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Old 7 Oct 21, 03:59 PM  
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I remember in 1961 when i was 10 i got
2s 6d (12.5p today) every Saturday, i would go straight over to our sweet shop and buy the Beano and Valiant comics plus a chocolate bar and and a packet of Old English Spangles and still come back with change. "HAPPY DAYS".
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Old 7 Oct 21, 04:26 PM  
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Bought our first house in 1970, it was a brand spanking new 3 bedroom semi-detached; paid £4575.00... that could get you 10% of a 10% deposit nowadays.
Mortgage was £32 a month.
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Bought our first house in 1970, it was a brand spanking new 3 bedroom semi-detached; paid £4575.00... that could get you 10% of a 10% deposit nowadays.
Mortgage was £32 a month.
When we got married in 1967 you had to be 21 to purchase a house and I signed up on my 21st birthday. It cost us around £2,000 for a new 2 bed semi-detached bungalow.

Because I worked for the house builder we got a 1% discount which we had to take in extras. I think I added a shaver point in the bathroom and a few more power points for our £20.

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Isn't it weird the things that your brain always remembers? My Dad's Austin Cambridge registration was EOJ 414
he sold it in 1966 why can I still remember it?
5380 KB. My brother's minivan in 1968.
What's that all about!
Couldn't remember where I put my keys this morning
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Old 7 Oct 21, 05:12 PM  
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4/11 1/2d + 19/9 + 10/6 = 1/15/2 1/2d (one pound fifteen shilling and tuppence ha'penny)anybody want to check my maths? I'm surprised I can still do it (maybe I can't )
Oh I am impressed - I didn’t even attempt it!
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Old 7 Oct 21, 05:30 PM  
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Originally Posted by Goofy Gumdrops View Post
I remember in 1961 when i was 10 i got
2s 6d (12.5p today) every Saturday, i would go straight over to our sweet shop and buy the Beano and Valiant comics plus a chocolate bar and and a packet of Old English Spangles and still come back with change. "HAPPY DAYS".
Old English Spangles! Why can't they bring them back Why?
Cherry for coughs and barley sugar for travel. Acid drops my particular favourites.
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Originally Posted by salmim View Post
5380 KB. My brother's minivan in 1968.
What's that all about!
Couldn't remember where I put my keys this morning
My first car in 1972 was a P4 1961 Rover 100. Great car and I loved the suicide doors.
Bought it for £250 and sold it a year later for £200.

I know the number but I can’t put it on here as it’s still registered and showing as MOT compliant on the DVLA website!
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You’ve just brightened my day, was feeling old as I just picked up a referral letter from the doctors and it says ‘this 40 year old woman’ I wondered at first who they were talking about 😂

But I truly have no idea what you’re all talking about! I know that money changed but no idea when and it all sounds so complicated.
I know exactly what you mean, a few years ago I received an invitation to a sixtieth birthday party, thinking who do I know that's 60? then I realised it was someone I sat next to at school
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Isn't it weird the things that your brain always remembers? My Dad's Austin Cambridge registration was EOJ 414
he sold it in 1966 why can I still remember it?
The only number plate I remember was a Nissan Micra my mum had in the 80’s.

Can’t even remember the plate of my first car in around 2003.

I just about remember the plate on our current car and often have to look out the window to check it, I even keep a photo on my phone for car parks etc.

But that Micra, G281 VWC 🤷😂
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