Calvin Harris has said the “traumatic” experience of working in an Annan fish factory made him the man he is today. The Dumfries music superstar worked at the town’s former Pinney’s plant for a year after leaving school at 17.
His said the daily routine of dealing with “slop” and “banter” with staff was what he needed to make the transition to adulthood.
The LA-based DJ said: “I worked in Annan for a year when I was 17 in a fish factory. It served me well. I had a number of roles.
We made ready meals. I sent prawns over to the other side. I cooked the prawns. “Another thing I did was mini-fillets, where you get a big mix of what can only be described as slop.“You’d put it in the top of the machine and it came out in oblong shapes, then.
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