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Photo: Dennis Seddon
Photo: Dennis Seddon
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Item #: 20777
Item #: 20777
My mother's pay for six days work on the Pit Brow at Alexandra Pit, Whelley about 70 years ago.
Comment by: D. on 30th May 2012 at 09:17
Not much pay for what must have been a very difficult and demanding job.
Comment by: Dave Marsh on 30th May 2012 at 12:04
Thanks for this photo,Dennis,a bit of real social history.I never earned large sums in my working life but sometimes I would remember that in the fifties I worked a whole month for the same money I could earn in 1 hour in recent years.
Comment by: AP on 30th May 2012 at 12:07
Current data is only available till 2010. In 2010, £1 18s 6d from 1942 is worth
£70.00 using the retail price index
£225.00 using average earnings
Comment by: John on 30th May 2012 at 20:19
Pitiful - just pitiful !
Comment by: Colin Harlow on 31st May 2012 at 08:14
My first wage learning an apprenticeship in 1971, was £3.
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