FabSwingers.com forum: First wage

By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Hi I can remember my first full time working wage it was £26 per fortnight I was in the Royal Navy in 1977 can you remember. Your fist wage x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£50 a week in 1996

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By *JB1954Man
over a year ago

Reading

£9 I was an apprentice.

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By *ittle-Miss-Cunty-1Woman
over a year ago

Your basement, Cuntsville

£15 a week Youth Training Scheme

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£29.50 per week on a YTS.

NBVN x

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£50 a week in 1996 "
Hi hope you are earning a better wage now xx

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. "
I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

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By *il n FloCouple
over a year ago

Fabville

£8.00 for a 12hr day on local market..it was cold. But I did it for 18m up at 5.30am every Saturday aged 14.

(Handful)

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull

My first Job as a Trainee Hotel Manager in 1973, was £5 Live-In per week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

45.80 per week yts plus petrol money for travel to the training center 1993

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£50 a week in 1996 "
was that a decent wage then x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£10 a week in 1973 I was 16.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£8.00 for a 12hr day on local market..it was cold. But I did it for 18m up at 5.30am every Saturday aged 14.

(Handful)"
made you you are the person today x

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"My first Job as a Trainee Hotel Manager in 1973, was £5 Live-In per week."
Hi gen it things you don't forget

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bout £23, Apprenticeship. 1984

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

£25 on yts think it was 1984. I also worked overtime to make my money and babysit the bosses kids so i probably got about £40 a week

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£25 on yts think it was 1984. I also worked overtime to make my money and babysit the bosses kids so i probably got about £40 a week"
very entrepreneurial xx

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

My first wage was excellent in comparison to my friends. I was doing agency reception work for the NHS when my friends were in retail and took home around £180-200 a week in summer of 2000

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"£25 on yts think it was 1984. I also worked overtime to make my money and babysit the bosses kids so i probably got about £40 a week"

£27 for me too on YTS in 1987, went up a smidge. but not enough to get driving lessons, or a car.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"My first wage was excellent in comparison to my friends. I was doing agency reception work for the NHS when my friends were in retail and took home around £180-200 a week in summer of 2000"
wow decent money then hope you spent it wisely lol

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£25 on yts think it was 1984. I also worked overtime to make my money and babysit the bosses kids so i probably got about £40 a week

£27 for me too on YTS in 1987, went up a smidge. but not enough to get driving lessons, or a car."
now look at you a millionaire lol

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By *ereforgigglesMan
over a year ago

Scotland

1988 £56 per week as an apprentice

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By *heGateKeeperMan
over a year ago

Stratford

"My first wage was excellent in comparison to my friends. I was doing agency reception work for the NHS when my friends were in retail and took home around £180-200 a week in summer of 2000wow decent money then hope you spent it wisely lol"

Spent it on awesome bakery treats and CDs down Oxford Street

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X"

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

Think it was £23.50 on a youth training scheme.

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

£27.50 YTS doing my NVQ in Business Administration - Monday to Friday 40 hours a week.

Then on Saturday I worked for Littlewoods Pools and used to get paid £35 for 8 hours

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

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sorry when I typed my response I realised what I put apologies xx

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

.sorry when I typed my response I realised what I put apologies xx"

I felt pretty rich though from my full weekends wages! I guess you do at 16 without bills to pay though

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By *cottish-sin69Man
over a year ago

scotland

36 for two nights a week auction house assisstant 2010

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£27.50 YTS doing my NVQ in Business Administration - Monday to Friday 40 hours a week.

Then on Saturday I worked for Littlewoods Pools and used to get paid £35 for 8 hours

what did you do for the pools was it collecting from houses I vaguely remember our pools being collected hi by the way xx

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

.sorry when I typed my response I realised what I put apologies xx

I felt pretty rich though from my full weekends wages! I guess you do at 16 without bills to pay though

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imagine earning £3.99 an hour now would be a struggle xx

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By *moothshaftMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Apprenticed Toolmaker 1973. £8.50 per week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

About 180 a week

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By *he AmbassadorMan
over a year ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

37 £ a week for Thursday and Friday evenings and all day Saturday. 1991

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"36 for two nights a week auction house assisstant 2010"
Hi auction sounds interesting what did the job entail x

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"Apprenticed Toolmaker 1973. £8.50 per week. "
tell you what mate £8.50 an hour in.1983 proper money good on you

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By *acey_RedWoman
over a year ago

Liverpool

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

.sorry when I typed my response I realised what I put apologies xx

I felt pretty rich though from my full weekends wages! I guess you do at 16 without bills to pay though

imagine earning £3.99 an hour now would be a struggle xx"

I'd probably be homeless!

