Your First Job

[Michael Parnham]

Ah ... but then ... you could buy a lot with 10/- in those days.

I think petrol was about 1shilling and 3pence per GALLON!

[grahamw48]

I started full time work at 16 in 1968.

My take home pay was £7 for a 5'/2 day week, out of which I gave my mother £3.50, then -£2 for train fares, leaving me with the grand total of £1.50 a week to blow.

[grahamw48]

I started full time work at 16 in 1968.

My take home pay was £7 a week, out of which I gave my mother £3.50, then -£2 for train fares, leaving me with the grand total of £1.50 a week to blow.

I later topped that up by working at the local zoo all day Sundays, for another 25 bob, which paid for my driving lesson.