Careers in the 60s
Setting off on a career was different in the 60s, and the concept only applied to men. When the boys left their (single-sex public) schools, one or two went to university, but most did not. Those with connections to the land went to Cirencester (like my brother Fuff ) while others joined their father's businesses ( Nick Duke and James Duke and Sons ) or followed their father into the navy ( Johnny Cooke ). One started his own successful fishing business ( Ian Hay and The Rod Box ) and another became a restaurateur ( Charlie Skipwith and Cobbetts). School friends at Winchester were all destined either for the City, the services or one of the professions - and mostly went to university first, not to learn anything in particular, but to have a good time. Oxford was favoured because of the school's links with New College. Interestingly, absolutely no one went into the sciences, manufacturing or engineering, though one or two brave souls went into IBM. None of the girls went to u...