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pifco · 10-08-2018, 13:43

In 62 I started as an apprentice compositor at the nationally agreed wage of £3 7s 3d per week which I didn't think was bad at the time but when I received my first weeks wage I got a shock to find 6s 9d had been taken out for "stamp" or NI contributions as they now called. The basic minimum wage for a compositor at the time was £12.

10-08-2018, 13:43	#3
pifco Full Member+ Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 546 Liked: 225 times Rep Power: 68570	Re: Wow! Now That Seems A Good Wage. In 62 I started as an apprentice compositor at the nationally agreed wage of £3 7s 3d per week which I didn't think was bad at the time but when I received my first weeks wage I got a shock to find 6s 9d had been taken out for "stamp" or NI contributions as they now called. The basic minimum wage for a compositor at the time was £12.