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[Finance] How big was your paper round?



Dick Knights Mumm

Take me Home Falmer Road
Jul 5, 2003
19,736
Hither and Thither
Weekend round. Dean Court Road in Rottingdean. Or Rottingdean Heights (over the top to Saltdean). Dean Court Road was a lot of Sunday Times and NOTW. One house had a porn mag delivered. About 4 bags. Dropped off on the route. It's a long road.
 




Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
One round in the shop had a Playboy delivered.

I never got that, much sort after, round but we used to get our papers in the backroom.

That room doubled up as storage for returns including the jazz mags.
They were the morning we were all quieter studiously reading copies of Country Life :wink: while waiting for the mark ups.
 


Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003
NSC Patron
Jul 17, 2003
19,767
Valley of Hangleton
Worked for Salmon’s in Patcham Old Village, my round included HAS & North, Overhill etc, probably 39 houses all marked on a card with stick back plastic as protection and abbreviation of the address on the top corner of the paper in pencil.

When I started there were very few supplements and the News of the World was a broad sheet. Got payed £2.50 7 days a week starting at 6:30am, welcomed by Jeff with his cigar smoke every morning.
 








paulfuzz

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2019
402
Kings Lynn
I started 70's aged 13 as soon as I was old enough. Eventually I was doing morning, Evening (Argus) and Sunday for that I got £2.50, £1.00 Morning and evening and 50p on Sundays.
Mornings, up at 6:15 shop by 6:30 round finish by 7:40 is school by 8,
Evenings, shop by 5:00pm finish about 6:00
Sunday pretty much same as morning except more deliveries and heavier papers
I always lost money on home games because I had to pay someone to cover.
Sundays were definitely worse as the rounds were longer and had more papers.
Thursday morning was heavy too as that was 'Book' day, the women's magazines , Radio & TV Times etc, with the evening round getting heavier as the Evening Argus got thicker each day culminating with the classifieds on Fridays
All weathers and dark winter mornings/evenings, I 'ad it toof!!!

"But you try telling the kids of today"
 




paulfuzz

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2019
402
Kings Lynn
I started 70's aged 13 as soon as I was old enough. Eventually I was doing morning, Evening (Argus) and Sunday for that I got £2.50, £1.00 Morning and evening and 50p on Sundays.
Mornings, up at 6:15 shop by 6:30 round finish by 7:40 is school by 8,
Evenings, shop by 5:00pm finish about 6:00
I always lost money on home games because I had to pay someone to cover.
Sundays were definitely worse as the rounds were longer and had more papers.
Thursday morning was heavy too as that was 'Book' day, the women's magazines , Radio & TV Times etc, with the evening round getting heavier as the Evening Argus got thicker each day culminating with the classifieds on Fridays
All weathers and dark winter mornings/evenings, I 'ad it toof!!!

"But you try telling the kids of today"
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
55,862
Faversham
1972-74, up at 6.30, massive bag that weighed me down. The round shown below included several blocks of 4 storey flats with no lifts. It took about an hour to do. Six says a week. 90P a week. I had a lot of trouble with my back, diagnosed many years later as scoliosis, a form that can trigger severe pain if I carry stuff that . . . is a bit heavy. The early starts, coupled with a newfound interest in listening to John Peel, Bob Harris, and the other 10 to midnight DJs meant I eventually suffered from bad fatigue, which adversely affected my school work. All of this would have social services round if it went on today. When my son was a teenager I was adamant he would not have to go through anything remotely resembling that shit.

paper round.PNG
 


wunt be druv

Drat! and double drat!
Jun 17, 2011
2,241
In my own strange world
Did one in the mid 70's, both sides of Sea Lane in Goring-by-Sea,needed two bags to carry the papers,used to take best part of an hour,the money I earned paid for the train to Hove and match ticket at the Goldstone ground.
 


Change at Barnham

Well-known member
Aug 6, 2011
5,446
Bognor Regis
About 1973 in Bognor I had a morning paper round that I used to get 80p a week for.

But my Willy Wonka Golden Ticket was my pass into Butlins to work as a barrow boy on Saturday mornings from about 7.00am to 1pm. In that time I could earn up to £6 for collecting and delivering suitcases from chalets to car parks.
The dream tip was a quid that I got a few times.
Happy days!
 




Wykie seagull

New member
Mar 7, 2018
16
Weymouth
Early 70s Findon village. Marked up 3 rounds and delivered 2 rounds. Round about 90 houses. At the shop for 6 o'clock. On the bus going to school by 8 o'clock. Loved it.
 


