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My Father, Alfred William Ruffle, part 3.

Alfred Ruffle (centre) 1939 94 Mill road

After my Pa left school, in 1928, at the age of 13, his Father secured him a job at Heybridge laundry. It was an apprenticeship in a profession that would stand  him in good stead for his next big adventure.
But for now, as a young teenager, it was regular work and an education of another kind…… [Read more →]