Lawrence Dunbar:
That 20 quid I earned was actually £19, 19 shillings & 9 pennies, & that was for 72 Hours hard graft, OK It was illegal at that time, but money was money & I was delighted to be able to earn that much in those days & put some into savings every week, So was my mates, the good old bad old days, Mind you 20 notes in those days had more value than the money that is earned to-day, PS, & that was plus about £4.00. Exs plus lorry parks & phone calls, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Larry if my memory is still working and not befuddled with the drink,
I seem to recollect the union rate for a basic lorry was about £7.10s
for 40 hours, about £8.5s for a wag and drag driver, a lot more weight
but the compulsory (in those days) trailer boy’s wage had to be paid.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Lawrence Dunbar:
That 20 quid I earned was actually £19, 19 shillings & 9 pennies, & that was for 72 Hours hard graft, OK It was illegal at that time, but money was money & I was delighted to be able to earn that much in those days & put some into savings every week, So was my mates, the good old bad old days, Mind you 20 notes in those days had more value than the money that is earned to-day, PS, & that was plus about £4.00. Exs plus lorry parks & phone calls, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Larry if my memory is still working and not befuddled with the drink,
I seem to recollect the union rate for a basic lorry was about £7.10s
for 40 hours, about £8.5s for a wag and drag driver, a lot more weight
but the compulsory (in those days) trailer boy’s wage had to be paid.
thanks harry, long retired.
At what age did BRS allow lads to start work as trailer boys Harry.That would have been a great job for a lorry mad school leaver to start on and get a lot of experience in road haulage before eventually becoming a driver.I realise they weren’t all young lads.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Lawrence Dunbar:
That 20 quid I earned was actually £19, 19 shillings & 9 pennies, & that was for 72 Hours hard graft, OK It was illegal at that time, but money was money & I was delighted to be able to earn that much in those days & put some into savings every week, So was my mates, the good old bad old days, Mind you 20 notes in those days had more value than the money that is earned to-day, PS, & that was plus about £4.00. Exs plus lorry parks & phone calls, Regards Larry.
hiya,
Larry if my memory is still working and not befuddled with the drink,
I seem to recollect the union rate for a basic lorry was about £7.10s
for 40 hours, about £8.5s for a wag and drag driver, a lot more weight
but the compulsory (in those days) trailer boy’s wage had to be paid.
thanks harry, long retired.
At what age did BRS allow lads to start work as trailer boys Harry.That would have been a great job for a lorry mad school leaver to start on and get a lot of experience in road haulage before eventually becoming a driver.I realise they weren’t all young lads.
Cheers Dave.
Harry was not young, after all that Tiger beer in the far east, 
he came back worst for wear! 
At what age did BRS allow lads to start work as trailer boys Harry.That would have been a great job for a lorry mad school leaver to start on and get a lot of experience in road haulage before eventually becoming a driver.I realise they weren’t all young lads.
Cheers Dave.
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hiya,
Dave we had about four lads doing trailer lad duties, the two I worked with
were poles apart agewise the one I had at the end was almost retireing age
but an ex-driver off the driving due to health problems, I also worked with a
lad of 20 who became a four wheeler driver at 21 having passed his test in
his own time at 17 he’d worked at BRS from age 16 and left school at 15 he
said he’d worked on the buildings for his first year so I should think the age
was 15 starting as a drivers mate helping the shunters on local until they
got a trailer boys job when a vacancy arose, there was one lad he was about
25/6 who was happy in the passenger seat and never showed inclination to
become a driver, he could shunt a wag and drag like a goodun’ but he just
enjoyed the stress free life in the mates seat, so the answer to your question
was 15 as far as I’m aware, I never came across one on journey work under
the age of 18 and I met a few in the many BRS yards that I visited.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
At what age did BRS allow lads to start work as trailer boys Harry.That would have been a great job for a lorry mad school leaver to start on and get a lot of experience in road haulage before eventually becoming a driver.I realise they weren’t all young lads.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave we had about four lads doing trailer lad duties, the two I worked with
were poles apart agewise the one I had at the end was almost retireing age
but an ex-driver off the driving due to health problems, I also worked with a
lad of 20 who became a four wheeler driver at 21 having passed his test in
his own time at 17 he’d worked at BRS from age 16 and left school at 15 he
said he’d worked on the buildings for his first year so I should think the age
was 15 starting as a drivers mate helping the shunters on local until they
got a trailer boys job when a vacancy arose, there was one lad he was about
25/6 who was happy in the passenger seat and never showed inclination to
become a driver, he could shunt a wag and drag like a goodun’ but he just
enjoyed the stress free life in the mates seat, so the answer to your question
was 15 as far as I’m aware, I never came across one on journey work under
the age of 18 and I met a few in the many BRS yards that I visited.
thanks harry, long retired.
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Hi Harry,
That would have been the road I would have chosen if there had been a BRS yard near here.Hereford was the nearest in the 1960’s.Years later Roberts Transport from Knighton ran transit trucks delivering minerals all over the country .
