Wales1234 5,424 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 £160 a week as apprentice eletrician is 2009 lol thought I was loaded till my mother took 60 off me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted August 31, 2017 Report Share Posted August 31, 2017 4 quid a week working in the woods 1965. I had to take my wage packet home unopened.Best job I ever had. I loved it.I would have done it for nothing just to see the wildlife and be free from classrooms.' 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 £90 odd quid in '98 working on Brighton pier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxpack 2 7,848 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 29.50,a week. Then 35 when 17.after that 180apprentice painter. 1997.awesome days haaa Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratmanwan 66 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 £25 per week yts gamekeeper in 1987. Sparsholt agricultural collage for a month at a time. They used to board us with local families around the Winchester area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 £90 odd quid in '98 working on Brighton pier. That's a fair few punters at £2 a pop, lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,536 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 1976 £16 per week British Leyland apprentice Gave it to my Mum & Dad as keep coz i had a saturday job in a clothes shop & with commission i earned £25-£30. Many years later when i got married my Mum & Dad gave me an envelope... it was all the keep i'd paid them over the years. Bless them.What a lovely Mom and Dad you had mate, quite moving that. My old man would have been straight down the boozer. Cheers Arry 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dinosaurs 2,008 Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Cheers Arry there still here bud My Dads nearly 93 & my Mums 90. Hope to have em around a while yet. Atb 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,125 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 1980 £39.00. you were well paid 1984 £25 1984......born towards the back end! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryaldinhio 4,125 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 20quid for a saturday in a clothes shop in town. Worked for asda on 4quid an hour for a bit then took an electrical apprenticeship darnt pit fo 200sheets a week. Three times what mi mates were on .....happy days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,626 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Cheers Arry there still here bud My Dads nearly 93 & my Mums 90. Hope to have em around a while yet. Atbspot on mate 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 £90 odd quid in '98 working on Brighton pier.That's a fair few punters at £2 a pop, lol. Hahaha! Actually it was a pound a go at the time! Amazing how many people want to win a stuffed alien by throwing balls at lead weighted tin cans! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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