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Old 25-11-2010, 21:41   #1
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my first job was in 1977...was an office junior for Lucas Servive UK
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Old 25-11-2010, 21:48   #2
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1979 Thomas A Ashton Ltd Sidney Street..storeman
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Old 25-11-2010, 21:51   #3
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william greens of ecclesfield. Apprentice welder. August 12th 1974.
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Old 25-11-2010, 22:25   #4
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My first job was part time in the chip shop at Dore, can't remember it's name. It was in 1980. I was also a full-time student.
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Old 25-11-2010, 23:47   #5
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Grave digger. Student summer job.
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Old 26-11-2010, 00:00   #6
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Old 26-11-2010, 01:10   #7
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Darnall Day Nursery 1952

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Old 26-11-2010, 05:03   #8
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I suppose you could say my first job was stealing flowers from the graves and selling them out front,a good bunch we may sell three times ,I have to say i turned honest at 11 and i'm sure I paid them back many times over
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Old 26-11-2010, 05:47   #9
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Peugeot apprentice mechanic, moorhouse and allsteads rotherham 1978
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Old 26-11-2010, 05:55   #10
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Saturday job at Simpson Bros Heating Engineers around 1979. I used to sweep the yard and clean out and wash a couple of vans. Think I got £2.50, a mug of sweet tea and a kitkat. (Was it two fingers or four? My memory's a little hazy...)
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Old 26-11-2010, 08:18   #11
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Court House, 1968, magistrates clerk's assistant. Didn't stay long, but I learned a lot about maintenance payments, fines arrears, attachment of earnings orders, warrants etc. And I got to explore the "sub-basement tunnels" below the cells and under Snig Hill. Dark, damp and scary...
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Old 26-11-2010, 08:21   #12
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C & A Modes, 59/65 High Street, Sheffield. in 1957. I started work a week after I left school and had got the job from writing a letter to them in an English lesson..Lasted 3 and a half years until I go the sack for being late. ( 5 minutes in one week according to the clocking in clock)
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Old 26-11-2010, 08:24   #13
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Old 26-11-2010, 08:46   #14
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Old 26-11-2010, 11:29   #15
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saturday girl at a fruit and veg stall in sheffield market. lasted one day as I did not like it.
first real job Progress and Statistic clerk Richard Bros Moore St lasted 5 yrs.
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Old 26-11-2010, 14:16   #16
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1973 started work in the labs at the Sheffield Smelting company earning £875 / year
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Old 26-11-2010, 14:26   #17
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Apprentice hairdresser, William Carr on Mansfield Rd. First pay packet, £1 15 shillings per week!!! Didn't stick it long! Went into the Civil Service pay there (at that time) £8 4 shillings per week, a Kings ransome!!!!
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Old 26-11-2010, 17:23   #18
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Ralf Hills Joiners, Loxley rd. My wages were three pounds half a crown a week.
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Old 26-11-2010, 17:31   #19
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Old 26-11-2010, 17:43   #20
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Working at Morrisons at Darnall, October 1990. Was on £75 a week.
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