Photos of the Grimsby Jobcentres, taken in the early 1980s (perhaps, though not certainly, 1983)
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
The self-service “job shop” at 43 Freeman Street, Grimsby.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Vacancy display-boards in the “job shop”.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
A vacancy display in the “job shop”.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Job-seekers.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Cards arranged in geometric patterns to disguise the scarcity of vacancies in the recession-hit early 1980s.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
More job-seekers.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Margaret P seemingly did all the work in the “job shop”: Maintaining the vacancy-display,…
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
…inputting vacancies using “Message Switch” to produce the display-cards,…
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
…telling customers about jobs,…
(Actually, this is a fake interview, because it’s colleague Ian sitting in front of her!)
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
…and phoning employers to submit job-seekers to vacancies.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Richard, the manager of the “job shop”, meanwhile, keeps his head down.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
David A, Jobcentre manager.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Another view of David A.
This was before it was “Alan Coates, Jobcentre Manager!”
Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell used to invite business-people, etc., for drinks at Christmas. At the end of one such do, he called out “Coats?”
And Alan lurched forward. “Yes,” he said, “Alan Coates, Jobcentre Manager!”
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Unemployment Benefit claimants had to register for work upstairs.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Lorraine is on Reception.
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Was Margaret N on the section dealing with Construction Tradespeople at the time?
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Philippa interviews a customer (another fake, because that’s me there!).
Freeman Street Jobcentre, Grimsby.
(Yes, really, it’s me!)
Hampton House Jobcentre, Grimsby.
This Jobcentre dealt with vacancies and job-seekers for Clerical and Retail occupations.
Hampton House Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Close-up view.
Hampton House Jobcentre, Grimsby.
I think this photo of June was taken at Hampton House.
Jobcentre, Grimsby.
Where was this interview-room? Hampton House?
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