John Sweetman

Fellas can grow the beards if they want, but just keep it tidy.

And, you know, the uniform is so much better than it was back in the old days and stuff like that.

So it's a much more relaxed.

It's not like it was.

But I mean, when I say the stuff that we had to adhere to, this was in the early 90s when I joined.

But when I talked to the lads that joined in the 80s and the 70s and

Jesus Christ!

You know, they're talking about buttons up and starched collars and, you know, hobnailed things and getting marched up to Mass on a Sunday in Temple Moor.

They had to march a couple of miles to the church.

They were marched up to the church and marched back every Sunday.

And you couldn't say, no, I don't believe.

You couldn't go on whether you believe or not.

all this sort of crack but uh yeah it just changes like it's like anything else it's just another college now really like it's it's it's a big college yeah um i haven't been back now it's the only thing i just i'd have nightmares about at the odd time but i don't i haven't been back i used to get the temple more sweats the odd time where i'd be in i'd be dreaming i was still down there you know but at the same time a great crack down there like it was most nights especially when we started getting paid because we just when we started the students down there we got 50 quid a week

And you could be driving a car up and down as well.

So that wasn't much.

But by the time we were finishing up, we were sworn in and we were getting wages.

So, like, for pints mostly, you know.

So it was a good crack.

Well, it helps that you don't look like a copper.

Yeah, like, I mean, that's, that's, that's not like I had to go down to get my passport thing signed there a week or two ago.