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Giles writes
On 02/07/2013 18:38, ARW wrote:
They will rise from £2.65 per hour to £2.68 per hour. That's a whole £1.20 a
week extra for working a 40 hour week.

Would you still want your child to take an apprenticeship?




When I was an apprentice in the early sixties I got just over £2.00 per
week - and we worked from 8.30am until 6.00pm Monday to Friday, and
until 1.00pm on Saturday. In comparison - even taking inflation into
account - £107 per week seems not too bad.

£4-8/- a week for an electrical engineering apprentice 1960. There may
have been a slight element of London weighting.



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Tim Lamb