Are all your old work places still going?

No, we no longer have a clothing industry of any size.

Only two, the rest have closed.

No. My first workplace was in an office of a woolen textile mill. I was 17. Like almost all of such mills that had survived that long, I think it had closed a couple of years later, but I had moved on by then anyway.

Mine was a hospital, so thank goodness it is still there!

NHS still going strong but the building I was originally in a beautiful building was pulled down and made into a modern children’s nursery

Yes!
Last time I visited, I told people, next time, I would be wandering upstairs, to see what that part now looks like too!

Mine was the Health board offices in the ground floor of the nurses' home. It is now appartments and the adjacent hospital was demolished for housing.

The school I taught in for twenty five years is still standing and has had three extensions built, to accomodate growing numbers.

My two main jobs in project management from the age of 24 until retirement are, a large IT company and a city council.

Sadly no, I trained in a children’s hospital now closed, trained as a midwife that has now closed!

I worked at C&A for a while thats long gone sadly later I worked for London Ambulance Service 20yrs still going strong but not the same as it was.

Very much so! When I joined the company in 2004, we were a team of 7. By the time I retired in 2020, there were over 1000 employees. The company was bought out by an American company in 2022 and, as of July 2026, there are over 82,000 employees worldwide. My old office building is still operational.

I worked in different bank branches.

One is being made into flats, after being empty for ages.

Another couple are shops.

My first Saturday job in Woolworths...on the loo roll counter, selling Broncho paper.. 😊
School I taught at is still alive and kicking, partly modernised now.

The first hospital I worked at is still standing but it looks very different though some of the old buildings are still in use.
The second closed in 1978

Hospital I worked at is now beautiful houses worth up to million.

The schools in which I taught still exist, though some have slightly changed eg one girls’ school has merged with its parallel boys’ school.

One place I worked is now demolished, another place is still going strong 😄.

Yes-but schools often do.

Yes. Our district general hospital is still up and running. Albeit hollowed out by decisions made. No more A&E 24/7 with consultant /registrar on call. No more ICU with all that equipment and expertise just gone. No Special Care Baby Unit. It looks the same on the outside (was the 1st NHS hospital in the country, opened officially by Nye Bevan in 1947) but inside? It looks like a (fairly empty) glorified health centre. Huge long corridors that used to be bustling with medics, porters and patients - now empty you can see all the way down them, without a soul walking them. It’s sad really.

And yet the population locally has grown. Seems daft to me. Who makes these decisions?

My first job, in 1975, was N.A.A.F.I. offices - gone.
2nd was Littlewoods store - Primark these days.
3rd was B.T. offices - moved elsewhere.

After that, a variety of care agencies, some of which are still operating.

One is still running. It was a care home but is under different management now.
Woolworths where I worked as a Saturday girl is no more, neither is the large psychiatric hospital where I achieved my RMN qualification, which is sad as it was very needed. Care in the community is a poor substitute in my opinion.