Remember your first full time wage packet

[TJ Smiler]

Left school (well, got expelled) in 89 and got a job in a t-shirt warehouse, was paid about 90 quid a week. Used to love getting that brown envelope every Friday. Joined the Royal Green Jackets in 92 an got £430 a month, obviously all accommodation and food etc were taken care of so felt like a load of money to me then. When we were away from home we got paid extra and of course you can't spend any money in a big field lol so when we got home i would have bundles in the bank.... Remember being in Norway for five months and came home to nearly £5000 in the bank, blew the bloody lot on a holiday with the boys to Spain and one of them massive music stack systems JVC...... Great days but hindsight hindsight hindsight young man, give me 5 grand now and it would be so different

 

[Perry]

Was that Rob Stride, the pub singer:lol:

robs older brother they were both the pub singers

 

[jonnyc]

Haileybury College..... My girlfriend works there. Don't know if it was when you were going there mate (no offence lol) but it is now a private school, think it cost about thirty odd grand a year to send your nippers there. She says it's a great school though. Small world eh?

It's always been private.my father sent me there as a boarder because he and other relatives went there before him.
think I am probably the only tiler to have ever come from there!!!!

 

[jonnyc]

Haileybury College..... My girlfriend works there. Don't know if it was when you were going there mate (no offence lol) but it is now a private school, think it cost about thirty odd grand a year to send your nippers there. She says it's a great school though. Small world eh?

what does your wife do at haileybury for work.
interesting to see that you have military background.
haileybury has always been very orientated towards military.
it used to be the imperial services college as you will know.
proudly we have 18 victoria crosses and only beaten by eaton and harrow .
i am quite proud of fact that i managed to fire a groy( butter pat ) and get it to stick to the ceiling of our dining room ceiling which is still i beleive the largest unsupported dome in uk.
this is quite a feat and involved alot of fork bending and hardening .
i trust your wife does not have to deal with foreign matter stuck to the dome which my my memory must be at least 20 mts high

 

[thompsonbrown]

1986 £27 youth training scheme, £35 in year 2. had a great boss who made my wadges up-to £80 first year £160 second. worked for him for 5 years and at the time and probably now, it was the best money I ever earned. Retrospectively. Nice post brought a lot of good memories back.