Bloody Hell Wingy! £7.20 an hour in the 70's?? What was that for? CEO of British Gas? I was working at the Morris - on nights - and on what was considered decent money. About 6.5k a year, which was £125 for a 40 hour week, which equates to roughly £3.12 an hour. That was back in the day when the foreman bought the wages round on a wheeled trolly every Thursday and you were paid in cash!
Great for the people who's wage has gone up but prices will increase by just a bit more to cover it, my wages haven't gone up and I don't think they will until the living wage catches up with me.
Bloody Hell Wingy! £7.20 an hour in the 70's?? What was that for? CEO of British Gas? I was working at the Morris - on nights - and on what was considered decent money. About 6.5k a year, which was £125 for a 40 hour week, which equates to roughly £3.12 an hour. That was back in the day when the foreman bought the wages round on a wheeled trolly every Thursday and you were paid in cash!
Bloody Hell Wingy! £7.20 an hour in the 70's?? What was that for? CEO of British Gas? I was working at the Morris - on nights - and on what was considered decent money. About 6.5k a year, which was £125 for a 40 hour week, which equates to roughly £3.12 an hour. That was back in the day when the foreman bought the wages round on a wheeled trolly every Thursday and you were paid in cash!
a pint was 14p in 1973 - so HH earned the equivalent of a pint every 70 seconds -
say £3.50 a pint today - that is equivalent to a salary of £350k + to pay for the same beer
I can remember moaning when it went to £2 per pint.
The worst I had was in the Hilton in London a few years ago while working at an exhibition asked a co-worker if they wanted a drink she said double vodka and coke it cost me £14 which about ten years ago was nearly three hours pay for me