1983,
Class 2 already held in the army.
£300 for a weeks course with CLS in Scunthorpe, I could’ve done it for free if I’d agreed to work for CLS but mates who worked there advised me against it.
So, paid myself and went to work for the legendary company Smiths of Scotter, 1st trip tip Turin and Novarra reload Siracusa in Sicily.
That was the only way to learn, no satnavs then.