Originally Posted by
trinkie
''Ai Broo'' was indeed the Employment Agency - but nothing like the modern ones. There was a stigma attached to being On the Broo, and the onus was on getting you back to work as quickly as possible. There is no doubt folk felt ashamed and heads were held low.
''Ai Broo'' has nothing to do with making tea, as most likely you could not afford the stuff anyway. I have been told that folk would use bits of burnt old bread to make a cuppa.
Those were very hard times.
I have seen it spelt Ai Buroo, but nowadays it seems to be Broo.
I say again - Those were very hard times, the like of which is never known today.... thank Goodness.