tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post933072388031839866..comments2024-03-28T18:43:48.393+00:00Comments on Scroblene...: Four quid...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-41277949937646733702017-03-14T14:48:11.455+00:002017-03-14T14:48:11.455+00:00My first starting salary netted out to £120 a mont...My first starting salary netted out to £120 a month.<br /><br />If we had anything left at the end of the week we went for a pint (emphasis - "a" pint: not an evening in the pub. It didn't happen every week.<br /><br />I can't remember what those pints cost, but I do remember my brother and I giving up Guiness when it went up to 25p a pint, on the grounds that five bob was a ridiculous amount of money for a pint. So presumably the good old Ridley's was quite a bit cheaper.<br /><br />Ou sont les neiges d'antan...Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-54800204865272196572017-02-25T06:05:30.266+00:002017-02-25T06:05:30.266+00:00And you've got a countryside which is just mar...And you've got a countryside which is just marvellous, Elecs...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-68297829165914140232017-02-21T17:56:29.198+00:002017-02-21T17:56:29.198+00:00About £3.50 'round 'ere. I tend to drink l...About £3.50 'round 'ere. I tend to drink less now anyway, so it doesn't matter so much. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-53359821020354452282017-02-19T18:30:46.928+00:002017-02-19T18:30:46.928+00:00Stock stuff, Mr H! Forgot to take the phone for a ...Stock stuff, Mr H! Forgot to take the phone for a pic...Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-3771253161045298772017-02-19T18:29:27.402+00:002017-02-19T18:29:27.402+00:00Not a bad return for all that graft, Reevers!
I d...Not a bad return for all that graft, Reevers!<br /><br />I didn't do a paper round, but did work for my dad at Guinness during hop-picking, and also the preparation weeks!<br /><br />But Four quid! Bugger that!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-79176352585315375092017-02-19T16:28:23.559+00:002017-02-19T16:28:23.559+00:00Four quid! No wonder you took a photo of it.Four quid! No wonder you took a photo of it.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1951383775805178587.post-48054821785124104722017-02-19T04:36:46.233+00:002017-02-19T04:36:46.233+00:00
Ha! Mine was five pounds fourteen shillings and t...<br />Ha! Mine was five pounds fourteen shillings and twopence (after tax and insurance!!!) of which I gave one pound and sixpence to my mum as my contribution towards the housekeeping. I needed the rest for my tube fares into London and a bite of lunch and 3d for the daily Evening News on the way home. I used to give the paper seller a sixpenny bit and got a threepenny in return which went into my savings tin = savings for emergencies (like fares and food and papers) in the last week of every month! <br /><br />After a few months in the job I qualified for five luncheon vouchers a week worth 1/6d each! Sheer unadulterated luxury as it meant I could then patronise a local cafe which provided a plate of solid nourishment for lunch for half a crown (including the LVs which they accepted). Do firms still provide luncheon vouchers these days?<br /><br />For the first year or so in work, I also maintained my paper round which paid me a further 10 bob a week.<br /><br />Them was the days...<br />rvinoreply@blogger.com