New Posts For Thread: Jobs you did as a teenagerhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenagerAs it says on the tin. Two stick out in my mind. The first one was working at the deli counter of Sainsbury's when I was doing my A levels. Used to go in there for the weekend morning shifts after being out on the lash. The smell of the strong cheeseWhile at school worked at a garage on the petrol pumps for 25p an hour rising to 30p and hour after a while. Poor pay as some of my schoolmates were earning double that or more at Marks or Woolies.Did Royal Mail at Christmas for a couple of years whhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536182595#536182595While at school worked at a garage on the petrol pumps for 25p an hour rising to 30p and hour after a while. Poor pay as some of my schoolmates were earning double that or more at Marks or Woolies.Did Royal Mail at Christmas for a couple of years whMon, 28 Oct 2013 09:16:46 -0500Saturday job 14-15 ,general dogsbody in a caff YTS govt scheme ,3 months - painting curch halls ,and fixing together pieces of plastic Bakery -10 months - extremely good pay for an 18 year old and a great job most enjoyment i've had in a 'proper jhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536181053#536181053Saturday job 14-15 ,general dogsbody in a caff YTS govt scheme ,3 months - painting curch halls ,and fixing together pieces of plastic Bakery -10 months - extremely good pay for an 18 year old and a great job most enjoyment i've had in a 'proper jMon, 28 Oct 2013 06:40:49 -0500Helped my dad on his milk round in the early eighties.Done the call backs with him on a Friday afternoon after school and then on Saturday and Sunday mornings.He was always in a rush at the weekends to get home for the footie and racing..At Christmashttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536181019#536181019Helped my dad on his milk round in the early eighties.Done the call backs with him on a Friday afternoon after school and then on Saturday and Sunday mornings.He was always in a rush at the weekends to get home for the footie and racing..At ChristmasMon, 28 Oct 2013 06:36:22 -0500Toughest was helping on a coal round. Up at an ungodly hour, exhausting work, then an hout trying to get all the coal dust off in the coal mine's showers.Also had a job lining up cars for transporter drivers. Had to go and find them in an enormous cohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536180475#536180475Toughest was helping on a coal round. Up at an ungodly hour, exhausting work, then an hout trying to get all the coal dust off in the coal mine's showers.Also had a job lining up cars for transporter drivers. Had to go and find them in an enormous coMon, 28 Oct 2013 05:03:48 -0500Meter reader. It wasn't much fun in the rough areas where they still had cellars and you had to stamp hard as you went down to scare the rats away. But where they had outside meters, I could be finished by 11 and then nip off for a game of golf beforhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536180167#536180167Meter reader. It wasn't much fun in the rough areas where they still had cellars and you had to stamp hard as you went down to scare the rats away. But where they had outside meters, I could be finished by 11 and then nip off for a game of golf beforMon, 28 Oct 2013 03:49:27 -0500I also was a paperboy. My last delivery on a Sunday was to The Jewish Cemetery!I think I spent half the money on "Midget Gems" & "Wine Gums" to eat on the way round!Potato picking several times.Did a Sunday morning paper round with my, then, girlfriehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536180135#536180135I also was a paperboy. My last delivery on a Sunday was to The Jewish Cemetery!I think I spent half the money on "Midget Gems" & "Wine Gums" to eat on the way round!Potato picking several times.Did a Sunday morning paper round with my, then, girlfrieMon, 28 Oct 2013 03:38:01 -0500Like Kenny, I was a butcher's boy, had the Granville bike.Pea picking in the summer hols. Up at 4am, taken to the fields on the back of a lorry. Paper round for one week til I got knocked off me bike. Hated that.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536180003#536180003Like Kenny, I was a butcher's boy, had the Granville bike.Pea picking in the summer hols. Up at 4am, taken to the fields on the back of a lorry. Paper round for one week til I got knocked off me bike. Hated that.Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:02:04 -0500All holiday jobs when I was at college......Wallpaper delivery (some years later the depot manager was selling the stuff to me)!Vending ingredients delivery (super fit running up three flights of stairs carrying 3 x 30 lb boxes of sugar with tea andhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536179767#536179767All holiday jobs when I was at college......Wallpaper delivery (some years later the depot manager was selling the stuff to me)!Vending ingredients delivery (super fit running up three flights of stairs carrying 3 x 30 lb boxes of sugar with tea andMon, 28 Oct 2013 01:23:05 -0500Just remembered "working" delivering milk aged about 10. What happened was a few kids were up at 7 am and out on the street "helping" the milkman(unpaid of course).And worked a summer as an apprentice carpenter on a New York building site aged 18.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536177923#536177923Just remembered "working" delivering milk aged about 10. What happened was a few kids were up at 7 am and out on the street "helping" the milkman(unpaid of course).And worked a summer as an apprentice carpenter on a New York building site aged 18.Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:26:01 -0500Paper round in summer, petrol pump attendant in summer, supermarket shelf packer at Christmas.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30120253/jobs-you-did-as-a-teenager?post_id=536177879#536177879Paper round in summer, petrol pump attendant in summer, supermarket shelf packer at Christmas.Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:20:46 -0500