Young lads got on there at 17 and worked there way up to bigger motors when they got older.That was in the 1970’s.
Mervyn Thomas who runs a fleet of lorries nationwide started on Roberts on a transit or a Bedford CF which they also ran.
They used to have nights out on certain long runs.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
After I had a 9months rest after cutting my right hand in half in june 1964, I started on FMC chicken factory at brackley, they paid £26, no overtime, no bonus. earliest start was 16-30 to go to kingerby in Linc’s, the rest was late evening starts, and back in bed by 04-00, bloody good pay, but a lot of chicken sh*t. 
BRS top wage then,£13-26p night out money 10shillings.
That was good clucking money Norm,but you were welcome to it working in a chicken factory.
Cheers Dave.
Quite good Dave, I did get abreast of things, and I got hold of alot of legs, and never felt henpecked, 
and certainly never got sent in front of the beak! 
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
After I had a 9months rest after cutting my right hand in half in june 1964, I started on FMC chicken factory at brackley, they paid £26, no overtime, no bonus. earliest start was 16-30 to go to kingerby in Linc’s, the rest was late evening starts, and back in bed by 04-00, bloody good pay, but a lot of chicken sh*t. BRS top wage then,£13-26p night out money 10shillings.
That was good clucking money Norm,but you were welcome to it working in a chicken factory.
Cheers Dave.
Quite good Dave, I did get abreast of things, and I got hold of alot of legs, and never felt henpecked, and certainly never got sent in front of the beak!
It used to be bad enough tipping stone ar Sun Valley’s chicken factory in Hereford,let alone working there. 
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
After I had a 9months rest after cutting my right hand in half in june 1964, I started on FMC chicken factory at brackley, they paid £26, no overtime, no bonus. earliest start was 16-30 to go to kingerby in Linc’s, the rest was late evening starts, and back in bed by 04-00, bloody good pay, but a lot of chicken sh*t. BRS top wage then,£13-26p night out money 10shillings.
That was good clucking money Norm,but you were welcome to it working in a chicken factory.
Cheers Dave.
Quite good Dave, I did get abreast of things, and I got hold of alot of legs, and never felt henpecked, and certainly never got sent in front of the beak!
It used to be bad enough tipping stone ar Sun Valley’s chicken factory in Hereford,let alone working there.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Ah’ but Norm did you ever come home to the Colleen in a “fowl” mood.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
After I had a 9months rest after cutting my right hand in half in june 1964, I started on FMC chicken factory at brackley, they paid £26, no overtime, no bonus. earliest start was 16-30 to go to kingerby in Linc’s, the rest was late evening starts, and back in bed by 04-00, bloody good pay, but a lot of chicken sh*t. BRS top wage then,£13-26p night out money 10shillings.
That was good clucking money Norm,but you were welcome to it working in a chicken factory.
Cheers Dave.
Quite good Dave, I did get abreast of things, and I got hold of alot of legs, and never felt henpecked, and certainly never got sent in front of the beak!
It used to be bad enough tipping stone ar Sun Valley’s chicken factory in Hereford,let alone working there.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Ah’ but Norm did you ever come home to the Colleen in a “fowl” mood.
thanks harry, long retired.
He’s gone to roost on his perch now Harry.Its much to late for Norm to start chirping. 
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
My heart cries for you Dave 
8 ) , it was Carlsberg. " Probly". 
:
Sorry for the mistake Norm.I don’t study lager much.I prefer beer myself,either bitter,guinness or Newcastle brown.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
With my beloved single malt, Oi am a “coider” drinker, da da da da da.
thanks harry, long retired.
They call cider loopy juice down this way Harry. I can remember some of the local pubs in the 1960’s selling rough cider out of a barrel.Some of the blokes drinking it had a glazed look in their eyes.
It would kill worms or anything,it looked like pond water,serious stuff.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave have had a go “once” at what I call scrumpy and once was enough but
I think your right about killing worms I’ve never had cause to scratch my
rearend ever since that day.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
My heart cries for you Dave 8 ) , it was Carlsberg. " Probly". :
Sorry for the mistake Norm.I don’t study lager much.I prefer beer myself,either bitter,guinness or Newcastle brown.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
With my beloved single malt, Oi am a “coider” drinker, da da da da da.
thanks harry, long retired.
They call cider loopy juice down this way Harry. I can remember some of the local pubs in the 1960’s selling rough cider out of a barrel.Some of the blokes drinking it had a glazed look in their eyes.
It would kill worms or anything,it looked like pond water,serious stuff.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave have had a go “once” at what I call scrumpy and once was enough but
I think your right about killing worms I’ve never had cause to scratch my
rearend ever since that day.
thanks harry, long retired.
Don’t see many around this way with their feet behind their ears dragging their arse down the road Harry.
Cheers Dave.
Harry is the opposite to half sharp Norm.He’s the resident sage of Trucknet dispensing wit and wisdom to mere mortals like myself.
Cheers Dave.