prices in the 60s

StevieJ

CLAPTON wrote: »

yes we are amazingly well off compared to the 60s

It is strange, I remember how grandaddy used to tell me how cheap it was in the owd days, you know take your girlfriend to the pictures, 20 woodbines, a few beers down the pub and still have 9 shillings and sixpence left out of a ten bob note

ukmike

I did find a wage slip and in was for £12 a week which is £386 now or £20k . The person involve was a self-employed builder

If he was self-employed he wouldn't have a wage slip!

Graham_Devon

The only time you will hear an older person saying "things are cheaper today" is when a younger person is complaining times are tough.

Otherwise, it's all stories about how you could get x, y and z and still have change for a pint on the way home.

PasturesNew

I remember being in the local shop in 1969 and seeing that a small loaf of bread was 10d, kind of a half loaf. That's 4p.
Measuring worth makes that:
£0.51 using the retail price index
£0.97 using average earnings

PasturesNew

In 1975 my dad's friend took me on for the 4-day Easter weekend. 7am to 7pm for 4 days, in an Asian greengrocery. I had no idea how much I was going to be paid, I was paid at the end of the 4th day. It was a 120 year old ex-terrace house and I spent the days: lugging out all the fruit/veg to the front of the shop, going up and down the cellar stairs to bring up packets of rice and spices and things I'd never heard of before (e.g. Bombay duck). Also dragging crates of milk from the rear store to put them into the fridge.

I got 32p/hour for that. I felt ripped off at the time. Measuring worth says:
£2.00 using the retail price index
£3.14 using average earnings

neverdespairgirl

You were indeed ripped off.

PasturesNew

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

You were indeed ripped off.

After that experience, I went to temping agencies and worked every holiday as a Clerk/Typist for the princely sum of £0.84/hour, taking home about £27/week. I was loaded!

andyroberts1967

PasturesNew wrote: »

In 1975 my dad's friend took me on for the 4-day Easter weekend. 7am to 7pm for 4 days, in an Asian greengrocery. I had no idea how much I was going to be paid, I was paid at the end of the 4th day. It was a 120 year old ex-terrace house and I spent the days: lugging out all the fruit/veg to the front of the shop, going up and down the cellar stairs to bring up packets of rice and spices and things I'd never heard of before (e.g. Bombay duck). Also dragging crates of milk from the rear store to put them into the fridge.

I got 32p/hour for that. I felt ripped off at the time. Measuring worth says:
£2.00 using the retail price index
£3.14 using average earnings

Don't ever expect Asians to pay the going rate lol!!

SailorSam

I wish i'd stocked up with petrol in the 60s.

I've been to the Solicitors this morning 'cos i'm changing the names on my house, it's a pretty simple straightforward form but costing £384 to do. I had to dig out all the old documentation i had and found a mortgage agreement from when the house was first built at the end of WW2. The original cost of the house was £365.
How times change.

SailorSam

PasturesNew wrote: »

In 1975 my dad's friend took me on for the 4-day Easter weekend. 7am to 7pm for 4 days, in an Asian greengrocery. I had no idea how much I was going to be paid, I was paid at the end of the 4th day. It was a 120 year old ex-terrace house and I spent the days: lugging out all the fruit/veg to the front of the shop, going up and down the cellar stairs to bring up packets of rice and spices and things I'd never heard of before (e.g. Bombay duck). Also dragging crates of milk from the rear store to put them into the fridge.

I got 32p/hour for that. I felt ripped off at the time. Measuring worth says:
£2.00 using the retail price index
£3.14 using average earnings

No wonder you've decided now that self employment is the way to go.