Indenture of Apprenticeship for Douglas John Churches

Reference Number: 1074/M/4
Level of Description: Item
Title: Indenture of Apprenticeship for Douglas John Churches
Date: 18 Apr 1928
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: 1. Frank William Prosser & Robert Hunt, Churchwardens, Keynsham.
2. John Churches, 33 Bristol Rd, Keynsham.
3. Douglas John Churches, son of 2.
4. William Shadrach Vale, Carpenter & Joiner, Keynsham.

Apprenticeship arranged by the Churchwardens for 5 years. £10 paid from the John Bowles Charity to 4 to be trained in the Art, Trade or Mystery of a Carpenter & Joiner. To be paid weekly as follows;
1st year – 6s; 2nd year – 7s 6d; 3rd year – 9s; 4th year – 12; 5th year – 15s. Gets 4 days holiday with no stoppage of wages, e.g. Christmas Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday & Whit Monday. Food & lodgings to be provided by the parent.