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Richie London

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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #15 on: 22 September 2008, 20:33:45 »
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Started work in summer of 76 worked in aylesford paper mill with me grandad took home £28.50 . Gave me mum a fiver i think , put £4 in the tank of me Honda ss 50 (gutted all me mates had fizzies) 45mph flat out except down bluebell hill then i got it up to 60 > Oh happy days, hot sun  cheap beer and no cares in the world only downside was i had to do shift work ,nights at 16 theres a culture shock :) :)

you got it there, i used to walk home or night bus from a club at weekends. couldnt risk doing that today,
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #16 on: 22 September 2008, 21:23:03 »
Nlce to know someome else had a ss50 happy days.
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #17 on: 22 September 2008, 21:30:31 »
First proper wages in the RN Sept 1979 and as Entwood says ..... except I only had to rhyme off my 'ship's book number' - last half of my service number for which I recieved £18-   :-?

I thought sod that I'm being paid straight into the bank, so I only had to do it one more time.  ;)
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #18 on: 22 September 2008, 22:43:40 »
1983. £37.50 working a 5 n half day week at a builders merchants.
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #19 on: 22 September 2008, 22:57:42 »
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Nlce to know someome else had a ss50 happy days.

I had one in 1973, the first of them, my mate had a fizzie. :y
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« Reply #20 on: 22 September 2008, 23:03:42 »
summer of 76 - same as optimist - wage was around 20 quid. working ina place that made school books,just what you want when youve just left school. ::)
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #21 on: 22 September 2008, 23:05:11 »
1972 left school in July aged 14years 11 months and 2 weeks. Was Joining the Navy in November, mother said get a Job or go back to school till November ::) ::) ::)
Walked up and down Stockton high street and ended up with a Job in Greenwoods, £8.00 per week, £3.00 board and the rest mine, to pay the bus to work and lunches. :y

In October 1972 my mate, who looked about 12, and myself went into a pub and did not get served, a few weeks later with the same mate but in NAVY Uniform we went into the same pub, the Landlord served us but said sit in the corner and this is the only one you are getting tonight. :)

It all seems like yesterday. :'(
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« Reply #22 on: 22 September 2008, 23:05:16 »
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Nlce to know someome else had a ss50 happy days.

I had one in 1973, the first of them, my mate had a fizzie. :y
The SS50 was cool coz it had straight bars and a high level exhaust, unlike the fizzy...



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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #23 on: 22 September 2008, 23:08:58 »
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Nlce to know someome else had a ss50 happy days.

I had one in 1973, the first of them, my mate had a fizzie. :y
The SS50 was cool coz it had straight bars and a high level exhaust, unlike the fizzy...




Mine was a metalic green, take out the baffle and sand down the throttle needle to make it go a bit faster. :D
Feeling quite nostalgic now :'(
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #24 on: 22 September 2008, 23:09:50 »
1971 £8 per week as a coalminer £5 went to family (17 of us in the same house)  left that in 1972 and run away to join Navy £7 per fortnight in training which went up to £13 on first draft at sea. Still sent home half my pay to Mum which I never stopped until six months after I got Married. Mum was not impressed.
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #25 on: 22 September 2008, 23:10:27 »
36 years later and they were a lot faster than my stepsons 50cc scooter. :y
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« Reply #26 on: 22 September 2008, 23:11:26 »
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1971 £8 per week as a coalminer £5 went to family (17 of us in the same house)  left that in 1972 and run away to join Navy £7 per fortnight in training which went up to £13 on first draft at sea. Still sent home half my pay to Mum which I never stopped until six months after I got Married. Mum was not impressed.

Did you go to Ganges :question
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« Reply #27 on: 22 September 2008, 23:16:21 »
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1971 £8 per week as a coalminer £5 went to family (17 of us in the same house)  left that in 1972 and run away to join Navy £7 per fortnight in training which went up to £13 on first draft at sea. Still sent home half my pay to Mum which I never stopped until six months after I got Married. Mum was not impressed.

Did you go to Ganges :question


No to old (sixteen and half) ended up in Anson block Raliegh. Seems to be a few ex-Matelots as members of the forum. :y
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« Reply #28 on: 22 September 2008, 23:26:49 »
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1971 £8 per week as a coalminer £5 went to family (17 of us in the same house)  left that in 1972 and run away to join Navy £7 per fortnight in training which went up to £13 on first draft at sea. Still sent home half my pay to Mum which I never stopped until six months after I got Married. Mum was not impressed.

Did you go to Ganges :question


No to old (sixteen and half) ended up in Anson block Raliegh. Seems to be a few ex-Matelots as members of the forum. :y
A six week wonder iirc..... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: First pay packet
« Reply #29 on: 22 September 2008, 23:27:08 »
I can still remember the £-s-d Just  :-/[/quote]
decimalisation came in 1971 ...I  was eleven and remember all the old coinage well ......half crown 2/6 was my favourite. :y[/quote]

That happened just before I hatched :-/ - And i am trying to adjust to  hitting 40 in a couple of years !!

I feel young again ;D
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