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Series 7, Episode 4:
This episode features part 1 of Ralph's extended interview with fellow Liverpool fan, and member and official of the CFMEU, Nigel Davies. Hailing from Rhosgadfan, a small blue-slate mining village in northern Wales, he reflects on his working class family history, his self-employed brickie father, and differences in health and safety between jobs there and the bigger jobs he worked labouring all over the UK in the mid-80s.
When Nigel came to Australia on a holiday in 1987 (later deciding to stay and work), he worked a number of harsh and tedious jobs to survive. This episode covers the recession in the early '90s, playing soccer (football) in Australia, memorable characters, good teachers, shenanigans, wages and conditions, and heaps more.
Ralph Edwards