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i remember when salted nuts

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LindaMcD

LindaMcD Report 8 Mar 2008 15:14

1/6d for a pound of best mince

When I first married had £8 a week house keeping money paid rent and saved for gas and electricity bills out of it paid coalman milkman and window cleaner and newspapers too. We ate quite well too!

Linda x

JustJean

JustJean Report 8 Mar 2008 15:10


my first wage was £2 10 shillings, tradition was you kept your first pay bought a pair of grey wedgie shoes from Timpsons,

MaryinSpain

MaryinSpain Report 8 Mar 2008 15:06

My first Saturday job was in a bakery shop - unsliced bread 11d - old money - fancy cakes 6d each - doughnuts 3d each - oh dear I am showing my age !!!
Love Mary xx

Researching:
Dunne, Miller, Evetts. Stringer. Green. Lewis

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 8 Mar 2008 14:59

Bacon at 2/6d per lb( sixties) and Mars bar 3d (forties)!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Mar 2008 14:47

When I first lived in a rented flat alone (1975) the rent was less than a quarter of my pay

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

JustJean

JustJean Report 8 Mar 2008 14:46


Paying 1 shilling old money, at the pictures best seats too! Jean x

Carole

Carole Report 8 Mar 2008 14:40

When I started work a sunblessed bread loaf was 14 ,1/2 Pence
that was 1976.

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LindaMcD

LindaMcD Report 8 Mar 2008 14:29

Yes, and once I bought 2oz of Cherry Lips (remember them?) and salted peanuts had been on the scale before and they tasted horrid!!! Shopkeeper wouldn't change them or refund money...like to see that happen today..what a disappointment as it was my pocket money and so looking forward to them lol

Linda x

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 8 Mar 2008 14:26

were 2 ,1/2 pence a quarter what can you remember that was so cheap compared to todays prices for fun xxx

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