Stereo - *types*.....
I'd left school with the intention of joining Merseyside Police Cadet Corp. I was told, at the elimination stage, that I'd done really well and that, of the 500 applicants they'd received in 1980, I'd got through to the last 60. Of which, 48 males had been appointed, but I wasn't one of the 12 successful females. I was encouraged to make another attempt for the 'Regular' Force.
You had to be (at least) 18years and 6 months old and a minimum of 5ft 6in in height to apply. Recruitments for the regular force were then on an annual basis, starting in October (approx).
October 1982 - I was 19.
I was half an inch too short, still female (wrong gender), young (ex/perienced-military preferred), my family of 'in-laws-to-be' were also opposed to the career choice and I was obviously under the illusion that equality meant something - I still tried.
