I started work on the balcony in "A" Shed as an apprentice patternmaker and like all young starters my work consisted of running errands from one bench to another. Our "Paydays" were "Week in Hand" and this caused an unusual occurrence on my first payday. I handed in my clock card and in return was given my pay envelope which for some reason I did not open until I got home. When I opened the envelope I found that it contained over four times the amount that was due to me. I showed it to my Dad and he told me to take it to my foreman on the following Monday morning. On the following Monday I saw my foreman and he took me to see the "Pay Office Manager" He took the envelope and told me he would call me that same afternoon. Later that afternoon I was called to his office. I was told that an employee who had left the previous week had not only the same clock card number as I had been given, but also had the same surname. In my next week's pay I received an extra £3 bonus. this was equivalent to a full week's pay.