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Old 03-07-2010, 12:16   #49
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Re: Rock around the Clock, Bill Haley

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Originally Posted by south aussie View Post
If you were like me your '' best suit'' was your only suit.

Apprentice wages did not stretch too far.
How much did we earn in1968?
Must have been about 9 or 10 quid.
Talking of wages, when I started work in 1962 as an happyrentice joiner I was on 7d an hour I think, for a 46hr week so that was £1-6s-10d for the week, oh the good old days
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