On 22/02/2015 19:31, Mr Pounder wrote:
"Nightjar .me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote in message
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On 22/02/2015 16:53, ARW wrote:
The most interesting bit is the last sentence of the story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-31550473


So what do you get paid these days if you go to college when you leave
school?

There was a time when apprentices had to pay for the privilege of being an
apprentice and learning a useful skill.

When would this be and for which apprenticeship?...

It became a legal requirement in 1768, although it had been common
practice for some time before that, and it applied to all
apprenticeships. I presume it ceased to be a legal requirement in 1814,
when it also became legal to practice a trade without first having
served a seven year apprenticeship. However, my late father had to pay a
fee to be apprenticed as a surgical instrument maker in the 1930s.

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Colin Bignell