11 Dec
7:05pm, 11 Dec 2024
51,580 posts
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Merry Christmas and Happy NewG(rrr)
£1.67 in 1984 sort of era working in a shoe shop. I thought it was a fortune. Loved having my own money!  G
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11 Dec
7:31pm, 11 Dec 2024
1,583 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
In 1984, my gross monthly pay was £284.
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11 Dec
7:37pm, 11 Dec 2024
28,571 posts
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TROSaracen
I think I got £5.72 a week for doing a paper round, 7 days and I used to get in early and set out the rounds for everyone else (which got me around £1 of that). Felt rich on the day you got your cash, in a little brown envelope with a window, each week. Barely covers a coffee these days…. |
12 Dec
6:31am, 12 Dec 2024
18,241 posts
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jdawayinamanger
theguardian.com Of course Starmerites will stubbornly cling to the wrong side of the argument and be on the wrong side of history. |
12 Dec
6:37am, 12 Dec 2024
24,561 posts
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Dave W
A majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market, according to a cross-Europe study that also found a reciprocal desire in member states for closer links with the UK. Among all UK voters, 68% of respondents would now back free movement in exchange for single market access, with 19% opposed and majority support among supporters of every party apart from Reform UK (44% of whose voters also backed the idea). Excerpts from the article above. Is the tide turning? |
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12 Dec
7:17am, 12 Dec 2024
18,242 posts
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jdawayinamanger
Starmerites will hold out against it. Can’t admit to being wrong when it’s staring them in the face.
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12 Dec
8:44am, 12 Dec 2024
26,298 posts
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larkim
1987-8 I worked as a 15yo delivering cream door to door ("CreamBoy" was the brand name!). 4 hours it took to walk the route I was assigned to, 8p per single pot I sold, 5p if I sold in multiples. Would earn about £4 or £5 on a regular Friday doing the round, so probably about £1.25 per hour max.
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12 Dec
9:16am, 12 Dec 2024
27,779 posts
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Bazoaxe
lol larkim, I did the same job but a few years before you. At Christmas my goods on offer expanded to include various butchers stuff and also gifts. On the day I had to do the Christmas deliveries I had some sickness bug and my Mum had to do the round for me
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12 Dec
10:51am, 12 Dec 2024
3,357 posts
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B Rubble
I did quite well on £2.97/hour as a graduate civil engineer on construction sites in 1988. It shows that it was worth getting a degree in those days.
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12 Dec
10:56am, 12 Dec 2024
3,358 posts
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B Rubble
Is this turning into the over 50s thread......?
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