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I don't remember my weekly wage but my hourly rate was £3.99 per hour. I bet in the day you coped on 3.99 a week or did you ? X

£3.99 a week wouldn't have gotten me very far

.sorry when I typed my response I realised what I put apologies xx

I felt pretty rich though from my full weekends wages! I guess you do at 16 without bills to pay though

imagine earning £3.99 an hour now would be a struggle xx

I'd probably be homeless! "
bet you are swanning round in Woolton now servants xx lol

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

"£27.50 YTS doing my NVQ in Business Administration - Monday to Friday 40 hours a week.

Then on Saturday I worked for Littlewoods Pools and used to get paid £35 for 8 hours

what did you do for the pools was it collecting from houses I vaguely remember our pools being collected hi by the way xx

Spot the ball checking…honestly if you ever done the spot the ball competition then you’d have never have won with me as I used to never check them properly

You got a clear sheet which you had to align to the coupon and then it had a tiny dot where the ball was and the ‘cross’ had to be in the exact centre of the X.

I was hungover most days on a Saturday

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£27.50 YTS doing my NVQ in Business Administration - Monday to Friday 40 hours a week.

Then on Saturday I worked for Littlewoods Pools and used to get paid £35 for 8 hours

what did you do for the pools was it collecting from houses I vaguely remember our pools being collected hi by the way xx

Spot the ball checking…honestly if you ever done the spot the ball competition then you’d have never have won with me as I used to never check them properly

You got a clear sheet which you had to align to the coupon and then it had a tiny dot where the ball was and the ‘cross’ had to be in the exact centre of the X.

I was hungover most days on a Saturday

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Yes spot the ball you put xs all crammed together did you have to get the cross in the middle of the ball x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1976 as a Army junior, we got £3 a week, the rest was saved by the army and given to you when you went on leave, you had to buy all washing gear and polish with the £3

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"1976 as a Army junior, we got £3 a week, the rest was saved by the army and given to you when you went on leave, you had to buy all washing gear and polish with the £3 "
made you the man you are today my friend

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By *eivers101Couple
over a year ago

Carlisle

£360 a month in the civil service in 1986....decent money back then!!!

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£360 a month in the civil service in 1986....decent money back then!!! "
Yes was can you divulge what it was or would you have to kill me xx lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£40 a week as an apprentice in 1996

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

£2.80 an hour in 2003.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

£25.00 a week on a WEEP scheme 1982.

Invited onto their apprenticeship scheme 18 months later.

Left and set up our own company in 1996 and now we are the ones taking on apprentices.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£2.80 an hour in 2003."
cheap labour kinky good evening by the way xx

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£25.00 a week on a WEEP scheme 1982.

Invited onto their apprenticeship scheme 18 months later.

Left and set up our own company in 1996 and now we are the ones taking on apprentices."
wow congrats hope things are going from strength to strength x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£50 a week in 1996 was that a decent wage then x"

Apprenticeship, paid my mum 20 a week board, 10 a week travel to work, 20 a week spend

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£50 a week in 1996 was that a decent wage then x

Apprenticeship, paid my mum 20 a week board, 10 a week travel to work, 20 a week spend

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imagine if you still lived at home and paid just £20 a week now you would be rolling in it xx

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

YTS in a Gateway supermarket £22.50 a week 1981.

I did ok though and I enjoyed it especially as there was me and a couple of Butchers, all the other staff were female

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

It was about £200 for a month of data entry temping in the mid 90s. Dreadfully dull. Luke

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By *oeBeansMan
over a year ago

Derby

£5 on a Saturday when I was about 8 for helping in the family corner shop. The only problem is I had nothing to spend it on as I got sweets for free anyway

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"YTS in a Gateway supermarket £22.50 a week 1981.