Birdie Boy

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Jun 17, 2011
4,352
Started 1980, £3 for the argus. I had around 18 papers and all in flats, so done in 10 minutes!
Didn't do the early round as I couldn't and still can't get up early.

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South Stand Bonfire

Who lit that match then?
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Jan 24, 2009
2,503
Shoreham-a-la-mer
Jesus wept I could have written exactly the same.

My one Daily Mirror house's LB was 3/4 ers of the way up the door.
The terrier in question would charge at the letterbox.
I'd be watching through the frosted glass.
As it leapt I'd smash the paper through.
Just to see how many backflips it would do.

Every bloody day - The idiot.

I used to deliver leaflets in Seaford back in the day. The most annoying round was when I had to deliver two gravy cube samples to each house (fixed to a piece of card).

I recall the hastle of only being able to fit about 50-100 of these in my bag, compared with say 400/500 traditional leaflets, was balanced with the knowledge that there were going to be some very happy dogs that day.
 
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Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,888
West west west Sussex
Good thread btw Stat.

Me, inane gibberish and a winter break were made for each other.


Remember folks:-

"This Is A Football Forum" :lol: :facepalm:




Anyhoo a memory popped up while writing my last post.

The papers would be delivered to the back door of the shop.
The owner would arrive and let himself in the front, before walking through.
Naturally the rounds were prepared in a first come first served order.
I'd get there stupidly early and still not be first.
So we now have a bunch of unsupervised young teenage shithead boys waiting for Neil.

Neil had days off and Reg would open up.

Occasionally, on Reg days, we'd pile a tonne of papers up against the door.

As Reg unlocked the door, he'd get smashed by the now really heavy door as a couple of dozen bundles of papers launched towards him.


Oh how we laughed.

#Different(Radio)Times.
 
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Chicken Run

Member Since Jul 2003
NSC Patron
Jul 17, 2003
19,767
Valley of Hangleton
Me, inane gibberish and a winter break were made for each other.


Remember folks:-

"This Is A Football Forum" :lol: :facepalm:




Anyhoo a memory popped up while writing my last post.

The papers would be delivered to the back door of the shop.
The owner would arrive and let himself in the front, before walking through.
Naturally the rounds were prepared in a first come first served order.
I'd get their stupidly early and still not be first.
So we now have a bunch of unsupervised young teenage shithead boys waiting for Neil.

Neil had days off and Reg would open up.

Occasionally, on Reg days, we'd pile a tonne of papers up against the door.

As Reg unlocked the door, he'd get smashed by the now really heavy door as a couple of dozen bundles of papers launched towards him.


Oh how we laughed.

#Different(Radio)Times.

Whilst most the lads relied on a decent shoulder to carry the weight one lads dad fashioned a trolley out of one of those 70’s blue golf bag carts, one morning we loosened the weels and enjoyed the moment as he walked up Ladies Mile Road and the weels came off about half way and deploying the paper bag onto the wet street.
 


bluenitsuj

Listen to me!!!
Feb 26, 2011
4,714
Willingdon
I used to deliver the free advertiser after school over 2 days a week. 300 houses over 4 trips. Add to that all the leaflets that had to be put in it was a pain in the arse but was money at the end of the day.
 


MTSeagulls

Well-known member
Sep 18, 2019
935
I had an evening round in Shoreham that covered Eastern Avenue, Gordon Road, Dolphin Road and over the railway gates to a bit of Brighton Road plus all of the little side streets off of those.
I had a Chopper bike that I had to leave in 1st gear as often the heavy bag of papers would swing round and knock it into neutral causing me to fall balls first onto the gear stick.
 




thedeadone

Member
Jan 17, 2005
229
West Sussex
Early morning paper round in Steyning about 25 papers a day the weekend was a nightmare massive papers and weekend magazines as I had a load of times and telegraphs on my round (posh area) great at xmas always got over a £100 in tips!.got £12 a week when I stopped in 1992.
 


paulfuzz

Well-known member
Apr 17, 2019
402
Kings Lynn
Jen & Mike at Baldwins in Newhaven. They drove in from Hove every morning and left the shop to Barbara in the afternoon. We marked our own rounds although after a few weeks I knew the round by hart.
I remember when I first started and older kid used sneak a 'dirty mag' (Knave) into his bag.
 


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