Cika wannan jumla: A 1915<unk>1923 Josey ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Kudu Road, har ya kai shekara 14. Da farko ya samu aiki a wani ma'aikata, amma a 1926 da ma'aikata shiga (
National Strike), don haka sai ya yanke shawarar a maimakon haka ya bi ainihin burinsa wanda yake rubutu kuma ya shiga jaridar gida a matsayin mai ba da rahoto yana aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida a kan Poole Herald da Bournemouth Times. A cikin 1926 ya tafi London kuma kusan lokaci guda ya zama memba na Jam'iyyar Labour duk da cewa ya bayyana kansa a matsayin ɗan gurguzu na farko.