Compo 10,334 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 you must be younger than me Stephen; school dinners were 2/6 per week at our school. I was at seniors from 1962-1967. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 960 Black Jacks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 40 return bus fares to town at 3d each way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Sorry pressed post in error....Or 20 goes on the gas or electric meter - oddly, I never won a penny from those machines Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,880 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Late sixties school dinners were one shilling each. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 And how bars of chocolate have "shrunk" over the years, remember those big blocks of Cadbury's chocolate? They are a mere fraction of the size they used to be in the 50's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 A shilling is what I paid Den Hence 20 dinnuz fer a paahnd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 And how bars of chocolate have "shrunk" over the years, remember those big blocks of Cadbury's chocolate? They are a mere fraction of the size they used to be in the 50's. Of course they are...do you expect the same price? The years have gone by...would you expect gas bills to be the same size? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 We don't get a gas bill per se, we have the propane tank refilled, 500 gallons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 StephenFord You gotta get this sleepwalking problem sorted. I just checked on my handy wallet sized ready reckoner chart Three bob is is 15 new Pence, 4d is a third of a shilling or 1.65 New pence. so Three and Fourpence(3/4d) is 16.65 New pence. 30 skool dinnuz would have cost you £4.99½ New Pence, We'll call it an old fiver. Mick - 3/4d was the price for a week - i.e. 8d a day - so you got five for that. There were 6 x 3/4d to a pound, so 6 x 5 = 30 skool dinnuz for a pound. That's why the price increases were in multiples of 5d. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Aha! StephenFord I see it all now summovit! I thought at 3/4d you must have gone to a posh skool, and had gravy wiv your taters and skinless custard. 8d is less than our 12d, However I was on Free Dinner tickets for a while, to which there was a bit of a stigma. However I did like custard skin, or skin off the chicken. Still doo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 24 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Megabus and Megatrain offer various tickets for just £1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Pound shops.......................the clue's in the name Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 Actually I only knew the prices of school dinners from announcements and frequent reminders when the price changed. I distinctly remember Mrs Sewter at Mikado Road repeating each morning "Don't forget - dinner money is going up next Monday - you'll need to bring four and tuppence." And even then some dimwit turned up the following week with the old amount and got an ear-bending. Personally I never ever stayed school dinners - and as I was a fussy eater as a kid, I never wanted to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 I live near Mikado road, I must nip in and see how much it is now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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