An anthology of four short stories centered around the topic of honestly or dishonestly winning the pools in postwar Britain. Director Bernard Knowles. Top credits Director Bernard Knowles. See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Bernard Knowles. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives.
A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted.
A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. Publication date Topics Film. A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives.
A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company.
Reviewer: Anonymous - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 28, Subject: Four stars. Enjoyable UK movie. Get a job as a temp worker. Businesses often need temporary employees, so offer your services up to a temp agency. Become a virtual assistant. If you have administrative experience and would like an opportunity to work from home, look into virtual assisting jobs at a site like virtualAssistants.
It may take about a week to be processed, but the work is extremely convenient for stay-at-home parents or for filling in the gaps of a part-time schedule. Get a seasonal job. Many businesses and stores get extra busy at certain times of the year depending on the services they provide.
Get a job that lasts a few weeks or months for a local store or office that has a busy season coming up. Work for special events. Many businesses need people for short periods to advertise or work for special conventions. You may be paid to stand on the street holding a sign, or to give out free samples of certain products at the mall.
Typically the wages are hourly and are on a very short-term basis of a few days or weeks. Try a mechanical turk program. This is an online job where you are assigned a simple task which is difficult for a computer to manage.
These are mundane, repetitive, but incredibly basic jobs that you work at will. Typically payment is in cents per job, so although the tasks are easy you have to put in a lot of time to make much money. You get to choose which job you want to do from a list of needs, but keep in mind that these jobs can be very boring. Have perseverance and you can make a bit of money in a week of work!
Get a newspaper route. Method 4. Try online surveys. You could supplement your income by just taking one or two surveys per day. Be part of a study. Universities, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies are in constant need of participants for studies.
Depending on the study, you could be paid up to several hundred dollars! Most studies are looking for people who are in good health, although some have poor-health criteria they need participants to fill. Visit the websites of local universities or the department of health to find out what studies are being conducted near you. Participate in the NASA sleep study. This requires you to stay in one of their beds for three months straight with minimal physical activity.
Although the payment is due after months of forced bed rest. Participating in medical studies always puts you at risk for certain side-effects, although these are always very unlikely. Give your opinions. Companies want to hear what the general public thinks of the services or products they provide. To find out these opinions, many give online surveys which anyone can take and subsequently be paid for. Try visiting opinionoutpost. Join a focus group.
These may be online or in-person, and require you to give feedback on a particular product or idea. You may be paid a few dollars, or up to a hundred depending on the time and effort needed for your group activity. Find sign-up incentives. If you were thinking about switching bank accounts, getting a new credit card, or recommending a company you like to a friend, for example, shop around for cash-back bonuses before making your decision.
Advertise for companies. Businesses and corporations want their products and services to reach as many people as possible. To do this, they employ the services of everyday citizens to spread their word for them. You may be asked to advertise for them online or in-person. Have your car wrapped in advertisements. Depending on the product or service, you may be required to have the wrap placed on your car for several months or years.
This, however, adds up to hundreds of dollars over time. Sell your status updates for your Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook accounts. You will be given your choice of certain advertisements that will show up as a status update posted by you on your favorite online social media.
You get paid more for the number of ads you post and followers you have. Visit ad. Volunteer time at a food co-op. Many cities have local food co-ops in which the workers are volunteer only. You will often be given free groceries and food in exchange for your work services. This is essentially money paying for groceries you would have to buy anyway! Make money via your smartphone. Apps like Field Agent, CheckPoints, WeReward, MyLikes, and Gigwalk allow you to complete small tasks anything from snapping a photo of yourself at a cafe to scanning a barcode for a few dollars.
Search for unclaimed money or property. Go to unclaimed. This depends on what you want to sell. If you want to sell clothing items or other things with your own designs on them, you could start with a print on demand site like Zazzle or Redbubble where you provide the design and the vendor prints the product to fulfill orders.
You will get only a percentage of the profit, but you do not need to pay anything up front or to keep your digital store open on these sites. If you are making a physical product and are looking for free or cheap raw materials, try garage sales or Craigslist. For example, you may be able to get free lumber that someone is looking to get rid of. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 8. You can do a lot of things, like selling old study or work books on eBay.
You could look into having a yard sale and sell old toys, shoes, and clothes. You could have a bake sale or lemonade stand, but to make it stand out, add a twist like blackberry mint lemonade or lemon curd sunshine.
If you are creative with it, you can attract more customers. Not Helpful 26 Helpful Not Helpful 6 Helpful Of course. Having a bank account is only preferable if you are being paid by check. Not Helpful 11 Helpful There are a number of helpful tips [[Make Money for Kids in this article about ways for kids to make money]] on wikiHow. Not Helpful 43 Helpful The truth of it is that it is going to be hard to compete unless you offer something good or tug at the heart strings.
But, there are a few ways you can still manage. Teens to mid twenties work best. Be sure to have some buff looking guys and girls to enthuse the car owners to stop yes, it isn't ideal but it works. Advertise everywhere -- throw flyers out from a plane if you have to. Donate a portion of the profits to charity. And advertise this really well. And be sure to stick to your wording and donate said portion of the profits, not a portion of the income. Not Helpful 21 Helpful Doing chores for your siblings and parents can get you some cash.
Also you can sell things at school, but make sure you talk to your parents about this first. Not Helpful 12 Helpful How can a year-old make good money without doing chores?
I already tried the chores thing, it didn't work. If you have any neighbors with lots of kids, offer to be a mother's helper. You could help wash their dishes, fold their laundry, or just play with their kids while the mom is busy.
You don't exactly have to have an hourly rate, you can just both agree on a fair price.
0コメント