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dotti34 · 11-08-2018, 23:57

My first wage was £2.2s.6d for a 5½ day week including Saturday until 6 p.m. with half a day off during the week. This was in 1949. When I was saving for a holiday I washed dishes at a local fish and chip shop on Saturday nights for a couple of hours and if I remember correctly I got 2s 6d and my supper. I think I was about 15. I don't think kids would work for that these days somehow.

Him indoors started at £1.10.0d a week as an apprentice carpenter. When he finished his apprenticeship a carpenter’s gross wage was £9.9.0d.

11-08-2018, 23:57	#4
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,182 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1471 times Rep Power: 634154	Re: Wow! Now That Seems A Good Wage. My first wage was £2.2s.6d for a 5½ day week including Saturday until 6 p.m. with half a day off during the week. This was in 1949. When I was saving for a holiday I washed dishes at a local fish and chip shop on Saturday nights for a couple of hours and if I remember correctly I got 2s 6d and my supper. I think I was about 15. I don't think kids would work for that these days somehow. Him indoors started at £1.10.0d a week as an apprentice carpenter. When he finished his apprenticeship a carpenter’s gross wage was £9.9.0d.