23rd September 1974

34 years ago on this date (a Monday actually) I given a white coat with the letters 'UMRCC' in blue over the top pocket and was shown into the Computer Room; a mag tape reel was thrust into my hands and shown how to load and unload a tape deck.  For the rest of that day, that was basically all that I did and when I asked why - was told that "tape loading is what you'll be doing a lot of in this job"