10 pints and still change from a quid.

I wouldn't pay that for a skol now

 

Can you still even get the stuff?

I don't want any by the way, just wondering.

 

Might be mistaken but sure I've seen some cans available recently

 

Iceland

 

Must have been through the window IB never been in an Iceland in my life. Joking apart I actually think it was in the mercadona in Spain

 

Saw it on a promo leaflet through the mail, 4 cans for £2.50 ish

 

Long way to travel for a pint though m9.

 

Top House, Odsal. My mate was in there a couple of months ago and sent me a photo of the pump...

 

Average weekly wage back then was less than £20,

 

My annual salary in 1965 was £485 and the company was so pleased with my performance that it was increased to £515 the following year!.

 

In 1979 my apprentice wage was £24pw including tool money etc and before tax. And £8pw went on board forget how much my monthly metrocard was.

 

Started work in Aug 71, first wage £6.63 per week.
Went up to £7.70 later that month when I was 17.
Still on that wage following Feb when we got married and a month later when our 1st daughter was born.
Hard times financially, but we bought our own little house and stuck at it.
Still going strong 50 years later.

 

I always find it interesting when talk turns to wages and prices from the past.

This is all from well before my time, but in 1949 when Mum and Aunt started their nursing training, they made £5 a month, plus room & board and a uniform. They had to buy their own shoes and stockings though. This was with the arrival of the NHS, and Matron made sure to tell them all that now that they were being paid so well, they'd all better live up to it. (Previously, County hospitals paid £3 a month, and infirmaries nothing at all.) M&A suspect Gran made more as a nursing orderly than they did!

Previously, they'd all been mill girls for a year; Mum made £5 a week, Aunt and Gran £3, as they were slower workers. What a drop in wages! But a much healthier lifestyle and working environment.

Their first house, a 1-up 1-down with outside loo, in Batley cost £250. The street is still there, but with newer housing; those old terrace houses were torn down a long time ago.

RCB