JOGI 10 #121 Posted November 3, 2009 1954 junior engineer, Guided Weapons Dept, Vickers Armstrong, Weybridge Surrey . Wage 8 pounds / week. I saw an add in the local paper at the time for a butchers assistant at the same wage . I thought how poorly graduate engineers were paid if my wage was typical.To be fair, I must say that within three years of starting at Vickers my wage had more than doubled. When you say Weybridge, woud this be BROOKLANDS (now vintage car / aircraft museum.(other than that I have a connection with Weybridge). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Antijammer 10 #122 Posted November 4, 2009 When you say Weybridge, woud this be BROOKLANDS (now vintage car / aircraft museum.(other than that I have a connection with Weybridge). Yes,the Guided Weapons Dept was on the grounds of the old Brooklands race track (as was the aircraft factory).The airfield was in the center of the race track.In 1954 Vickers Armstrong was still building aircraft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JOGI 10 #123 Posted November 4, 2009 Hi Thanks for your reply. My interest in Brooklands is that my 86 year old brother (also an engineer) lives nearby. His wife in a Nursing home in Weybridge. I went to see them last October and he advised me to visit Brooklands. Marvellous day. I was lucky it was a slack day, so an ex Spitfire pilot took me round and to finish the day off sat me at the controls of a Hawker Harrier Jump Jet. So this visit sparked off an interest and I have since visited 4 other aircraft museums. All the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
brian1941 11 #124 Posted November 4, 2009 You lot had it easy dint ya, £2/8/6 (£2.42 and 1/2p) take home pay for a 40 hour week back in 1964 as an apprentice miller. -------------- HI YA MILLER LOOKED LIKE YOUR WAGES WERE CRAP,------- MY FIRST WAGE WAS IN 1956/7 WAS £ 3--15 SHILLINGS. FOR WORKING TWO SHIFTS--6--2--AND 2--10 PM--40 HRS WEEK. WORKED IN HAMMER SHOP --- FIRTH BROWNS. :confuseD --- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
phantom309 10 #125 Posted November 4, 2009 -------------- HI YA MILLER LOOKED LIKE YOUR WAGES WERE CRAP,------- MY FIRST WAGE WAS IN 1956/7 WAS £ 3--15 SHILLINGS. FOR WORKING TWO SHIFTS--6--2--AND 2--10 PM--40 HRS WEEK. WORKED IN HAMMER SHOP --- FIRTH BROWNS. :confuseD --- That would be at 16 not 15 as you had to 16 to work shifts and 18 to work nights but I know the forge and rolling mills were the best paid jobs at the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jamesey 10 #126 Posted November 5, 2009 i used to pull my tripe out every day for my dad he paid me a tenner a day that was in 1991:mad: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mr_blue_owl 10 #127 Posted November 8, 2009 2 pounds 10 shillings & sixpence at Darwin's Bright Steels on Alma Street in 1966 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
broncolives 10 #128 Posted November 8, 2009 Apprentice plumber in 1962. Wage 9 old pennies per hour = £1.10shillings per week or £1.50 today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
brian1941 11 #129 Posted November 9, 2009 that would be at 16 not 15 as you had to 16 to work shifts and 18 to work nights but i know the forge and rolling mills were the best paid jobs at the time ------yes you were right on the age ( now getting older now) soon forget. That £ 3-15 shillings take home pay i had 10 bob spending money and bought 5 cigs-- park drives per day. , and still had some change left-- good old days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Hetty 12 #130 Posted November 10, 2009 Hairdresser at Bill Carrs on Mansfield Road Intake (not for long!) got 35 shillings a week, in 1960-61. I was very keen on John Hoyland whose sister married Mac Cocker, dad of Jarvis. Sadly John was killed in a diving incident many years ago, tho' Mary Hoyland died a few months ago aged about 90 0dd. Nice people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PAL215 10 #131 Posted November 10, 2009 Second week of July 1971 saw me opening my very first pay packet; there was something special about paydays and opening that little brown envelope with real money inside. £6.40 for 40 hours work which gave me £5.98 take home pay of which £2.50 went on board the rest for me, I was king of the world. First thing I bought was a short sleeved Ben Sherman shirt from Colvins. That was working at Thomas Rudd & Sons on Woodfold making surgical scissors, one of my duties was the Friday fish and chip run when I had to take everyone’s order (at least 30 individual requests) go to the chippie and make sure I was back bang on 12:30. If was late I get a clip for keeping them waiting, if I was just a few minutes early I got a clip “cos mi dinners cold” and woe betide me if I got an order wrong. A fish was 6p and chips 3p and the perk for me was the chip shop owner gave me mine for free, well he did after I hinted that there was a chippie closer to work and I might start going there instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Floridablade 11 #132 Posted November 11, 2009 1943 1 quid a week painting and decorating for William Axe in Nether Edge and he expected me to pay my own tram fare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...