Word: 8d
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Nationwide regulations now provide a maximum ten-day farmwork "holiday" for children 12 to 14, with special provisions for subsequent half-school, half-work days. Pay for farm-handing during this so-called holiday is set at 4d (8?) to 8d an hour for boys, slightly less for girls. Slightly higher scales prevail for older boys already working on the land as Young Farmers and in summer hostels...