Cliff Ton 10,555 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 The topic about paper rounds reminded me that when I did one, it meant a massive increase in the amount of money I had for myself every week. My first pocket money was 2/- a week (probably around 1963-4), but it was supplemented by my grandma who used to come to our house once a week and she'd give me 6d; so I had the grand weekly total of 2/6. Some of it I'd spend in the week, and some I would save for when we went on holiday in the summer. By holiday time I always had around 22/6 to spend at Skeg. When I eventually stopped having pocket/spending money, I was receiving the massive sum of 50p. But by then I'd also done a paper round for about 18 months where I got 18/-, so for a while around 1970-1 my weekly income was over £1. Can't remember what I did with it all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Tanner a day ' cept on sunday...'Dont need pocket money on sunday, no shops are open' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 6d a week in the mid 50s, but my grandma, who lived with us, invariably bought me a 6d bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk on Tuesdays when she drew her pension. Later increased to 1/- and then five bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 like fynger i got 6d a day untill i started senior school then i got 5silllings a week as well as 6d perday. anything i wanted on top of this i had to earn running erands for the nieghbours babysitting paper rounds . but dad always brought us 5 shillings worth of sweets every sunday afternoon and mum always brought our comics for us. so i did well really my extras i had to provide for myself were ice skating horse riding coffees fanta at youth clubs or cafes and certain clothes i wanted but mum would not buy for me so i would save my money and buy them myself and sometimes have to leave at my friends houses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Nowt it never changed even with inflation Had to work for everything i got I think the first money i got was from returning beer bottles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Starting about 1956 (aged 5) got one threpenny bit per week, went up to a suzy (sixpence) a couple of years later, then zoomed to 1/3d when I passed my eleven plus in 1962............................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Me too...age five..threepenny bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 I only get £20 a week now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 20, 2012 Report Share Posted October 20, 2012 Does that include your cartography allowance Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Yes but I would "get lost" with out it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Started at 3d a week about 1952, but also got my comic supplied, The Topper, and paid into Saturday morning pics at the Empress. A year or so later, supplemented with 6d from Grandma, and 1/- from Great Aunt and Uncle! Reckon I did quite well really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 6d a week (early 1950s) plus 6d bar of Cadbury's Dairy Milk from my grandma every Tuesday when she drew her pension. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 All you folk with rich parents . My parents never gave me any spending money ,from as early as I can remember I had to work for every penny . I lived in Netherfield and I used to little jobs for neighbours like carrying shopping or sweeping a path I usually got paid with a pop bottle ,I started as far as I can remember when I was four and by the time I started school just before my 5th birthday I had saved £2 .1.3d . By the time I was 8 I used to transport ducks and chickens in a trailer on my bike from Nottingham Cattle Market to the allotments in Netherfield for 6d each ,on my way into Nottingham I took old woollens and rags to Tricketts on Trent lane , on a good Saturday I could make upto £1 ,but it was a long hard bike ride for little legs ....there is still a man living in Netherfield who owes me 6d as he was drunk and refused to pay me ,I really should go round and give him a kicking and get my money + interest ...But he's 90 now so perhaps not . I ask my Dad why I didn't get any spending money and he said he'd given me a good work ethic instead ....I suppose it's like the old saying " give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day .....Teach him to fish and he'll eat everyday and sell the surplus for profit". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Welcome Bob Shureuncle, love your name - 'how tickled I am'. An interesting tale you tell of your hard done to childhood; still, a little bit of hard work never did anyone any harm! Signed: Fanny Shureaunt (this is catching!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Wow the Queen wants to give me money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 By the time I was 8 I used to transport ducks and chickens in a trailer on my bike from Nottingham Cattle Market to the allotments in Netherfield for 6d each , Sixpence each? Good grief - it would have been cheaper (pardon the pun) for them catch the bus ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stan 386 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 "I ask my Dad why I didn't get any spending money and he said he'd given me a good work ethic instead ....I suppose it's like the old saying " give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day .....Teach him to fish and he'll eat everyday and sell the surplus for profit". How true this is Bob S. I never received a penny from my Dad -ever ! ' Worked for Dewhursts on Hockley from aged 13yrs and Co-Op at Bilborough from 14yrs until I started work after leaving school ( I wanted to stay on but he was too mean to let me). It took me 4 years to save enough money to do my A levels at the Tech. Result? I spoiled my kids wrotten! The 2 boys as a result are idle . The 2 girls had part time jobs at school and university.(their choice) Result the 2 girls have become Barristers. The boys,although being as bright as the girls are still loafers. What do you deduce from that? For me,at my age I am still as tight as a clam with myself (but not others). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Shureuncle 19 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Sixpence each? Good grief - it would have been cheaper (pardon the pun) for them catch the bus ! The men were not allowed to take them on the bus ,so I could name my own price ,most only wanted to pay 3d or 4d but I stuck out for a tanner because I knew they wouldn't walk and they couldn't take them in the pub on Meadow Lane with them , so they had to pay . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Used to get a 5er a week, to spend on what I wanted (usually mags, sweets... The usual stuff) till I was about 13 then whatever mum got as child benefit, she just gave to me cos I used to venture into town every Saturday with friends Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 bobs your uncle i sure from your discription of your early life in netho i must know you i also used to see karl and the idlebuggers as we used to call them at the carlton and other local haunts around carlton and sometimes a bit further afield our paths must have crossed got a feelling you might have lived on arthur st. babs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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