How much did you pay for your first riding lesson

£21.50 was my first lesson price (private) at the RS I still use

Think my first ever lesson was something like £8
 
Good god, I have absolutely no idea!! Far too long ago!! And not having paid for a lesson since I was about 12/13, I wouldn't have clue what I should expect to pay now.
 
It would have been 1976 or 77, probably 1977, and i believe my mum paid £1.25, which was pretty pricy for it. My lessons after that were £1.50 for (IIRC) a 45 minute group lesson. I know by 1982 my mum was paying £1.95 for a 30 minute group lesson and still thought it was expensive
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Half a crown

for thsoe who don't remember them , that was a coin worth a florin and a tanner

or 12 1/2 pence in new money
 
I remember when my lessons went up to £3.00 my parents said if they went up again they'd have to reconsider whether i could go every week.....

Luckily they didn't stop me though...

REmember them being scandalised that they'd pay for a leson and then I'd stay working down the yard for the rest of the day and only get an extra ride if I was lucky! How things change....

I remember my Mum thinking she was being very safety conscious putting some elastic under my hat to stop it falling off too! Ha Ha

Makes me sound old doesn't it....
 
My first lesson aged 7 was in 1964 and I'm guessing it was about 5 shillings (mum did the paying and is no longer around to ask). When I was 10 we moved house and the hourly rate was £1 - my pocketmoney was also £1! If I put in a few hours' work at the local riding school I got free lessons (and also kept my pocketmoney). By the time I was 14 I was earning £5 a weekend at the school and getting free lessons - so it paid off in the end!
 
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