title: Third retirement after road well travelled.
abstract: IHEEM London branch chairman John Crawford retired from full-time employment recently after 49 years, almost to the day, as an electrical engineer, having worked for organisations ranging from a sizeable London regional health authority to London Regional Transport. The Merseyside shipwright's son, who explained that he had "attempted unsuccessfully" to retire twice previously, talked HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie through a varied and interesting career, and gave his views on some of the reasons why the UK engineering profession is currently struggling to secure new blood.
authors: Jonathan
authors: J
authors: Baillie
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D004738:Engineering; D006801:Humans; D012179:Retirement; D006113:United Kingdom; D000078329:Workforce