Passing hgv test

I passed my test 10 days after my 21st in 1971,in a Dodge artic with a 40’ flat trlr.I then started with BRS Elmstead mkt in an AEC Mercury with a single axle trlr.I got the sack after 3 months[for being too quick].Then i was offered a job doing long dist and a bit of continental with a Guy bigJ non sleeper.I felt i was the bees knees[until i saw all the ‘‘real’’ continental trucks],but hey ho,it’s a learning curve.Mike