21-07-2018, 06:17 PM
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Re: How much where you paid for your first job
Originally Posted by Judd
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When I started as an apprentice Sparky in 1971, I was paid £5.93 (before tax and NI were taken off) per week which was a whole 43pence more than anyone else was paying. Quite a lot more money when you consider I was being paid fifty pence a week for a daily paper round prior to me starting work.
21-07-2018, 07:14 PM
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I was paid £2- 5s -11p for a 60 hour 5 day week at the age of 15, Topped up by £3 -10s-0p living away from home allowance. Young apprentices were paid nothing back then (1960)Forgot to mention 10 shilling my parents took off me a week for my living at home
21-07-2018, 09:14 PM
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1952,I was paid £12 ,10 whillings [not sure of equvolent ] I had to give my mum the £ 12 ,she bought my clothes & food,I had to buy my nylons& pay for my fares to /from work out of my money & saved for any special item of clothing not actually needed but facied22-07-2018, 12:30 AM
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What was I thinking of? I didnt earn £s I got 12 shillings & 6 pence old money,I had to give my Mum 10 pounds for keep & clothes,I had 2 shillings & 6 pence & had to buy my own stockings & Make up, plus save for anything special i.e a nice blouse /skirt etc.22-07-2018, 12:53 AM
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10 shillings ?................Keep up Deylon.I remember going into a pub and asking for a pint and half a half ounce of Old Holborn, and they told me 50 pence wasn't enough.
It was just after a Budget......how times have changed.
22-07-2018, 04:40 AM
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I worked in a Chemist shop when I first left school I can't remember how much I was paid it wasn't much though and the hours were long 9am to 7pm and half day closing on Wednesday...actually thinking back I loved that job I should have stayed in retail.
22-07-2018, 04:52 AM
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Depends what you mean by 'job':I had a paper round with WH Smith while I was still at school and that paid £1 a week. I had a bit of a posh area so all my papers were broadsheets like The Daily Telegraph. I used to envy the boys in areas where all the papers were tabloids like the Mirror.
When I left school I was a Youth in Training for GPO Telephones and my first wage was £4 15s but within months it rose to exactly £5.
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