General Chat

yep still got a couple of those,10 Bobs, and fivers-- Victorian Silver half crowns were a work of art...........not like the drab cupro nickel stuff we use these days

I was trying to remember what I was earning in 1974 - can't remember, but somewhere buried deep in my house, there is an exercise book which I started writing in when I rented my first house, it has my weekly budget in and should make interesting reading when I find it. I know in 1969 I rented some rooms in Cambridge, sharing bathroom and kitchen with two other girls, and the rent was £3.17.6d a week! The amount has always stuck in my mind. The house is still there, a big terraced one in Glisson road, and I had two rooms in the roof, one with a dormer window at the back and the front room had a skylight, so if I needed air I had to stand on a chair to open it! Liz

On how much old money worth today site this is what is says for 2005, £180000 0s 0d from 1915 was worth: £9,606,840.39 using the retail price index £13,678,695.65 using the GDP deflator £51,745,706.31 using average earnings £57,641,542.82 using per capita GDP £74,898,532.19 using the GDP hope that helps

Hey Paul Less of the OLD it was only yesterday it was changed to p from d----lol ---1971 it was changed wasnt it??

old people..............which ear do you want boxing young man,lol.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjoy

Ooops, just realised Paul said 1794 not 1974! Are you sure Paul it said £2.10d or was it 2 shillings and 10d (2/10d) That is the way we used to write it isn't it, so long ago I have forgotten now!