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ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
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Window cleaning for a council contract. Did it for a couple of years then gave it up to work in the music biz of which I've been in ever since.
 
Delivering a free advertising paper on Sundays whilst at school.
Never did any other paid work until I'd finished education and started my first proper job, graduate trainee at Rolls-Royce. (The engine company, not the car company).
 

Freds Dad

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Location
Gawsworth.
I had a morning and evening paper round from 12 to 16 and also delivered the Saturday evening sports paper but can't remember how much I was paid. During the 2 week shut down, we still had them in Bolton in the 70's, the newsagent used to close so I had a pitch outside the Co-op where I sold morning and evening papers. This paid really well at £35 a week for around 5 hours a day

When I left school I went to work for a printers on £32.50 a week
 
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User33236

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Apart from selling tablet and macaroon door to door, a paper round and an occasional lackey for a painter and decorator, my first real job was as an apprentice electronics engineer.
 
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First job was a paper round, when I left school I worked in the local fruit and veg shop, The Fruit House in Cheriton, keeping the shelves topped up, serving customers and doing deliveries and collections on their delivery bike
 

arch684

Veteran
First full time job was working in a laundry for £4.10s a week in 1965
 
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think, in 1967, I was on £4 10 shillings an hour.
Are you sure that was an hour & not per week, that's like £58 an hour these days & at 15 that would have been a good wage
 
1990 and a Trainee Scaffolder.
37 big ones a week.
I spent more time repairing batons and making up orders than being trained as a Scaffolder.
And if I wasn't doing that ,I was out with the driver dropping off or picking up gear.
I don't know how to erect scaffolding as a result
^_^
 
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