A job that changed me: I went off the rails in school and worked nights at a blast furnace. It was like gazing into the fiery pit of hell

<p>It finally dawned on me that perhaps the teachers were not just getting in the way of my good times, they were actually on my side</p><p>I arrived in Australia from the UK in 1983, at the sprightly age of 14. Unbeknown to me I was a historical figure, the very last of the £10 po