In 1977 I left school on £18 per week (office junior). I took home £15.65 and gave mum £3.50 for my keep. I went to London in 1978 and earned £2600 p.a. in my first job as a junior for the Kuwait Government. In 1982 I bought my first house with ex-husband Two bedrooms, near station, big garden. £19,995! I would never have moved in before marriage (my mother would have been so upset)