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Pauline
08-06-2011, 06:59 AM
We have just cleared the loft ready for our imminent house move, up there we found my childminding accounts from my first year of minding!

12th November 1984 I worked 5 days with one child, 8.30 am - 2.30 pm and earned the grand sum of ......


£18.00 for the week!

It was a lot of money though and we bought a new carpet with it! :laughing: It was the first week of something that would change our lives forever. :)

Pipsqueak
08-06-2011, 07:14 AM
And look where that led... meeting and providing this wonderful wonderful forum for us!!!!:laughing:

rickysmiths
08-06-2011, 07:16 AM
Goodness!
Mind you I bought my Flat in 1984 and paid £30,000 for it. We sold it in 2004 for a touch under £200,000 :eek: Your £18pw would have paid the great part of my £99pm Mortgage.

I started work in Sept 1995, had a little one from 1pm to 5pm every day and charged £55pw

mrs_scottydog
08-06-2011, 07:21 AM
Back in November 1984 I was the same age as my DS, only 2 1/2! Hx

auntym
08-06-2011, 07:24 AM
I was 14 duran mad and was going to marry someone rich lol

snufflepuff
08-06-2011, 07:58 AM
Lol! Shall I tell you that I wasn't even born then?!

christine e
08-06-2011, 08:10 AM
I started in 1991 and charged £55 a week for Mon - Fri 8am to 5.30pm and like Pauline said it made a big difference to us as a family

Cx

Mouse
08-06-2011, 08:20 AM
I started 15 years ago looking after a friend's little boy for £40 for 4 days. It wasn't a huge amount, but it made a big difference to us! When he left I put my rate up to £1.50 an hour, though I worried I'd price myself out of the market as I was one of the more expensive minders :laughing:

Alibali
08-06-2011, 12:35 PM
My first proper wage was June 1985, so a year after this, and my monthly wage was £300!!! I was so rich - stayed at home and paid £60 a month digs money and the rest was mine for clothes, make-up and records:D
(apart from the poll tax - but best not to mention that:blush: )

Chatterbox Childcare
08-06-2011, 12:38 PM
In 1984 I had just got married, had our first flat and worked far too hard in an office. Can't remember what the money was but we also enjoyed spending it!

catlyn
08-06-2011, 01:31 PM
I was minding in 1984 as well...i think I charged 50p an hour and i thought that was a lot!! My own DS was 2 and our 3 bed house with huge garden was bought for £11,000.....it resold recently for £120,000

charleyfarley
08-06-2011, 01:36 PM
1984 for a great year for me, my first son was born :clapping: :clapping: 29th October, one of the best days of my life :thumbsup:

We also bought our first house, think it was about £50,000, not bad for a 3 bedroom :thumbsup:

Hope you've put your fees up since then Pauline :laughing:

Carol xx

kindredspirits
08-06-2011, 01:59 PM
:D 1984 - 2 years before I was born! LOL (DH doesn't like me talking about the years before I was born - he would have been 24 in 1984!)

Rain or Shine
08-06-2011, 02:08 PM
I was on the born 31 December 1984, barely saw any of that year lol

teacake2
08-06-2011, 02:54 PM
I started minding January 1984 and I was charging £23.00 for a full week of 40hrs:eek: :eek: :eek: don't charge much more now.
Teacake2

The Juggler
09-06-2011, 09:12 AM
I was 14 duran mad and was going to marry someone rich lol

i was 16 but was a Spandau fan :panic: :blush:

LOOPYLISA
09-06-2011, 09:40 AM
I was 6 years old :laughing: :laughing:

Bitsy Beans
09-06-2011, 11:31 AM
Ooooh I was 9 years old and loved Shakin Stevens (my guilty secret LOL), went to ballet and tap class all morning every saturday and was either a brownie or a guide. Being grown up seemed a world away back then. Perhaps I really ought to think about growing up by now ;) :laughing:

alwaysright
09-06-2011, 08:11 PM
1984 for a great year for me, my first son was born :clapping: :clapping: 29th October, one of the best days of my life :thumbsup:

We also bought our first house, think it was about £50,000, not bad for a 3 bedroom :thumbsup:

Hope you've put your fees up since then Pauline :laughing:

Carol xx

haha snap!! your son was born on my 18th birthday :laughing: :laughing: so also a good day for me!! children or childminding hadnt even entered my mind.....i worked in a bank for £34 a week for 20 hours and i bought my own house for £13,500....at 18....and single :laughing: