write letters back. Very happy memories indeed

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By *rispyDuckMan
over a year ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Christmas stays at fancy hotels thanks to mums job

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Free fish and chips.

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By *uddy laneMan
over a year ago

dudley

2 weeks holiday every year to Spain paid for by the owd girls factory were she worked.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Grandma's job got us occasional nice desserts and treats off the "selling off trolley", she worked at M&S and out of date things were sold in the staff room for 5p, 10p etc. Probably not allowed nowadays!

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

Free train travel

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free internet and phone calls.

My dad was the IT manager for a local factory and set it up so he could access the internet from home. Coincidentally we were the first in the local community to get internet

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By *arcosaMan
over a year ago

London

Information.

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

Free roller skates and free rides on the little steam train at Ally Pally

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My mum worked in a cafe always got a bowl of chips and a juice when waiting on her to finish

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

I got to race the school kids in a spare wheelchair after school. They always beat me, especially Robbie on his 3 wheel trike. Wheelchair wheelies are fun.

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By *leasures4Couple
over a year ago

East midlands

I got to earn extra spending money from washing loads of cars in the school holidays at my families garage. Usually stood on old milk crates as I couldn’t reach the roof.

Also got to ride horses which I always thought was a perk. But looking back it was probably 90% mucking them out and 10% riding. I was happy though..

Mrs

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By *uchislife66Man
over a year ago

Leeds

"My grandad was a bin man and he did our street. He used to put 10p each through the letter box for me and my brother.

In those days, bin men carried bins and 10p bought 10 sweets.

There was the half penny then so 20 sweets in some places

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By *uchislife66Man
over a year ago

Leeds

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I got to race the school kids in a spare wheelchair after school. They always beat me, especially Robbie on his 3 wheel trike. Wheelchair wheelies are fun. "

Wheelchair wheelies ARE fun, as is whizzing downhill

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

I got to run round a huge nightclub during the day, play snooker on decent tables, pour myself endless fizzy drinks (maybe not so good), loads of food, cakes and ice cream available and often got to go for a ride in a lorry too- so I had experience of both live music venues and good transportation by the time I was ten…which was actually really bloody useful when I grew up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hurled around in police cars. Got to play with the sirens etc....then later in life, I got away with speeding a few times!

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By *imbobaMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

This is a lovely memory you have. Made me smile.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I did get some fun with one of the ladies my mum worked with in my teens

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By *helby_335Couple
over a year ago

Aberaeron

A BBC microcomputer back in the early 80s, got me into computing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Free jumpers

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By *ltrMan
over a year ago

sheffield

Rides in a fire engine dad was a fireman

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