Becoming a Grownup in the 1980s.
JJ Heath-Caldwell SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Regions:
- Surrey, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight
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- Regular (more than one month's notice)
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- Professional
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- Category:
- Life Skills
- Updated:
- 7th June 2025
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- Oman Adventure Travel Experience | Egypt | Electronics | Adventurers
In 1980 I came to the UK from New Zealand for what was initially planned to be a one year working holiday. I was 20 years old and started my first job which was as an electronics engineer with Marconi Radar Systems Ltd in Chelmsford. This led on to all sorts of adventures. I spend a few years in Portsmouth working on fast patrol boats which were being built for the Egyptian Navy. I also spent three months in Egypt which was a fantastic experience. My next posting was to the Sultanate of Oman where I spent two and a half years experiencing a wide range of adventures, travelling in the desert, climbing mountains, running with the Hash running club, learning to water ski and skin diving. After five years with Marconi, I joined a German Company which made high specification electronic test equipment. This was a sales job, and I spent the next five years travelling all over the south of the UK visiting various organisations and meeting lots of interesting people.
For more information do download a free pdf copy of my book “The Ups and Downs of Jeremy James – Becoming a grownup in the 1980s
https://jjhc.info/theupsanddownsofjeremyjames1980
Views: 39 | Enquiries: 0About JJ Heath-Caldwell
I was born and brought up in New Zealand in the 1960s and 1970s. After studying physics at University I left on a working holiday and came to the UK where I took up a job as an electronics engineer with Marconi Radar Systems Ltd. The company was based in Chelmsford but I was in the Field Services Dept and my work took me to Portsmouth for a few years and then Egypt and the Sultanate of Oman.
I continued to work in the British electronics industry throughout the 1980s and 1990s after which I changed careers and became an internet entrepreneur founding the company Local Surveyors Direct which is a family of price comparison websites for Building Surveys and other property services (www.localsurveyorsdirect.co.uk).
I have always been interested in family history and history generally and have written a book History of the World. I have also written a book about the 1960s & 1970s and a book about the 1980s. More info can be found on my website www.jjhc.info .
My other regular activity is as a member of Winchester Rotary Club where I am one of the organisers of the Clarendon Marathon (www.clarendon-marathon.co.uk).
I prefer giving talks in person. Happy to travel to most places in the South of England. I will also give talks online.
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- The Life of Adm Sir Leopold Heath (1817-1907)
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