flyer   10 #13 Posted April 5, 2011 1949 I think it was around 12 bob a week bakers apprentice shilling a week went on my first push bike,no where in U.K was to far after that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cleegirl   10 #14 Posted April 5, 2011 i got 2, 7 /6 fom baltic bakery mam gave me 5 shilling i thought i was in heaven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dunsel   10 #15 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) £2-9-1d, my first pay packet at Davy United. The patternmakers never sawed their fingers off, though. Second week lost it on the way home, still had to pay me "boord". Hard lessons that last you a lifetime. 1965. Edited April 5, 2011 by dunsel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Janner   10 #16 Posted April 8, 2011 King George gave me 1/6 a day for serving in the Royal Navy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alby   10 #17 Posted April 23, 2011 I started at Arthur Lee and Sons in 1961 age 15. My first wage packet was £2 13s 6d. Remember buying a shirt that first week with what was left over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
chap girl   10 #18 Posted April 28, 2011 £12.50p trainee hairdresser Cole Brothers! 1975 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
sycamore66j   10 #19 Posted April 28, 2011 £14.94 pence for 40 hours. apprentice welder at william greens at ecclesfield in 1974. gave my mum a fiver board. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
arrodbo   10 #20 Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) £2.1/11 per week at Easterbrook &Allcards. It came in a small oval tin with your number embossed on it. Each end of the tin had a lid on it with the notes on one side and the coins in another. Had to be signed for every week. 1960 Edited April 29, 2011 by arrodbo additional info Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...