at the moment it is 16 years for full time work, so would it have been less in the 1970's?
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18 years i think?!
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The school leaving age was raised to sixteen some time in the early 70s, I can't remember the year, perhaps 1972? Before that it was 15. I left school at sixteen in 1973, after doing my O levels. This was quite usual in the seventies, far fewer people then went on to further education, and there were a lot more jobs for people with few or even no education qualifications.
