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Even though I was always in the top three in an A stream, as it was called, my careers officer told me there was no chance I would pass the entrance exam for&nbsp;WD and HO and would probably get a job in a factory or a shop. Luckily I had already taken the exam otherwise I may have pulled out at that point. Things were pretty grim in 1957 as it was&nbsp;only 12 years after the war had ended and money was very thin on the ground and so&nbsp;instead of taking the job offered to me in an advertising workshop sending me to art school one day a week I took the position offered by WD and HO because it was offering \u00a33 per week.&nbsp; I had heard my parents struggling with money and felt it would help them too.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"115\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/www.leo-computers.org.uk\/881aea51-755a-4d4d-a0c5-07606502dadf\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was chosen to work on \u2018Leo\u2019 as I had scored well in Maths in my Wills entrance exam. 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The computer was very sensitive to damp conditions and if it rained it didn\u2019t work at all well. I remember Reg telling us it had the same valves as an electronic organ and that\u2019s why it seemed to play a tune on being started up. When fully trained our agility was important as we had to work at great speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stayed with WD and HO for just two years and then moved on to work for the NHS as a records officer. In hindsight I was probably silly to leave but at 16 I didn\u2019t find the work satisfying enough.&nbsp; After a long and varied career, I started painting again and luckily for me it took off. 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