I did ok though and I enjoyed it especially as there was me and a couple of Butchers, all the other staff were female

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gateway supermarket I was a breadman in the 80s delivering to gateway did gateway buy fine fare out xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£24.75 , apprentice , had to give £20 each week to my mum

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"It was about £200 for a month of data entry temping in the mid 90s. Dreadfully dull. Luke "
like look at you now made a man of you xx lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£2 an hour, £1 deducted for lunch break, a total of £17 and I had the longest shift.

Saturday job. Got paid each week. But I made almost twice that in tips on the shift.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£5 on a Saturday when I was about 8 for helping in the family corner shop. The only problem is I had nothing to spend it on as I got sweets for free anyway

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Hi my friend think your mum and dad took advantage of you you should of gone on strike go to Derby 2 or 3 times a week drive bus from Buxton to Derby the TP if you know it

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£2 an hour, £1 deducted for lunch break, a total of £17 and I had the longest shift.

Saturday job. Got paid each week. But I made almost twice that in tips on the shift. "
what did you do petite I reserve my judgement whether you were worth more xx lol

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£24.75 , apprentice , had to give £20 each week to my mum "
what did you do with that massive amount of £4.75 lol

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

About £75 / week in 1985

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£64.75 a week, aged 17 in 1989, supermarket work. Felt like a fair bit at the time.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£64.75 a week, aged 17 in 1989, supermarket work. Felt like a fair bit at the time."
hope you paid board out of that xx lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£64.75 a week, aged 17 in 1989, supermarket work. Felt like a fair bit at the time.hope you paid board out of that xx lol"

Yes indeed, split wages with mum. Felt good as most friends were on about £27 doing YTS schemes, and that was before they paid their dig money!

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£64.75 a week, aged 17 in 1989, supermarket work. Felt like a fair bit at the time.hope you paid board out of that xx lol

Yes indeed, split wages with mum. Felt good as most friends were on about £27 doing YTS schemes, and that was before they paid their dig money!

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look at you showing off love it xx

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

£90 a week in 1986 and I had to give my mum £25

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£90 a week in 1986 and I had to give my mum £25

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still £65 for you spend on wine women or men and song lol

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By *amie HantsWoman
over a year ago

Atlantis

£5 an hour plus leftover cake in a tearooms when I was 14. I had it so good

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£5 an hour plus leftover cake in a tearooms when I was 14. I had it so good

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Hi my friend what cakes are we talking here xxx

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By *ldmaleMan
over a year ago

Amlwch

I was an apprentice fitter in 1972 and got £7 a week

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By *amie HantsWoman
over a year ago

Atlantis

"£5 an hour plus leftover cake in a tearooms when I was 14. I had it so good

Hi my friend what cakes are we talking here xxx"

Lemon, Victoria sponge and bread pudding

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I was an apprentice fitter in 1972 and got £7 a week "
wow think you were overpaid there very generous boss lol

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£5 an hour plus leftover cake in a tearooms when I was 14. I had it so good

Hi my friend what cakes are we talking here xxx

Lemon, Victoria sponge and bread pudding

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geourgeous are you a cake maker yourself xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£85 per week as a lab technician in 1987. It was a pretty well paid job for someone straight out of school

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£85 per week as a lab technician in 1987. It was a pretty well paid job for someone straight out of school

K"
to true you are to educated for me I was the one who the teacher said you have brains to burn xx

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

I made more money as a child washing cars then I did via YTS £26:50 per week.but I received overtime as a bonus extra £6 a hour Which got me close to £100

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£2.50 an hour at 12 washing dishes in local pub kitchen - 1992

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I made more money as a child washing cars then I did via YTS £26:50 per week.but I received overtime as a bonus extra £6 a hour Which got me close to £100"
you are showing off now lol

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£2.50 an hour at 12 washing dishes in local pub kitchen - 1992 "
I think you was overpaid if you don't mind me saying my friend I am on your bosses side I'm afraid lol xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£5.50 that included Saturday morning over time

