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Did You Have a Paper Round ?

My Father ran a newsagent's in Woodcote Road, employing several 'newspaper boys' (I don't recall there ever being a 'newspaper girl'). If any of them didn't turn up, guess who got to deliver the 'papers! I remember the massive ledger for all of the customers that paid weekly. Each customer had a page of little tear off tickets and each ticket had to be initialed and given to the customer when they settled their weekly account. Once a year the ledger was dismantled and a new page of tickets inserted for each customer. It was a right faff!
 
Biscayne said:
My Father ran a newsagent's in Woodcote Road, employing several 'newspaper boys' (I don't recall there ever being a 'newspaper girl'). If any of them didn't turn up, guess who got to deliver the 'papers! I remember the massive ledger for all of the customers that paid weekly. Each customer had a page of little tear off tickets and each ticket had to be initialed and given to the customer when they settled their weekly account. Once a year the ledger was dismantled and a new page of tickets inserted for each customer. It was a right faff!
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Bang on thats how i recall it
 
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