Too Good to Lose Thread, How much was in your first wage packet?

I left school in 1960 and can't really remember. Before that I did a morning paper round and I think received I 7/6 a week,I also remember potato picking in the school holidays and I believe I made £1.10s.

I left school in 1956 and my wage was £2 11s 6d. Had a job just thinking in old LSD :lol:

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£3 13shillings and sixpence after deductions in 1962 - which no one would dream of working for today (it's a tadge under £57.00 in purchasing power).

What your pound then is now worth Convert Here

I left school in 1952 at aged 16 and earnt £3 5 shillings. (It would have been just £3 if I had been a little younger.) This paid for my bus jouneys into the city each day, my lunches and a £1 to my Mum. Boy was I rich.

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My first was 7s 6d.
When we got married, my husband was in an apprenticeship earning £5 a week and our rent was £4, but we didn't whinge about the cost of getting on the property ladder!
We just scrimped and saved and went without until we had enough for a deposit.

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£2 10s 0d per week as engineering apprentice (toolmaker) in 1962 - ish. It increased to £3 0s 0d after 6 months as I went into drawing office and had to wear a suit. Good money for 15 year old then.

1947
£2. As an Improver Welder.
£1-10-0 for lodgings 5/- saved for new clothes etc. 5/- spending money.

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Left school aged 15, first job Apprentice fabrication Engineer

First wage, after a 48 hour week £3.18/6 pence

The factory then deducted £1. 2 shillings for tools, boots and overalls

Paid ‘keep’ at home of £2

Left with the grand total of £1.16/6 to last the week :wink:

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£2.50 aged 15 yrs. as a trainee bookkeeper for a coal merchant's.

1961. £4 4s 6d as a laboratory assistant (after deductions - total wage was £4 14s 2d!)
Petrol was 4s 10d per gallon, beer 1s 7d a pint in the bar (1s 8d in the lounge!) and you could buy a 3 bed detached for about £2,500. You could on Teesside, that is.

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