joinerisme Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1974 Apprentice Joiner-£12.84 after stoppages. I had to give my mother £5 board,thought i was being robbed at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiecass Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 £3.7/6 for 5 1/2 days painting apprentice,I can remember my first £5,£10,£20 and £50 notes in my pay packet,its scary how values have changed in my working life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Manager for Jackson the Tailor age 23 was £33 per week including commission, good job there was suit allowance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttingedge Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I was @newton,chambers, apprentice welder in 1955£1 19-2pence for 44 hour week when I was16 you could work a Saturday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmdee Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 2 Quid a week, apprentice TV tech at Wigfall's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanfergus Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 £2.18.4 per week for 40hrs. I nearly always worked Saturday morning until 11.30 then off to play football at FBT ground Ecclesfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westonfront Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 1972 £5.50 a week as a production apprentice at BSC on Sheffield rd by 1975 I was on £25 and my dad thought that was good money. First house 18 month old semi detached in Catcliffe £6500. Yer seems unbelievable now six and a half grand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trastrick Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I must hold the record. 7pence, farthing an hour (7d 1/4) for a 44 hour week at F.H. Wheelers, with most of that going to our single mother household! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkydave Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 £3.7s.1p an apprentice at Jessop Savilles Brightside lane 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Person6 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Weekend job in carwash 1969, 50p for Saturday, £1 for Sunday, 90 cars washed on average. First proper job working in I.T., or Data Processing as we called it then, for Unilever £532 per year after 4 years in Uni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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