"An apprentice at 16 think it was around £27 a week for 40 hours in the late 70’s .
Typo oops .  "
For the sake of a tenner....mind you, you’d get a bottle of md20/20 for that now! Saturday night sorted!  |
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"An apprentice at 16 think it was around £27 a week for 40 hours in the late 70’s .
Typo oops .
For the sake of a tenner....mind you, you’d get a bottle of md20/20 for that now! Saturday night sorted! "
Asda lingerie set more like .  |
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I sold tablet and macaroon at people's doors when I was 12. I think I probably earned about 50p!
I then went on to babysitting and working in a hotel as a waitress.
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First job when 14 was packing dummies and plasters into bags and stappling them to cardboard so they could be sold in corner shops
First proper job ie with national insurance card number being given out was jd sports in trongate in 1991 selling trainers and working in stockroom. Worked there all through uni too at weekends n holidays |
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In my early teens I did seasonal work fruit picking. Can't remember the pay but it seemed like long hours for very little return.
First proper job was as a barman in a fairly upmarket country hotel when I was 18 before going off to college. Again I can't remember how much I was paid but a pint of 80 shillings cost 64 pence in the lounge bar (less in the public bar). |
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I washed the vans at a company down the road as a weekend job when I was still at school, if it was too cold in the winter mornings I'd do a shift in their factory instead. They paid me £10 for a Saturday shift lol, to think how kids would react now to a tenner for a Saturday shift  . |
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Paper round £8 a week for the evening paper mon-sat
Then worked in shoefayre for £1.63 hour on a Saturday and left school and worked there full time till the store closed down and then I worked as a waitress for a while so many jobs over the years none of which made me happy became and apprentice at 28 |
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Worked on the sweetie counter in my parents off licence at 14, spent my Saturdays making up bags of penny mix sweets. Had a Christmas temp job at Kwik Save aged 16 then went to work at Pizza Hut and stayed through the next 5 years of college and uni! |
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My 1st job after graduating was collating the mental health statistics for scotland based at trinity for the combined services agency for about 14 grand a year in 1990. My work day consisted of adding 1s and 2s and subtracting the same as people went into or left psychiatric hospitals. I lasted 2 weeks before telling them to shove it! |
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Raspberry picking at aged 13. Worked Monday to Fri throughout the entire summer holidays earning 6p for every punnet picked. Worked 8 to 4 but walked for 40mins each way to reach my workplace. Happy days. |
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By *4Fun11Woman
over a year ago
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill  "
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos.  |
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"You're all very lucky you got to do jobs at such a young age. My sister and I weren't allowed as our parents were old fashioned x"
I wouldn’t say your parents were old fashioned. In times way before ours, children were always sent out to work.
It’s modern day thinking which prevents children from going out to work. The introduction of the UNCRC has switched the emphasis to promoting a child’s right to play, meaning they are kept safe and allowed to enjoy their childhood.
Your parents were more forward thinkers! |
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos. "
Aye!?!? You at work the now, are you? |
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By *4Fun11Woman
over a year ago
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos.
Aye!?!? You at work the now, are you?"
Oi cheeky!
I’m also amazing at multi tasking  |
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos.
Aye!?!? You at work the now, are you?
Oi cheeky!
I’m also amazing at multi tasking "
Aye, I’ve heard  |
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By *4Fun11Woman
over a year ago
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos.
Aye!?!? You at work the now, are you?
Oi cheeky!
I’m also amazing at multi tasking
Aye, I’ve heard "
Wait till you see me in action  |
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"I used to babysit my parents friends kids.
Money for sitting in front of the telly all night.
Brill
Then I moved on to waitressing, cleaning, bar work, filling shelves, shop assistant.
I have a high work ethos.
Aye!?!? You at work the now, are you?
Oi cheeky!
I’m also amazing at multi tasking
Aye, I’ve heard
Wait till you see me in action "
Get a room! |
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"You're all very lucky you got to do jobs at such a young age. My sister and I weren't allowed as our parents were old fashioned x
I wouldn’t say your parents were old fashioned. In times way before ours, children were always sent out to work.
It’s modern day thinking which prevents children from going out to work. The introduction of the UNCRC has switched the emphasis to promoting a child’s right to play, meaning they are kept safe and allowed to enjoy their childhood.
Your parents were more forward thinkers!"
My parents were strict  x |
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My first thing close to a job was selling Crisps and small bottles of Panda Pop door to door.
I realised I'd make more by splitting the multi-packs up and selling the crisps and juice at school for a slightly higher price, that was still cheaper than the lunchroom or the ice-cream van outside. |
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YTS at 17, 35 a week. I could pay my mum housekeeping and go the pub 3 nights a week on that back in the day. Still doing same kind if job 30 years later, love it |
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