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This reminds me. As young kids we would often rummage around in the bushes of Peacehaven golf course for lost balls and sell them to golfers. It was quite lucrative.

I really liked my paper round. It gave me a bit of purpose, independence, some money I could spend on myself any way I chose. I used to like stitting on the old-people's home and reading for a bit, I used to call for a friend on the way and we'd walk to the shop together. The round itself was...

Now I think about it, I was 13 or maybe 14 when I stared my paper round. At around 15 I started working in a kitchen.

I remember Morocco cafe...and Meeching Hall either next door or next door but one. I friend's relative had some connection to the chippy so we would occassionally go in there for free chips if we were over that way on our bikes (I lived on the valley estate). Happy days.

That's a nice house.

I think I remember it. For some reason I remember a car accessory shop along that parade as well.

Can you remind me where Haven News was, Google isn’t helping me. I remember Dees, Baldwins, Book and Bacca (and Darkie Knight’s fishing tackle shop out the back).

Correct.

Thanks for this. It’s good to know paper rounds still exist. If I lived in the UK I’d definitely get a physical paper delivered. I’m struggling to remember how much I made in the early 80s but I think it was around 30p a week. Sundays paid better but the real money was with the direct Argus...

I remember Baldwins. It was Dees for me.

I also had a seagull lottery round as a lad. My father had a round at the factory where he worked, off the back of this I set one up myself covering the roads where we lived. It was in his name but I ran it. I got a free season ticket and 10% of any winning tickets I sold. The benefits were good...

I progressed to working in the kitchen at The Coach House, Rottindean by the age of 15. I was earning around 15 pounds for a Saturday lunch and evening and Sunday lunch shifts. Seemed a fortune back then (early 80s)

35 pounds, that seems a decent rate.

Good point about Xmas tips. I always did quite well out of this. I loved it as well. I’ve always been a “morning” person and my paper round probably played a part in this.

A comment @portlock seagull made in another post had me reminiscing about the paper rounds I had as a kid. Who else delivered newpapers? Do these rounds still exist? I started off with an evening round delivering the Argus, then moved onto a morning round which I found much more enjoyable. A...