David I think you will find that Blaby Roses in Leicester were the first to
sell pot grown Roses and that was way back when we bought out first house in
August 1960

Mike



"David Hill" wrote in message ...

On 16/08/2013 19:28, sacha wrote:
On 2013-08-16 12:14:57 +0000, David Hill said:

Do you remember when veg [plants were sensibly priced.
I remember when cabbage plants would be less than 10 bob a hundred
(For the youngsters 10/- or in todays money 50p)
saw this special offer today
Autumn & Winter Brassica Collection-Plants x 64
Tasty & Healthy Winter Crops ... More
Pack Quantity: 64 Plants, 16 of each variety
Items Total £16.95 Postage & Packing £4.95 Total £21.90

I remember when a lot of things were sensibly priced but unfortunately,
wages were very low and so were expectations. Young people marrying
didn't *expect* to buy a house immediately but certainly expected to
rent for quite a while. Nor did they 'put off' having a baby until
they'd bought a house and furnished it completely, as some do now. Did
employers pay social security stamps back in e.g. the 50s? I just don't
know but they have to pay all those things now and, imo, it's essential
but of course, there's a knock-on effect. Now, things have gone full
circle and I know some young living and working in this area who never
expect to own their own homes because property here is just so
expensive. Food prices have roared upwards and e.g their own cooked,
sliced ham is £17 per kg from our local butcher because the price of pig
food has gone up, for example. There's a famous gardener whose prices
for absolutely everything leave us simply breathless and we can
guarantee that a large amount of that goes in advertising and glossy
catalogues. The power of telly…!


Yes National Insurance "Stamp" was paid by both employer and employee,
but in those days you got no benefit till you had 26 stamps on your card.
Also you bought most plants at the right time and bare rooted, it was
introducing so much container grown, and much of it from outside the UK
that both pushed up prices and brought a lot of pests and diseases
into this country and spread to so many domestic gardens.
Though you did grow a range of rockery and herbaceous plants "Pot
Grown", and you bought them from Nurseries.