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£5.50 that included Saturday morning over time "
overpaid lol xx

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By *unnyman84Man
over a year ago

maidstone

£130 a week as an aircraft engineer - apprenticeship

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£130 a week as an aircraft engineer - apprenticeship "
are you still in that industry my friend

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By *unnyman84Man
over a year ago

maidstone

"£130 a week as an aircraft engineer - apprenticeship are you still in that industry my friend "

I am but a manager now

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"£130 a week as an aircraft engineer - apprenticeship are you still in that industry my friend

I am but a manager now"
look at you hope they pay you a bit more good for you my friend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was on £1 per hour back on 1994 didn't have a care in world back then but looking back I was exploited

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By *unnyman84Man
over a year ago

maidstone

"£130 a week as an aircraft engineer - apprenticeship are you still in that industry my friend

I am but a manager nowlook at you hope they pay you a bit more good for you my friend "

Thanks mate

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"I was on £1 per hour back on 1994 didn't have a care in world back then but looking back I was exploited

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Hi steph I'll say what was you doing for that pittance xx

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

"I made more money as a child washing cars then I did via YTS £26:50 per week.but I received overtime as a bonus extra £6 a hour Which got me close to £100you are showing off now lol"

Na this is showing off I've always found money in the streets even as a child I'm not talking about pennies notes 10, 20,5 plus change left over from a person who obviously was to d*unk to remember to pick it up I had two pubs on the street I grew up at each end oh plus the paper round and tips at Christmas

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

8.72 an hour working at JD, terrible pay but a pretty easy job

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By *inky_CarpenterMan
over a year ago

Portsmouth

I was self employed at 14 tying Trout Flies for my local tackle shop. I sold them for about 50p of which about 30p was profit. So I was making about 20 quid a week that was in the early Nineties so it pretty good money at the time.

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By *eandHim2019Couple
over a year ago

preston

26 quid as a 16 year old in 1980 was a messenger boy delivering telegrams

Still same firm just bit more money now

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

£46/wk dealing with freight logistics. I gave my mum £20 until I left home and took on a mortgage, which was £116/mth. Ah if only houses were that cheap now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think I was on£29:50 a day when I joined the army in 94, untraded infantry

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

"I think I was on£29:50 a day when I joined the army in 94, untraded infantry

Mine was £13 a week in 1979, my first going on leave pay though was £200

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£90 a week in 1991

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can't remember my first wage. But I know most of it went onto a new 1st generation Dyson for my dad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think I was on£29:50 a day when I joined the army in 94, untraded infantry

Mine was £13 a week in 1979, my first going on leave pay though was £200

Wow I feel almost rich lol

Queuing for pay parade and hoping you wouldn’t fuck up abd end up at the back of the queue

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By *lap.n.tickleCouple
over a year ago

sunny Manchester :)

A 10er a day cash in hand. Fuck I'm old

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

I earnt £3/hour working in a kitchen of a care home in 2003 aged 16 around school then college

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

Can't remember a week's wage but I know I started on £1.99 an hour.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£2.88ph working in the fruit and veg section at Waitrose!

Standing there like a prat in a massively oversized brown apron bagging and tagging to help fund my Ritz video game rental. Those were the days

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By *an hjCouple
over a year ago

Stowmarket

£32 -------- a month.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

!957 at the tender age of 17 £4 per week plus 10 shillings (50p) per week for bus fares

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By *ayTVTV/TS
over a year ago

North Yorkshire

£5 a week in 1971....

£2 went to my parents £2 for me and £1 into a savings account.

Saving 20% of your salary...

unheard of nowadays,!!

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By *tephanjMan
over a year ago

Kettering

My first wage from full time jobs was £10 a week back in 1971. Could buy 4 pints of lager for £1 or 5pints of bitter

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

£7 2/6. That’s seven pounds two shillings and sixpence in old money. Working for Raleigh cycle factory in 1969

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1996 was my first job . £40 a week ,then I was paid a extra £10 for the Saturday plus they put a extra £15 for the effort I put in .

