Left school at 15 with nowt
got a job in a furniture shop in the warehouse .£5 per week £4.47 after stoppages but a pint of mild was .11p
then apprentice carpet fitter till 17 on £15
next plant driving at a quarry till 19 £ 50 is per week
Forklift truck driver in a factory 20 £25 per week
back to the quarry and £50 per week until 21 years old
went selfemployed on my 21 birthday in 1976 as a carpet fitter
been in that trade ever since and it is crap now with no one spending on their houses so would take a job if offered one.