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I’m sure you probably all had this conversation with your friends at school at some point in your life. Somebody would ask the question, “How much pocket money do you get?”.
This person normally either felt like they didn’t get as much as everyone else, and so wanted some ammunition to use against their parents in order to get a raise, or sometimes this person knew they got better than average, and wanted to show off.
For this weeks survey, I’d like you to think about how much you were given when you were around the early teenage years, since this is probably the time period when money became more important to you. C’mon, don’t be shy, it’s anonymous, unlike when the question was asked at school!
How much pocket money did you get each week during your early teenage years?
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Very little. I wason the paper rounds as early as was legal and behind a counter at 15.
Bummer! Still, I suppose it taught you the value of money 😉
I remember getting 10p and I could still fill a bag with sweets on a Saturday morning. Jelly beers 3 for 1p – how did that work? And sweets we could buy for 1/2p. Cans of drink for 7p.
I’m now feeling very poor
Half penny sweets were great. Foamy Shrimps just don’t taste the same now they cost three or four pence each, and can only be bought in large packets.
well there were 4 of us for the money tio go round so…..