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"Why are you sorry Steve?
13 is small "
It is but I wasn't down a coal mine and I was more than happy to have some money in my pocket. Not least because it gave me a little independence. Our kids weren't legally allowed to work until 16. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"18 as an apprentice on a whopping £2.73 an hour 
I got my first full time job age 18 as a library assistant. I was paid £4191 per year"
And know can afford holidays abroad |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"you got your first paid job?
- eurgh. Capitalism amirite  "
22. What realistic Utopia, taking into consideration that people want their freedom AND equality, do you have in your manifesto to replace Capitalism, OP? Just wondering seeing as you bang on about the evils of anything beyond the far left of centre in the political spectrum often enough. |
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"you got your first paid job?
- eurgh. Capitalism amirite
22. What realistic Utopia, taking into consideration that people want their freedom AND equality, do you have in your manifesto to replace Capitalism, OP? Just wondering seeing as you bang on about the evils of anything beyond the far left of centre in the political spectrum often enough."
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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago
local, but not too local |
Paper round early teens until I left for uni.
It was the free paper on a Friday night and I used to basically run it with a full bag. £/hr worked out pretty decent.
Then worked my placement year, saved enough to live on until I graduated. |
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"you got your first paid job?
- eurgh. Capitalism amirite
22. What realistic Utopia, taking into consideration that people want their freedom AND equality, do you have in your manifesto to replace Capitalism, OP? Just wondering seeing as you bang on about the evils of anything beyond the far left of centre in the political spectrum often enough."
Old JC's manifesto was pretty solid to be fair. |
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By *ilfMan
over a year ago
GLOUCESTER |
16. A Christian & outreach printing company.
Left after I discovered they used my photo for a fake "we helped this homeless person" story in a shareholders leaflet. Made a complaint and with my parents threatened legal proceedings and settled out of court.
Actually ended up working with some of the same people years later elsewhere who left for the same reason. |
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By *ilfMan
over a year ago
GLOUCESTER |
"16. A Christian & outreach printing company.
Left after I discovered they used my photo for a fake "we helped this homeless person" story in a shareholders leaflet. Made a complaint and with my parents threatened legal proceedings and settled out of court.
Actually ended up working with some of the same people years later elsewhere who left for the same reason."
Then moved into an apprenticeship with a butchers, 2008 recession hit, let go, went self employed into the jewellery trade, now full time with that for over 14 years. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"you got your first paid job?
- eurgh. Capitalism amirite
22. What realistic Utopia, taking into consideration that people want their freedom AND equality, do you have in your manifesto to replace Capitalism, OP? Just wondering seeing as you bang on about the evils of anything beyond the far left of centre in the political spectrum often enough."
If I bang on about it too much, I’m sorry. You’re free to continue to ignore me |
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11 and it allowed me the freedom to work hard, get paid and buy myself a sick Spider-Man toy that was all the more sick because I earned it myself
But fuck capitalism right? Because *checks notes*… it’s really really super evil and stuff |
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I was 10 when I used to help out on the milkmans round back in the days before the stuff contained preservatives and came in plastic bottles, and of course before HSE were around to poker their noses in to prevent you having fun. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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16
YTS
Was not on it long chap took me on at pharmaceutical factory
Was on mega money then
£189 week
Only had to give my landlady £40 a week
Bought my first motorcycle Honda CB 125  |
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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago
Chippenham Malmesbury area |
"I was 10 when I used to help out on the milkmans round back in the days before the stuff contained preservatives and came in plastic bottles, and of course before HSE were around to poker their noses in to prevent you having fun."
I guess all those workers whose lives have been distroyed through accidents in the work place really miss the "fun" of being mangled, crushed and mutilated by some machine, truck, explosion... |
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Grew up on a farm so I've always worked. If we'd done something exceptional like after lambing we'd get a bit of money from my grandparents. Outside of home, when I was 17 in a local pub in the evenings and weekends, initially as a pit scrubber then waitressing and bar work when I turned 18.
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"16..YTS for those that remember them..£27.50 a week 
Yes I remember was £26 when I started "
16 and was £23 a week when I started, gave my mam £10 a week board and saved the rest to put towards a wedding/house |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
"I was about 14 or 15 I think. Saturday evening in a chippie cleaning all the glass windows and trays/grates inside the display cases.
Were you paid in scraps ?"
Not far off I think I earned about £4 for the 3 hours work but as they had a wet fish counter too, I often got fresh crabs to take home too. |
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Paper boy first and delivered the papers announcing man had landed on the moon.
First full time job 15, left school on Friday, started Monday.
Got paid £10.00 gave 1 pound ten shillings house keeping.
Bought a Dansette record player.
Bought a pair of Levis.
Put a deposit on a motor bike and still had money left the following week |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"13, as a papergirl. "
Paper round in Peckham when 14, earned the princely sum of £6.25 per week which paid for entry into Millwall, a programme and a dirty burger |
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"you got your first paid job?
- eurgh. Capitalism amirite "
Window cleaning with my uncle at 14.
Before that used to pick strawberries in the summer hols when living in Lincolnshire hard work that used to get 25p a punnet but they where more like buckets and would take ages to fill.
Some weeks I'd make a whole £5
Still it was the 70's and it would go a loooong way |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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14/15
Paper round paid 7.50 a week.
I then picked up a separate saturday and sunday round that both paid 2.50 each, a Thursday round fir the local paper was 3.50.
After my saturday round I'd cycle 6 miles to work in a garage fitting tyres for 2.50 an hour from 8 to 1pm.
Nearly £30 a week and I was loaded
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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13, got a job helping the milkman and got paid 50p... (it was only 3 long roads, at the end of his round.
I did the whole round one weekend, but it was freezing cold. sleet, snow and rain. 5am start. I was so cold.... i never did it again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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12. Was supposed to be 13 to get a paper round but my sister shared hers. Evening post, 5 days a week and had to knock and collect the money on a Friday
Mr |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
Newcastle |
"12 I think paper round I got great tips at Christmas
My son got £120 one year! Hes very smart and gave all his customers a Christmas card "
Wow,I was pretty smart as a child and still seems to have followed me as it still find money in the streets and not looking for it can just turn up whilst passing notes must have found fair amount mind you the guy who I used to deliver the papers for pure greedy used to try and keep half of the money left by customers whose papers I was going to post |
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By *adyJayneWoman
over a year ago
Burnleyish (She/They) |
8/9 maybe... But my parents owned their own business so it was a way to keep me occupied during holidays.
Pocket money stopped and I was given a proper Saturday job at 13, with paid work monday-friday in the holidays. |
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I’m so sorry 
did some pointing up for some brickies, ended up spending the 6 weeks holidays with them at the end they gave me and my mate £2! Each!! 
D.
