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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport

What did you have to do for pocket money in my day we had to go to the corner shop for my dad for fags and matches wouldn't happen today what was yours

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish

That’s all you had to do? Lucky sod.

To get the princely sum of £1 per week I had to vacuum and dust or polish every day after school (my mum had major ocd and worked full time) and dry the pots every night.

I also had a paper round which paid around £3 to £4 per week.

If we’d had mines where I lived - I’d probably have been sent down those too!

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By *ersey GirlCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

I didn't get pocket money. We got treats on a sat night and money when the van came and money to get in the swimming. If you didn't come back with the 5p for the locker you got a skelped arse. I did work from when I was 12 so got my own money then

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"That’s all you had to do? Lucky sod.

To get the princely sum of £1 per week I had to vacuum and dust or polish every day after school (my mum had major ocd and worked full time) and dry the pots every night.

I also had a paper round which paid around £3 to £4 per week.

If we’d had mines where I lived - I’d probably have been sent down those too! "
Take it there were no mines in Preston ish because trust me my lady you would of been sent down there for your cheek xxxx lol

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By *wadingMan
over a year ago

swadlingcote

When I was just 12 there was a old man who would give me poket money for doing jobs for him

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

I received an "allowance". I think it was something like £2 a week back in 1980.

Thankfully, no expectation to engage in child labour. On the flip side, I was never allowed to beg or hassle my parents for things. I was told "You have an allowance. Save up for it, if you want it."

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

i ,the male, didnt get pocket money, however i was paid for chores, cutting the grass etc, it taught me the value of money, and i thing it has done me well in life, if you grow up expecting people to give you money, then thats a bad thing in my opinion, however if my dad saw that i had made an effort to save he would help, i remember i wanted a ghetto blaster, any one remember them?, and he saw that i had saved up about 3/4 of the money,i hadnt bought any sweets or comics for about 4 months, then he paid the rest for me

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Never had to do anything for ours x

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

Nothing just got pocket money every week

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

Used to mow the grass, wash two cars and I had to feed and clean out the hens and ducks I absaloutly loved my chores used to get £10 a month but I probably would have done it for half that from about age 10 my dad would let me move the cars about to wash them and I used to run out the house first when ever we went any where and I would turn the car around for them and don't get me started on De icing the windows lol

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Used to mow the grass, wash two cars and I had to feed and clean out the hens and ducks I absaloutly loved my chores used to get £10 a month but I probably would have done it for half that from about age 10 my dad would let me move the cars about to wash them and I used to run out the house first when ever we went any where and I would turn the car around for them and don't get me started on De icing the windows lol"
Tom driving at 10 could you see over-the wheel lol

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By *ily WhiteWoman
over a year ago

?

I didn't get pocket money, but I still had to do chores. I worked in the village shop a few days after school from the age of 13 until I went to college.

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By *atcoupleCouple
over a year ago

Suffolk - East Anglia

I went round looking for old bottles to take back to the shop and get the deposit back. Peeps over 55 will know what I mean.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

I had a paper round

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"I went round looking for old bottles to take back to the shop and get the deposit back. Peeps over 55 will know what I mean.

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good memories yes don't know about you but also soda syphon got a bit more for them we use to climb over the pub wall and nick them then take them to the off licence for the money should I go to jail for tha t lol

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


"Used to mow the grass, wash two cars and I had to feed and clean out the hens and ducks I absaloutly loved my chores used to get £10 a month but I probably would have done it for half that from about age 10 my dad would let me move the cars about to wash them and I used to run out the house first when ever we went any where and I would turn the car around for them and don't get me started on De icing the windows lolTom driving at 10 could you see over-the wheel lol"
just lol we had a ford escort that I could and we had a landrover which I could only just touch the peddles used to sort of hang of the steering wheel lol

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport


"Used to mow the grass, wash two cars and I had to feed and clean out the hens and ducks I absaloutly loved my chores used to get £10 a month but I probably would have done it for half that from about age 10 my dad would let me move the cars about to wash them and I used to run out the house first when ever we went any where and I would turn the car around for them and don't get me started on De icing the windows lolTom driving at 10 could you see over-the wheel lol just lol we had a ford escort that I could and we had a landrover which I could only just touch the peddles used to sort of hang of the steering wheel lol"
have you passed your driving test yet or are you still dodgy LOL

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By *illiam101000Man
over a year ago

Melton Mowbray


"I went round looking for old bottles to take back to the shop and get the deposit back. Peeps over 55 will know what I mean.

