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PART 1: ANECDOTES and ASSIGNMENTS
from a salesman’s life (1948-1979) – Bob Denton, 2019

WHY ANECDOTES
FOREWORD
EARLY LIFE                           Serendipity                 Arachnophobia                 Religious Persuasion                 No Grandads                 Step Uncles                 Soulsby-searching                 Bristol                 All-weather sports                 Escapism                 Thin on books – and comics                 Televisions                 Bristol Ls
SCHOOL and LEARNING                   Cotham Grammar School                 My dark side
MEETING JANE                    Stepping out                 A real Superstar                 No careers advice                 College
CASUAL WORK                    Sunbathing, peeping and fleas                 Lost innocence                 Furniture bumping                 Grave concerns                 Retail therapy                 Longlife and prosper                 When the fun stops, stop!
MOVING ON                        Getting mobile                 Civil servant
WORKING FOR OTHERS SWEDA                   First real job                 Industry context                 Selling the hard way                 First sale                 Demo incidents                 First event managed                 Getting married                 PLYMOUTH – flat – November 1968                 Down from that Lunnon                 SALTASH – August 1969                 D-day v.2 15Feb1971                 Deals means trips
HAVING CHILDREN                            Sarah, Plymouth – 1969                 Matt, Thornbury, 1971                 THORNBURY – 1970
DRIVING                                Off the radar                 Morris 1000 Traveller
XEROX                    Training                 Xerox dems                 Opposition                Territories                 Watering holes                 First family foreign holiday
HUGIN                    Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs)                 Global conference                 Pioneering                 Family in Stockholm                 BYFLEET – 1974                 Demming ECRs                 Product Codes                 Swedish Management                 Swedish language                 Living with DCP                 Legends
SENELCO                                Black & White
KEYMED                               Flawed cast                 Valuable inspections                 SOUTH BENFLEET – 1976                 Going international                 Northern Odyssey                 Coast to coast                 Conspiracy theories
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS                     Evita                 HR grading                 Living by the foil                 Back-door knowledge                 Learning products                 European differences                 Pan-handling                 The Big Orange                 CARLTON -1978                 TI 99 series                 The big picture
ACE/DIXONS
PART 1: CONCLUSIONS

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