Tony was a teenage paperboy. His first jobs after leaving school were for Benthalls and Britvic before he went into the public sector. He worked for West Mersea council before local government reorganisation when Tony moved to work for Colchester Borough Council. He worked in accountancy when I met him whilst working there. He moved to Anglian Water until he was made redundant. He saw them through privatisation. He had a spell working for temping agencies and had several assignments for Colchester NHS trusts. He also worked for an Ipswich seed company before getting work at London Borough of Hackney. Initially he worked as a temp before getting a permanent job dealing with the accounting for regeneration projects.