>> I started work at
>> the Coal Board in 1974 more senior staff (and I only mean lower/middle ,amehers upwards)
>> were never addressed by first name, always mister or Mrs whatever.
Same when I joined the Civil Service in 1978. The Chief Clerk at the County Court in Scunthorpe was Mr Griggs. More than my job was worth to call him Bill.
When I got to London a year later it was a bit more informal but you waited for the 'call me John' before doing so.
Gone a bit the other way now. It sometimes grates when sales or customer service people call me by my first name without asking but I live with it. My late Mother would tell them off.
I'm careful that way at work and ask before using first names.
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