" Saturday jobs", did you have one? And what about your chidren/ grandchildren?

I had a fab Saturday job - giftwrapping in a local gift-and-homewares shop. My boyfriend worked there with me, happy teenage days. To this day I love wrapping gifts and parcels.

I worked in the library. I had to work for a year for no pay until a paid job came up. Think I got just over a £1. Worked there all summer holidays as well. Wanted to become a librarian - what happened ?

My grandson has a Saturday job, in Maplins and my grand-daughter has a paper round (after school not early mornings).

I worked in a cafe, a shoe shop, M and S and a cinema at various times during school and uni holidays. I learnt a lot from it and four of my five children had jobs while still at school. I think it does youngsters good and there is plenty to learn in these situations.

I had a Saturday job collecting paper money. I got paid £1,

I also worked for a caterer washing up. It was knackering.

I don't see teenagers working at all nowadays. Pity.

Daddima think that might be the case from what friends say.
I wanted to go on at school cruise on the Nevasa (sister ship to the Uganda anybody remember them?)
My parents said I could go, but had to pay for it myself ( savings scheme at school)
Next day my dad my Dad said that the local wool and haberdashery wanted a saturday girl.
Along with my £2.50 wages I had a pair of new tights every saturday as did all the ladies working at the shop.
I then had a holiday job working in the hairdressers. I was also was a model for the improvers so free hair cuts perms etc.
Both my DC had holiday/saturday jobs
My DS worked in tropical fish shop.
DD worked in a kennels.
She brought a beautiful little Staffie home called Rosie. Who had been left at kennels as result of a divorce.

I was at boarding school so a Saturday job was out. I did work in a hospital shop for a month during the summer holidays and earned £2 a week.

I do not see teenagers delivering newspapers here anymore- it is one of the shop workers/owners in his car.

I delivered newspapers daily, from the age of 14 to 18. As a consequence, I am still an early riser! Both DDs had Saturday jobs, one at a hairdresser's, the other at Blenheim Palace tea rooms.
15 and 16 yr old DGCs know they should be looking for jobs, but despite me making enquiries for them, it seems they can't be a*sed! They haven't even prepared a CV! GS1 has the chance of a £2,500 trip to New York next year, but his Mum being on benefits and Dad 4 months behind with child maintenance means there is little chance of raising the money without him taking a job. I refuse to help if he doesn't. I have 6 GCs and would want to be fair to them all, so there is no way I can contribute much.

I had a Saturday job in Boots ( when they were Boots Pure Drug Co.). I got 19/6 a week, 5/- of which always went on a single from the record department upstairs. To my surprise when my state pension calculation came through last year a tiny amount came from that time!
My children had part time jobs variously in MacDonalds, a garden centre and several clothes shops.