Can honestly say though although the money wasn’t great , he was the best teacher . Made me what I am and have today .

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By *uke OzadeMan
over a year ago

Ho Chi Minge City

Zim $397 per month factory electrical trainee in 1990

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I was only 14 when I had my first job and I earned between £5 and £10 depending on how busy we were through the day. It was just a Saturday job.

My first job at 16 I was paid £51:22 a week.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

"My first wage from full time jobs was £10 a week back in 1971. Could buy 4 pints of lager for £1 or 5pints of bitter

1971 was the first year of decimalisation of the currency and a lot of pubs took advantage of the rounding up to increase prices. Pints which were 2 shilling and 6 pence in old money suddenly became 20p or 25p in new money an increase of around 50%.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Peasants.....I had a silver spoon!

£20 per day as a tilers mate. Lasted 3 weeks then dislocated my shoulder in a fight!

1996

Then I joined Royal Mail on a YTS scheme for £200 per week back in 1997

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By *tella HeelsTV/TS
over a year ago

west here ford shire

1977

£15.85

Apprentice

Had to give my parents £5 a week too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£13.75 as a Saturday girl in the local bakers shop.

I was 14 nearly 15 and it was a long day with heavy work, hood fun though.

I spent my first wage on the newly released Supergrass I should Coco album which I still love and listen to this day

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By *oubleA123Couple
over a year ago

berwick

£11/week as a 16 year old farm worker in 1973. Happy days! Andy.

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By *rivateparts!Man
over a year ago

Walking down the only road I've ever known!

"I think I was on£29:50 a day when I joined the army in 94, untraded infantry

Mine was £13 a week in 1979, my first going on leave pay though was £200

Wow I feel almost rich lol

Queuing for pay parade and hoping you wouldn’t fuck up abd end up at the back of the queue

March in, salute, number rank name, say thank you sir salute, about turn, march out and breathe

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman
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over a year ago

My Own Little World

YTS £27.50.

Gave my mum a tenner and the rest basically went on bus fare to work and lunches.

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By *ustBoWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in Co. Down

Yep it was £30 a week for a 7 day week well we did get a half day on a Sunday .

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By *andybeachWoman
over a year ago

In the middle

My first wage was £21.50 on a YTS in 1983

Jeeezzzzz that makes me feel old

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi I can remember my first full time working wage it was £26 per fortnight I was in the Royal Navy in 1977 can you remember. Your fist wage x"

shocked at getting £105 a week as a milkman mate at 16, Joined RM 4 months later to £34 a fortnight... living the dream 1979

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

"Hi I can remember my first full time working wage it was £26 per fortnight I was in the Royal Navy in 1977 can you remember. Your fist wage x"

Can't remember the actual figures per month but my pay in the Army in 1988 was £17.05 per day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

mine was £25 a week apprentice mechanic

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Peasants.....I had a silver spoon!

£20 per day as a tilers mate. Lasted 3 weeks then dislocated my shoulder in a fight!

1996

Then I joined Royal Mail on a YTS scheme for £200 per week back in 1997"

“Back in 1997”

hilarious.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was 1995, and I think I was on forty five quid a week.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"It was 1995, and I think I was on forty five quid a week."
are you on much more now ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It was 1995, and I think I was on forty five quid a week.are you on much more now ?"

A little bit.

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By *usman 199 OP Man
over a year ago

Stockport

"It was 1995, and I think I was on forty five quid a week.are you on much more now ?

A little bit."
what we talking you on a oner now

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham, North Yorkshire and can travel

£52.50 for a 35 hour week. Gave my Mum £15 a week for my board.

Mrs

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By *orthern StarsCouple
over a year ago

Durham, North Yorkshire and can travel

"£52.50 for a 35 hour week. Gave my Mum £15 a week for my board.

Mrs"

That was in 1989

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By *aggy40Man
over a year ago

Nuneaton

Ok no other oldies here so here you are 1968 apprentice £1.17.6d a WEEK or £1.62 in today's money

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By *melia DominaTV/TS
over a year ago

Edinburgh (She/Her)

Apprentice electronics engineer 1987 £60

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