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Wimpey Special Grill 70's


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20 minutes ago, ditchman said:

The special grill was ...wait for it.....42p.........cup of tea was 51/2p...

a waitress working in Wimpey for 40 hours earnt £48 quid.....a waiter (doing the same thing) £70 quid

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About 1980,guessing from those wages,yet I thought equal pay came in at 1974? My basic wage in 1980 was £60 for 40 hours.

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11 minutes ago, TOPGUN749 said:

About 1980,guessing from those wages,yet I thought equal pay came in at 1974? My basic wage in 1980 was £60 for 40 hours.

 

12 minutes ago, TOPGUN749 said:

About 1980,guessing from those wages,yet I thought equal pay came in at 1974? My basic wage in 1980 was £60 for 40 hours. The price of 42p was from 1972 when wages were much lower,a waitress then would be lucky to get £20 a week.

 

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1 hour ago, ditchman said:

jeesus christ................talk about me being untidy......you are being downrite anal now:big_boss:

calm down old bean (see what I did there) just keeping you on your toes. :whistling:

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1 hour ago, ditchman said:

jeesus christ................talk about me being untidy......you are being downrite anal now:big_boss:

Looks great to me,,,, except for that stray baked bean of course 😆🤣

Anyway,,,, this is the thing I remember the most from Wimpey 👍 and the aroma only a Wimpey could emit 😄

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38 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

The ketchup grenade.   :good:

the ketcup was very vineagary as i remember......i do remember one time on the A140 me and my mate were in a little chef and as the waitress was checking with us if the food we were eating was ok ..the chewing gum she was eating...popped out and bounced on the table and onto my plate of food.......she reached over (cool as a cucumber)..picked it out of my extra mushrooms and popped it back in her mouth.......AND NEVER SAID A DAMN WORD:w00t:

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9 minutes ago, ditchman said:

the ketcup was very vineagary as i remember......i do remember one time on the A140 me and my mate were in a little chef and as the waitress was checking with us if the food we were eating was ok ..the chewing gum she was eating...popped out and bounced on the table and onto my plate of food.......she reached over (cool as a cucumber)..picked it out of my extra mushrooms and popped it back in her mouth.......AND NEVER SAID A DAMN WORD

She was a keeper. You should have proposed.

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