Accrington on Rails - The Tramways: A Complete History - Robert Kenyon

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10d

3

1911/1 2 1912/1 3 1913/1 4 1914/1 5 1915/1 6 1916/1 7 1917/1 8 1918/1 9 1919/2 0 1920/2 1 1921/2 2 1922/2 3 1923/2 4

829,834

1 · 20 d 1 · 24 d 1 · 23 d 1 · 23 d 1 · 75 d 2 · 25 d 2 · 25 d 2 · 25 d 2 · 25 d 2 · 39 d 2 · 25 d 2 · 07 d 1 · 50 d Hour s

£4,234 – 11s – 9d £4,643 – 13s – 5d £4,879 – 17s – 0d £4,260 – 9s – 11d

522,15 7 531,35 6 573,53 6 548,07 0

1 · 589d

890,224

1 · 675d

949,054

1 · 655d

831,933

1 · 518d

815,506

£5,946 – 8s – 0d 539,85 8 £7,861 – 1s – 4d 530,65 0 £7,658 – 5s – 8d 529,48 8 £8,825 – 1s – 8d 593,18 0 £9,564 – 1s – 3d 596,56 5 £7,803 – 3s – 9d 533,32 1 £5,474 – 5s – 0d 561,15 4 £8,030 – 15s – 9d 547,78 1 £7,462 – 19s – 11d 493,24 4

1 · 510d

838,514

1 · 580d

816,884

1 · 543d

856,618

1 · 564d

941,343

1 · 587d

960,900

1 · 611d

796,053

1 · 614d

908,958

1 · 642d

875,881

1 · 560d WEEKLY WAGES PRE-WAR

Job

Grad e

Hourly rate

Weekly pay

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1 st 2 nd 3 rd 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 1 st

57 57 57 57 57 57 53

7d

£1 – 13s – 3d £1 – 10s – 10d £1 – 8s – 6d £1 – 8s – 6d £1 – 6s – 1d £1 – 3s – 9d £1 – 6s – 6d

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53 £1 – 4s – 4d COMPARISON OF WEEKLY WAGES at March 31 st , 1924 5 ½ d

Grad e

Hour s

Hourly rate 15 · 062d 14 · 750d 14 · 166d 13 · 875d 13 · 250d 12 · 687d 13 · 875d

Weekly pay

1 st 2 nd 3 rd 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 1 st

48 48 48 48 48 48 47

£3 – 1s – 0d £2 – 19s – 8d £2 – 17s – 4d £2 – 16s – 2d £2 – 13s – 7d £2 –11s – 3d £2 – 14s – 10d

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