The Opportunities of Youth
by Donald Phillips
Price: Free! 68850 words.
Published on May 3, 2012. Fiction.
A humorous look at the YTS or YOPS schemes of the nineteen seventies by someone who worked in them for several years in what was then Avon County.
Location: Spain
Member Since: April 14, 2012
Donald Phillips
Biography
In the late sixties I was a member of a rock band and we were moderately successful. At twenty three I tired of being out every night for five years, married my long time girlfriend Rosemary and and left rock and roll behind, the money I had made furnishing our first house.
I then worked in engineering for many years, firstly in the tool room and eventually as Personnel and Training Manager. Next for some six years I ran the South Avon County Youth Opportunities Scheme for difficult trainees (they were referred by Social Service, Probation or the Police usually), based in Weston-super-Mare, England. We managed to get eighty five percent into permanent work. I spent my last two years in England running a 300 place training scheme for unemployed adults in Bristol.
During our life we had visited twenty seven countries at various times and our families are spread from Trondheim in Norway throughout Europe and on to Adelaide in Australia. Twenty three years ago we ourselves moved to rural Spain and found our own niche. We both speak Spanish now and are quite happy here.
Since then I have switched to Cabinet making and had over 160 articles published worldwide in the English language woodworking magazines and I produce one off pieces of furniture to order to make my pocket money. Not being a great television fan I spend my evenings writing articles and novels or reading my Kindle. I am a happy and content person.
I then worked in engineering for many years, firstly in the tool room and eventually as Personnel and Training Manager. Next for some six years I ran the South Avon County Youth Opportunities Scheme for difficult trainees (they were referred by Social Service, Probation or the Police usually), based in Weston-super-Mare, England. We managed to get eighty five percent into permanent work. I spent my last two years in England running a 300 place training scheme for unemployed adults in Bristol.
During our life we had visited twenty seven countries at various times and our families are spread from Trondheim in Norway throughout Europe and on to Adelaide in Australia. Twenty three years ago we ourselves moved to rural Spain and found our own niche. We both speak Spanish now and are quite happy here.
Since then I have switched to Cabinet making and had over 160 articles published worldwide in the English language woodworking magazines and I produce one off pieces of furniture to order to make my pocket money. Not being a great television fan I spend my evenings writing articles and novels or reading my Kindle. I am a happy and content person.
Where to find Donald Phillips online
Website: http://hombredeelche.moonfruit.com
Books
Four Free Short Tales
by Donald Phillips
Price: Free! 8860 words. Published on May 1, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Don Phillips lives in a part of Spain where you have to speak the language. These four amusing and basically true stories reflect various moments in the last twenty three years he has lived there.
Price: Free! 8860 words. Published on May 1, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 2 reviews) Don Phillips lives in a part of Spain where you have to speak the language. These four amusing and basically true stories reflect various moments in the last twenty three years he has lived there.
Vengeance
by Donald Phillips
Price: $1.49 USD. 100340 words. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction.
As a law officer you watch it all from a distance. But what happens when it gets personal? What happens when its your family dying? John MacAllister had been a CID inspector for nearly twenty years and thought he had seen it all. He had too, but not through the eyes of a victim. This time it was personal with his own family involved. He discovered he too had a dark side. Set In Bristol, England.
Price: $1.49 USD. 100340 words. Published on April 17, 2012. Fiction.
As a law officer you watch it all from a distance. But what happens when it gets personal? What happens when its your family dying? John MacAllister had been a CID inspector for nearly twenty years and thought he had seen it all. He had too, but not through the eyes of a victim. This time it was personal with his own family involved. He discovered he too had a dark side. Set In Bristol, England.
Cocaine
by Donald Phillips
Price: $1.49 USD. 120880 words. Published on April 16, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
When Jack Ropell joined Customs and Excise he did not think it would ever be a life threateningly dangerous job. He also thought that Spain was a holiday destination. That was until he joined the anti-drug section. Then he changed his mind.
Price: $1.49 USD. 120880 words. Published on April 16, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review) When Jack Ropell joined Customs and Excise he did not think it would ever be a life threateningly dangerous job. He also thought that Spain was a holiday destination. That was until he joined the anti-drug section. Then he changed his mind.