What an interesting job Brian! World travel too. He must have been seen as quite an adventurer. I guess fish 'n chips are now considerably more expensive by comparison to then. Cheers, David
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Brian Cowell <[email protected]>wrote: > When my Auntie was getting a ha'p'ny fish and a ha'p'nyworth of chips her > father: my grandfather was getting a weekly wage of a sovereign and a > shilling (£1.05), in about 1910, as a rope splicer putting ropes on mill > engines in this country, in Turkey and in India. He also put the ropes on > Hiram Maxim's flying machines at Blackpool. They lived quite comfortably > for the times. > > Brian of SpotMog > > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 8:48 AM, david taylor < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> In the Northeast I remember going for 'two penneth' of chips with scraps >> in circa 1962. I was paying 30p for fish n'chips and that would also buy a >> decent Bradford curry in the 70s. That said, what were folks earning in >> 1962 and 1972? I could have bought a terraced house for £500 in Bingley but >> bought a used Mk1 Cortina instead, bad move! >> >> >> David, AA57MOG > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- David, AA57MOG ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
