your first ever job

Local lass · your first ever job

how much were you paid.

mine was when i was 14 i worked in browns newsagents
payed five pound i think for about three hours.

Geddi

£1 per hour, or there abouts - 1987 and it was at Granada Service Station at Leigh Delamare. (lasted 6 weeks)

Bear

Would you believe Harris's I think it was about £4 a week 1969

Peter Dolman

Heath's (where the bike shop, near the library, is) paper shop as a paperboy in 1963, can't remember the wages.

Worked in Harris's during school summer holidays (6weeks) as a student worker. With bonus's and overtime you could earn over £10.00 a week. Big money in the late 60's.

Left school proper in 68 and worked at Rawlings James & Phillips for 4 pounds 10 schillings (£4.50) a week. £2.00 of which I gave to my mother for my keep!

Martin Peck

I was an apprentice at Lackham college £25 a month in 1973. The best bit was I was a member of staff at 15.
Martin

GTB

I remember working at Blounts Court Garden Centre during the weekends and being paid a princely sum of £5.00! That was in 1986. Big Grin

Attrebates

Werked in Grandgrind's mill. 30 hours a day. We paid him 2d a week fer privilidge. Lived in a paper bag at bottom of Church St next to t' public toilets an we werz well off. ETC......... :omg:

Peter Dolman

Attrebates my dear boy are you trying to say something? You are normally a little bit more erudiate, are you not well?
Perhaps you should see your doctor.
I am sure that you can arrange an appointment for 3 weeks next Tuesday.

I hope you get better soon.

Attrebates

Just trying to inject a little humour and clearly failing abjectly. Monty Python wasn't it ? I suspect many of the others may be too young to remember. :D

AND I'm still not sure about the "Dear" but I appreciate your concern for my welfare.

But back on thread. I started on 3 guineas a week. Thats £3 15p in new money and I was an apprentice technician in HM Forces (No tanks, no boats.) Imagine my disappointment when I wound up with 30 bob (£1.50) in my hand. I knew absolutely nothing about National Insurance or Income tax. (still don't) but that was in 1967. The only dinosaurs were human. Some things don't change except I'm now possibly classed among them !!!!

I had free work clothes, bed and food (more or less like a prison) and we got to do our own cleaning and room service. I was lucky in many ways. Job lasted 29 years and I did do a bit of travelling.

GTB

Peter Dolman

Did not catch the Monty Python connection, yes I did see all the programmes, but I did appreciate the humour.
Glad to hear that you are well.

Attrebates

Thank you for that, GTB. Good to see that, unlike me, the real humour has stood the test of time.
Any folks under the age of 40 please follow the link GTB has provided. I will resist any further attempts at my own humour and leave it to the experts.

Thanks also Peter for your kind thoughts.

Chepfer

I had a paper round.

I used to love flying around on my bike before most people had woken up ... sunrise's, birdsong and fresh pristene snow all add to the memories .....

davdkayd · First Job

I had just finished my GCE's and had a few months to wait before starting as a boy apprentice in the Air Force.

I got a job in the toy department (suited me) in a department
store for a few months. Was paid £3.10 shillings a week.

davd

daffy

First job i had at 12yrs old was baby sitting my cousons 4 kids. The oldest was only 3yrs younger than me,iwas paid £5 for the night ,i stayed the night so my couson :smt022came home when they wanted .that was in 1986.
First proper job was at the Lansdowne Arms in Derryhill ,i was what they called a Runner ,which was taking the barmeals out to the customers after you have called there ticket colour and number on the tanoy ,if i had a pound for the amount of people who shouted bingo i woulnd need to work today . I think i got about £2.30 an hour that was back in 1987 88 .

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