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mrsmopp Tue 06-Nov-12 00:27:33

I don't buy sweets but just fancied a pack of Polos. They were 58p and I was amazed. That's nearly twelve shillings!
They used to be tuppence.
In old money.

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jeni Tue 06-Nov-12 17:55:17

2/6d for a shoulder of lamb from Mickey Finn (honest) our butcher in 1967 when we first married. Lasted half the week.

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trishs Tue 06-Nov-12 18:30:24

I have a picture of me and some friends drinking in a pub which was then my local in Winchester c.1969. I remember that half of Mild cost 8d, whatever that equates to now!

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kittylester Tue 06-Nov-12 18:32:18

Just a bit more that 3p trishs

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trishs Tue 06-Nov-12 18:38:27

Thanks kittylester, my brain is on strike today ;) Not sure it's even possible to buy Mild anywhere these days.

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Ana Tue 06-Nov-12 18:42:05

I always used to think it was strange that mild was darker in colour than bitter!

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isthisallthereis Tue 06-Nov-12 20:54:15

Mild is certainly to be seen in good pubs round here (East Midlands). Stout which is even darker is enjoying a revival I read somewhere recently.

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Niftynanny Wed 07-Nov-12 09:45:32

I remember the first time I bought wine for our first dinner party in 1970
and it was 9s - 6d . . that was more than the rest of the meal put together.
I think the rent on our flat was 5 guineas a week!

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