that money dont sound bad to me boden! my first hgv wage was not so good as that, and it was a year later in 80. working for dunlop on the remould and scrap tyre side we got about 72 quid a week, but there was the odd bit of overtime available, and the job was pretty good, great workmates, but hard work physically.
i mean, we could book a night out for bristol nobody would question it 
and nights out were a tenner! seeing as my d series had the pull out brake, it was a reasonable kip across the seats, made easier by spending at least fiver of mty n/o shillings on the beer! 
i actually made more money in 78 driving a petrol powered 7.5 tk for alpine pop, but that was mainly fiddle running at about a tenner a day + wages! 