First REAL job was as pinsetter in bowling alley,
Only automation was foot treadle on deck that raised the ‘spikes’ to set the pins on.
Worked double alley, double shift while going to school and was 14 at the time.
Pay was about 6 bucks a night 30 bucks a week plus weekends more plus better tips... my father probably wasn’t making a whole lot more.
I did manage to put a derelict or two out of work though.
Had to sign up for SS AFTER I caught a pin in the ‘running lights’... EVERYBODY was scared —itless as I was so young.
As I recall, that was my dad’s first job too.