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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Fri 6 Mar 15:42
My parents worked on a farm with long hours and low pay, so regular pocket money wasn`t something I ever got or asked for. When I was 13, I got a morning paper round. I had around 60 customers and was paid 10 shillings (50p) for Mon - Sat and 4 shillings (20p) for the Sunday. Many customers bought 2 or even 3 Sunday papers and the bag weighed a ton. 😰
That might not seem like a lot, but it was just 2 bob (10p) for kids to watch the Pars back then. My son did a paper round for a year in the mid 90s and earned considerably more than I did, but newspapers had increased dramatically in the intervening years. Do we still have paper boys/girls nowadays, and if so, how much can they earn per week?
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 6 Mar 15:44
I`m amazed when I see physical papers nowadays. I suspect it`s mainly older people buying them. The Press is much thinner than it used to be and is mainly adverts.
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Topic Originator: widtink
Date: Fri 6 Mar 16:25
The press hasn`t been the same since they downsized it in my opinion.
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Topic Originator: DJAS
Date: Fri 6 Mar 16:50
I was £7 for Mon-Sat. They don’t have any round our way nowadays there isn’t enough to demand to a newspaper
Predictor league winner 2012/2013
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Topic Originator: parsfan
Date: Fri 6 Mar 16:55
Fridays...Press day in the late 70s. The bag was more than twice as heavy as any other day and the ink just oozed off of them so you came home looking like you`d done a shift down the mine.
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The universe is ruled by chance and indifference
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 6 Mar 17:00
Aye GG there are still paper boys and girls around my town most on bikes .. but some getting driven around by their Mam or Dad at breakneck speeds :-o))
Was never a paper boy masel .. but got a Saturday job delivering the butcher meat .. no cold storage on the bike .. 9 bob for the Saturday .. but had to clean all the machines .. ham .. mince .. dripping .. et al
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 6 Mar 17:49
Did a morning and an evening paper round, the latter was the sports papers.
Best time was Christmas for the tips, the guy in Queensferry Road must have been a millionaire, very generous!💰💰💰
Thought I was doing alright with wages from Elders till I covered a round down the Married Quarters, some negotiations were required.
And no OMO jokes!🤔🙈
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Fri 6 Mar 22:23
Remember the press being so large,that you had to put on the floor to read it!😆Your arms just about fell off,trying to hold it up!
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Fri 6 Mar 23:15
Did the Camdean round for a few years for £4 a week.
Loved it apart from the Sunday, heavy bag day.
RS McColls binned me as I wouldn’t deliver to a house with a mad dog in the garden 3 weeks running.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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