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Title: how many of you had one??
Post by: Richie London on 03 June 2008, 21:32:30
paperound??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7431224.stm

i wouldnt be happy my boy doing one where he lived to be honest,
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Entwood on 03 June 2008, 21:42:15
As a kid I had 4 at once !!! ...

weekday mornings, weekday evenings, Saturday sports, sunday morning

:)

Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 03 June 2008, 22:04:13
I had a paper round and washed neighbours cars on a saturday, so i could buy Pringle jumpers, Ben Sherman Shirts, Farah trousers etc as mum and dad wouldn't ::)
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Marie on 03 June 2008, 22:11:43
Nope my mother used to pay me to do all the jobs round the house it was safer.

and slave labour!!!! :(
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Post by: Jay w on 03 June 2008, 22:12:48
i had 3, morning, evening and sundays, and the, like Loo Knee i used to wash cars n a saturday and sunday....

I was loaded, i was easily netting £50 a week at 14......easy money as far as i was concerned, all my mates were broke so i would lend them money, and the ones i didn't like so much i would charge interest  ;D

was gutted when i was 16 and started on a YTS scheme on £27.50 a week, a bloody pay cut and more hours, now that was slave labour  >:(
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Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 03 June 2008, 22:13:25
I don't think i would let are girls do a paper round now though it really isn't safe anymore >:(
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Vamps on 03 June 2008, 22:18:18
I had paper rounds as a kid, for a while I was a Butchers boy, one of those black bikes with a little wheel at the front and a basket on it, I was 12. Used to get paid £1.0.0. and make about 7/6 in tips, then we moved, back to paper rounds, only paid 12/6 so used to do sunday mornings as well for an extra 5/-
Happy days. ;D ;D ;D
Don't even talk about kids today working, or not, too overprotected and expect to get everything for nothing :(
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Vamps on 03 June 2008, 22:19:16
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I don't think i would let are girls do a paper round now though it really isn't safe anymore >:(

I only ever knew of paper boys never any girls that I met.
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: hotel21 on 03 June 2008, 22:27:57
Used to deliver prescriptions for the local chemist to the old 'uns that could not get in to uplift them.

Imagine the chaos of a 14 year old lad these days getting to grips with some of the fantastical concoctions of sleeping tabs and assorted amphets etc that are on the go with the street knowledge that now abounds...  Don't think it happens now, somehow....
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: albitz on 04 June 2008, 01:57:05
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Used to deliver prescriptions for the local chemist to the old 'uns that could not get in to uplift them.

Imagine the chaos of a 14 year old lad these days getting to grips with some of the fantastical concoctions of sleeping tabs and assorted amphets etc that are on the go with the street knowledge that now abounds...  Don't think it happens now, somehow....
they are called dealers nowadays. ;D
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 04 June 2008, 08:11:22
Yep, had a morning and an evening paper round.

Also used to bottle up and do odd jobs at the local Hotel followed later by glass collecting in an evening. Also used to decorate the rooms during the holiday periods.

It was good to have cash and save up to buy things, taught you the value of money.
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Post by: Dazzler on 04 June 2008, 09:15:56
Yep, i had 2.
Its a sad world now, when we don't want our kids too do one for fear of there safety >:(
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 04 June 2008, 09:19:25
I never had a paper round, but worked in the local supermarket 2 evenings a week (late night opening) plus Saturdays from the age of 14.
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Jimbob on 04 June 2008, 09:57:21
I had a dog walking round, easier, no early mornings and earned more  :D
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Jimbob on 04 June 2008, 09:58:09
Oh, and I used to collect golf balls from the Church graveyard (next to a golf course), then flog em back to the golfers  ;D


Happy days  ::)
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Martin_1962 on 04 June 2008, 09:58:31
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I had a paper round and washed neighbours cars on a saturday, so i could buy Pringle jumpers, Ben Sherman Shirts, Farah trousers etc as mum and dad wouldn't ::)


 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

What a waste
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Martin_1962 on 04 June 2008, 10:11:06
I used to mow lawns
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Post by: jereboam on 04 June 2008, 13:09:28
I had a paper round.  I lasted about 4 weeks.  Didn't like the walking, didn't like the stair climbing, didn't like the heavy bag, but most of all I didn't like the early mornings.

My son had a paper round for a few years - I tried to pay him to stop, because I thought he was being exploited - 50p a day for at least an  hour's work.  He carried on, though.  The only time I absolutely forbade him do the round was when we had a lot of snow and ice - I didn't think it would be safe on a push bike.  

People had their papers delivered by Volvo 960 Estate that day :)
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Post by: FRE07962128 on 04 June 2008, 19:45:28
I started to do an evening paper round, and working behind a newsagents counter from the age of 12 (strictly speaking against the by-laws of that district then and definately against them now).  I then continued to be a paper girl doing morning rounds, then marking-up, and final also working behind the retail counter after school/ at holidays.

When I left school at 15 (without any paper qualifications) I went into permanent employment with the newsagents company I had been working for whilst still at school, and 28 years later left them after I had risen through the management structure to be a Divisional Manager responsible for 186 branches.  But I never did, and still have not now, stopped missing doing a paper round.  The early mornings are a lovely time to be out regardless of the weather! :y
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: stuart30 on 04 June 2008, 20:14:07
Ive told my twins there both getting paper rounds soon....they didnt seem very impressed and just said ""dadda dadda...."" and walked off. ;D

Flaming kids of today.....no respect for there parents. ;D
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Richie London on 04 June 2008, 21:06:41
why work when they get it for doing break all.  i had paper round, milk round, and new doc martins at the end of it  :) :)
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Andyb on 04 June 2008, 21:10:34
richierich
do you remember dillons round the corner from you
cos i worked there for about 5 yrs
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Post by: John Lewis on 05 June 2008, 01:06:08
I had a paper round, but got the sack. No joke, really, I did!!  ;D

Then I got a job in a fishmongers for a Saturday job, stinky trainers ahoy!

I've always been rubbish at getting up, thats why I started my own business, now I stop work/go to bed at about 3am, get up at 10 (ish)!

Only a few hrs left!
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: amigov6 on 05 June 2008, 21:00:33
Paper round, milk round, golf caddie & helped the old boy who chopped & delivered logs. I had a B/W portable telly & a Ferguson radio/cassette in my room.
      I hate sounding like my Dad but today's youth want too much for nothing. Still passed my O levels. (except maths)!!!!!
Title: Re: how many of you had one??
Post by: Richie London on 05 June 2008, 21:05:35
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richierich
do you remember dillons round the corner from you
cos i worked there for about 5 yrs

i remember it yeah, i used to go in there a lot,you must remember john and kev mcglyn, des smith,the harlings, mcglyns they lived opposite in willet close,  :y