First ever job?

Those of you who know Stockport, do you remember where C&A used to be, there was a fruit and veg retailer in the middle of the walkway, well that's where I had my first job and I hated it.
An eleven hour day (7am-6pm) and got paid £7
 
Finished my A levels in June 74 and was due to start a uni sandwich course at a local Engineering firm in the Setember so thought I'd sign on the dole for the summer - Bast**ds found me a job as a Dustbin Man. These were the days of metal bins that you had to lift on your shoulder and empty into truck yourself - no wheely bins or lifting gear. Still the £34 a week came in very useful.
 
When I was 16 I left school and was due to start an apprenticeship in the September, so for the summer between May and Sept I worked at the airport for a catering company. My job was to stand at a conveyer belt and as a food tray passed by I would put a little carton of butter and milk in one of the plastic pots.. did that non stop for 8 hours a day.. was ok money in 98 about 5 pound an hour and I did loads of overtime so I was coming out with 300+ a week.. for a 16 year old kid it was great.. soon came to earth with a bump though when i was working all week for 65 quid as an apprentice.
 
paper boy, 12 years old i worked around 1 and a half hours evey morning for 7 days a week, i got paid £6 per week!!
 
worked on a carpet stall on newton heath market aged around 11, once id left school i worked at smiths grocers on old church street. then out of the blue came a carpet shop job at 17, no choice had to take it, smithey paid 5 quid a week carpet job £9, thank you i'll have that.
 
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