Dougy Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Sorting out the cupboard under the stairs and came across my "Readers Digest Cookery Year" book. This was originally Dads book, one I'd looked after and treasured and used extensively pre Internet. I turned straight to the Christmas Cake recipe with my page maker still in place. I found another page maker that I didn't expect to find. Awesome find and what a Christmas we're going to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 WOW! Spend it wisely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Wow! I’d frame that! Bought my first ‘Action Man’ with a ten bob note. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN749 Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 From pre 1970, was an hourly wage then if lucky,equal to £15 now or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Always liked seeing them in the little window of your wage packet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Thats five pints ! ...... or now an egg cup full in my nearest bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 What a magic find. Worth a tenner on e bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Now it is replaced with a 50p coin which is part of your small change , but that is progress and people will be saying the same when the £5 note will be replaced with a coin . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Ten Bob, proper money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 If I were you I would have a night out, get ratted and buy a bag of chips on the way home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptC Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 That would have been x 4 gallons of petrol at 2s 6p a gallon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 10 minutes ago, CaptC said: That would have been x 4 gallons of petrol at 2s 6p a gallon! When I passed my test in 1966 petrol was 4s 7d a gallon and was immediately raised to 5s 7d in the next Labour budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 J S Fforde too. As kids we said that 10/- notes were brown as, we'll say it here thus, as "rich people" wiped their bottoms with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted December 2 Author Report Share Posted December 2 I used to get 2s pocket money a week in the late 60s early 70s, not gifted we had to earn it. So that 10 Bob was a months worth +. I wasn't drinking till about 76-77, I think pedigree was about 50p a pint then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 When you've finished with the book, would you kindly pass it on to marsh man to help with his kitchen exploits 😁😆🤣 😇😇😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 I’ve a ten bob note and a quid. Nostalgia. In 1960, aged 17yrs, for my pocket money I had to get a Saturday job in a departmental store. My pay was 12/6d. My pay packet had a 10/- note and a 2/6d piece. I could run my motor bike, go to the pub and court my girl friend for a week. I wondered how that compared with today. The minimum wage for a 17yr old for 8 hrs would seem to be about £48 so that’s not bad pocket money for next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptC Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 2 hours ago, London Best said: When I passed my test in 1966 petrol was 4s 7d a gallon and was immediately raised to 5s 7d in the next Labour budget. 2/6 a gallon and beer just under a shilling (5 pence) a pint - if you could drink it. Now locally a pint is touching a fiver!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dougy said: I used to get 2s pocket money a week in the late 60s early 70s, not gifted we had to earn it. So that 10 Bob was a months worth +. I wasn't drinking till about 76-77, I think pedigree was about 50p a pint then. Webster's Green Label was 25p a pint. Pennine Bitter 26p a pint. Or maybe the pricing the other way around. That was in 1976 in Leeds. Mind one of them was the proverbial "like making love in a boat". Still four for £1.00 so there it was. Edited December 2 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 24 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: Webster's Green Label was 25p a pint. Pennine Bitter 26p a pint. Or maybe the pricing the other way around. That was in 1976 in Leeds. Mind one of them was the proverbial "like making love in a boat". Still four for £1.00 so there it was. But that was AFTER decimalisation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 2 hours ago, enfieldspares said: Webster's Green Label was 25p a pint. Pennine Bitter 26p a pint. Or maybe the pricing the other way around. That was in 1976 in Leeds. Mind one of them was the proverbial "like making love in a boat". Still four for £1.00 so there it was. I started drinking in 76. Harp lager 🫣 29p a pint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 I don't have any ten bob notes, but after working for a couple of weeks in Russia (early 1990s) I brought home a three rouble note, because it made me think of the USA expression "phony as a three-dollar bill". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 1 hour ago, shaun4860 said: I started drinking in 76. I wish I had , I would had been able to had bought my first house without a mortgage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN749 Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 6 hours ago, CaptC said: 2/6 a gallon and beer just under a shilling (5 pence) a pint - if you could drink it. Now locally a pint is touching a fiver!!!! Last time petrol was 2s6d was in 1949,anyone driving then will be over 92 now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manymissedpigeon Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 Tetleys mild was tenpence ( all one word, not ten pence) but only for weaklings, Tetleys bitter was elevenpence but supposedly sent you blind so we all drank ‘a pint ‘o mixed’ at tenpence haypnee. Five star petrol ( for over ten to one compression engines) was two and tenpence but can’t remember the price of ‘regular’ fuel and only the trucks ( and the post office vans) used diesel Sorry, that was in 1960 as we all drove and drank in pubs at fifteen those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted December 2 Report Share Posted December 2 3 hours ago, marsh man said: I wish I had , I would had been able to had bought my first house without a mortgage data:image/gif;base64,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 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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