"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:11:11 GMT, Baz wrote:

Martin wrote in
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2/6 in Reading during the 1950s. One place handed you a raffle ticket
and you returned when you thought it was about the right time.
Hospitals & GPs could copy this idea.


I bought a professional clipper/ beard trimmer via my
barber/hairdresser. Sheep shearing next.


12 and a half p!
My goodness, how times have changed.
What was the average wage in those days?

GBP500/annum ???

My grandad used to tell us that in WW2 he paid tuppence farthing for a
pint, and only the rich went to the barbers shop.

Beer was 1/- a pint in 1958


During the Suez crisis of 1956, petrol doubled from 2/6 a gallon to 5/= a
gallon. I had just swapped my Lambretta for a Matchless 500 cc G9

and now? Petrol is at its highest and I go an buy a Triumph Bonneville T100
http://www.myalbum.com/Album=AQ6WL3IW over 800 cc!!!

Mike


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