Can you remember your first wage and how much ?

[sharrovian 10]

April 17th, 1952, started work at Loxley Brothers Ltd. as an apprentice compositor on £1.10.10d which is about £1.54 for a 43 and a half hour week.

[Texas 10]

1948.Started work at J.I.Fearn, agricultural engineers, bottom of Howard Street, as a shop lad /gofer. Starting wage £2 something or other, pence I think.

[flightliner 10]

Apprentice joiner, English Steel corporation january 1960, forty four hours perweek = £2-2/0p. All but 10/bob went for my board.But, i could catch a train to boston for 5/bob, buy sundries for trip and still have 1/6 left to get me thro the week with the odd game of snooker at Fualkners billiard hall in town.--happy days

[Hal9001 11]

Trainee setter/operator at Sheffield Twist Drill (Dormer), £14.75 for 40 hours work in 1978.

[andipep 10]

1978.Apprentice plasterer for SWD.£24.00..thought i was rich,oh the good old days,.

[GREENGINGER 10]

I remember my first wage packet way back in 1977

 

It was £15.25 for a 37 hour week as an office junior in Sheffield cty centre

 

what I cant understand, I went out 3 nights a week, bought clothes, make up, bus fares etc....how did I do it

 

I think half a lager at that time was 15p

 

When I left school way back in 1953 my wage was just, wait for it, £1 50 pence per week,starting at 8 30 AM to 4 30 pm half a day off on thursday.

How times have changed.

Mind you in those day,s you could leave one job on friday & have another by

monday, yes thy were happy time,s money went a long way in those day,s

[deedar 10]

£3/17/6 was my first wage at Wilson Peck in 1963.

I'd have worked at Wilson Peck in the 60s for nowt! Were you there when Frank White bought his white Gibson double neck??

[Lady Star 10]

£2.10 an hour in 1996! Thank God for the minimum wage for young people today!

[redrobbo 10]

1963. Left school at 15 . No qualifications. Office clerk. £4.10s. per week.

 

My late Granddad left school aged 12. Started work on a farm, 5 days per week plus Saturday mornings. Earned 2s 6d a week (equals 12.5p.!).

[oap1942 10]

Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: London.

Total Posts: 562

 

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Originally Posted by Tofty View Post

£3/17/6 was my first wage at Wilson Peck in 1963.

I'd have worked at Wilson Peck in the 60s for nowt! Were you there when Frank White bought his white Gibson double neck?

 

Are we talking the Frank White who was with Dave Berry sorry to go

off subject.

[gladys clark 10]

1963/4 was an apprentice hairdresser at Enzo (Squillino) of Rome on Abbeydale Rd, Wage should have been £2.10 shillings a week but he paid us £5.00 we worked for it and learnt a lot from day one also made a few bob a week in tips. Loved it there he had real "attitude" always immaculate in black suit white shirt and diamond studded wedding ring.

[peggy1981 10]

In 1997, £40 for a full weeks work. At 17 i didn't know any better, now i know that i was ripped off. I learnt my lesson...do your research.