Sting before he was famous

The nobody years

1. 

   childhood The milk round

   He delivered milk with his father before school each morning.

   Helped his father, a milkman, deliver milk before school. Source

2. 

   1969-1971 Three dead-end jobs

   After school: bus conductor, building site labourer, then tax officer.

   Worked as a bus conductor, a building site labourer and a tax officer after leaving school. Source

3. 

   1974-1976 A Northumberland classroom

   He taught for two years at St Paul's First School, Cramlington.

   Taught for two years at St Paul's First School in Cramlington, Northumberland. Source

4. 

   1974-1976 Nights off the timetable

   Evenings, weekends and school breaks, he played jazz with Last Exit.

   Played jazz with the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band and Last Exit in the evenings, at weekends and during breaks from teaching. Source

5. 1951

   Was born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner at Sir G B Hunter Memorial Hospital in Wallsend, Northumberland. Source

6. 1961

   Was obsessed by ten with an old Spanish guitar left behind by an emigrating friend of his father. Source

7. 1971-1974

   Trained as a teacher at Northern Counties College of Education. Source

8. early 1970s

   Was nicknamed Sting by bandleader Gordon Solomon, who said his black and yellow striped jumper made him look like a wasp. Source

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