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know exactly what you mean. Did exactly the same except the pub on the corner had an off sales window and took them there. Think Newcastle brown bottles were a premium I can remember.

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

No passed at 17 2 attempts on theory first time and only 8 driving lessons on practical I was just obsessed with cars as a kid think I wanted to be just like my dad used to follow him round everywhere and he would be fixing a car so to keep me occupied he would give me something like a knackered lawn mower and I would take that to bits in the workshop at same time

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By *ust PeachyWoman
over a year ago

Prestonish


"No passed at 17 2 attempts on theory first time and only 8 driving lessons on practical I was just obsessed with cars as a kid think I wanted to be just like my dad used to follow him round everywhere and he would be fixing a car so to keep me occupied he would give me something like a knackered lawn mower and I would take that to bits in the workshop at same time"

Sounds like you had a great childhood Tom. x

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village


"That’s all you had to do? Lucky sod.

To get the princely sum of £1 per week I had to vacuum and dust or polish every day after school (my mum had major ocd and worked full time) and dry the pots every night.

I also had a paper round which paid around £3 to £4 per week.

If we’d had mines where I lived - I’d probably have been sent down those too! "

You weren't sent up the chimney?

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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago

Derbyshire village


"No passed at 17 2 attempts on theory first time and only 8 driving lessons on practical I was just obsessed with cars as a kid think I wanted to be just like my dad used to follow him round everywhere and he would be fixing a car so to keep me occupied he would give me something like a knackered lawn mower and I would take that to bits in the workshop at same time"

Sounds great! I remember my dad bought me an old workbench so I could saw wood when we was fixing stuff. Made all kinds of crap that in my young head we're alien blasters or rocket packs

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


"No passed at 17 2 attempts on theory first time and only 8 driving lessons on practical I was just obsessed with cars as a kid think I wanted to be just like my dad used to follow him round everywhere and he would be fixing a car so to keep me occupied he would give me something like a knackered lawn mower and I would take that to bits in the workshop at same time

Sounds like you had a great childhood Tom. x"
I didn't realise untill a few years ago quite how lucky I was my mum and dad didn't have a lot of money but they were amazing and gave me the best upbringing I was very fortunate.

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

I remember my old neighbour gave me 10p just for picking up an empty cereal box from her garden and putting it in the bin.

Then when I went home my mum made me share my 10p with my brother and sister

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

I rarely had pocket money, I was always in trouble

Nothing too bad, just boundary pushing and there likes

I did though get a job on a market stall.

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

Shop runs .. wash the dishes .. vacuum ... and dad would still rip us off !!

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Bristol

No pocket money from my parents but, until leaving Sixth Form:

Paper round x 2 on Sunday mornings.

'Spot the Ball' entry deliveries Sunday afternoon.

Car washing (x3 not my parent's) on a Saturday afternoon.

Standard grant only at College so I worked as a kitchen hand in the refectory (free food), volunteered for drug trials and worked as a receptionist in the Nurse's accommodation (general security, sorting post & letting the nurses into their rooms when they had locked themselves out). It was quiet environment so I was able to read and study for my course: I was paying tax and earning more than the newly qualified House Officers.

I think these jobs taught me a lot about time, hard work and money.

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Port talbot

General things like vac, washing up, take trash out etc.

I remember saving up to get a sticky dart gun, took me a couple of weeks to save up for it and then it broke within a few hours

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I was a dedicated hard worker who pulled more than my weight. Home care wasn't solely the preserve of adults, quite rightly.

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

I had to hand wash our school uniforms...even though we had a washing machine

That was it though

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Port talbot


"I had to hand wash our school uniforms...even though we had a washing machine

That was it though"

Too much rolling around in the mud was it?

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

Think my parents were very forward me and my sister got the child allowance we had to buget for school stuff and any day trips it's made me into the tite sod I am now how much

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By *oTouchPleaseAndTeaseMan
over a year ago

Harlow

Few answers here.

Used to take the "pop" bottles back to the off sales at the pub (remember them !!). Probbaly got a couple of old pence back

But when at school went without dinner - enough said - my school dinners turning into genarally lots of black vinyl with lovely large pictures & photo's around them - quite often of men with long hair & leather's.

Finally, my dad pursuaded me to read books. 50 p for each I finished. The bu**er never paid up, so since about 13 or 14, I've only read one book I think - the first Discworld - (except those needed for school)

Still have all the vinyl in various cupboards !!

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