Who Would Have Thought..............

[Trevor S 2,003]

Comments made by everyday people in the US of A in the year 1955.

Trouble is - it is applicable to England, Australia and most western countries!


I'll tell you one thing, if things
keep going the way they are,
it 's going to be impossible to
buy a week's groceries for $10.00.

Have you seen the new cars
coming out next year? It won't
be long before $1,000.00 will
only buy a used one.

If cigarettes keep going up in
price, I'm going to quit; 20 cents
a pack is ridiculous.

Did you hear the post office is
thinking about charging 7 cents
just to mail a letter.

If they raise the minimum wage
to $1.00, nobody will be able to
hire outside help at the store.

When I first started driving, who
would have thought gas would
someday cost 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we'd be better off leaving
the car in the garage.

I'm afraid to send my kids to the
movies any more. Ever since they
let Clark Gable get by with saying
DAMN in GONE WITH THE WIND,
it seems every new movie has
either HELL or DAMN in it.

I read the other day where some
scientist thinks it's possible to put
a man on the moon by the end of
the century. They even have some
fellows they call astronauts
preparing for it down in Texas .

Did you see where some baseball
player just signed a contract for
$50,000 a year just to play ball?
It would'nt surprise me if someday
they'll be making more than the
President.

I never thought I'd see the day
all our kitchen appliances would
be electric. They're even making
electric typewriters now.

It's too bad things are so tough
nowadays. I see where a few
married women are having to
work to make ends meet.

It won't be long before young
couples are going to have to hire
someone to watch their kids so
they can both work.

I'm afraid the Volkswagen car
is going to open the door to a
whole lot of foreign business.

Thank goodness I won't live to
see the day when the Government
takes half our income in taxes. I
sometimes wonder if we are
electing the best people to
government.

The fast food restaurant is
convenient for a quick meal,
but I seriously doubt they
will ever catch on.

There is no sense going on short
trips anymore for a weekend. It
costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay
in a hotel.

No one can afford to be sick
anymore. At $15.00 a day in
the hospital, it's too rich for
my blood.

If they think I'll pay 30 cents
for a haircut, forget it.

Know any friends who would get a kick out of these, pass this on!
Be sure and send it to your kids and grandkids, too!

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

And I can remember when a pint of Home/Shipstones's bitter was 1/10d(9p)

And I said once beer got to 50p a pint I would stop drinking, I'm still drinking and paying over £3 a pint

[benjamin1945 16,194]

Pint of "Batemans" mild 1/4,and a Babycham (with cherry) 1/6,followed with a "Caravan" for the night 10/-,all at "happy days" holidays Trunch lane,Ingoldmells,circa 1963.........

[FLY2 10,109]

63, those were the days,. Six pints, a Chinese and a taxi home. All for under two quid!

[benjamin1945 16,194]

Flash git" you basfordred,try this...6 pints...bag of chips..........bus home.........under a quid

[FLY2 10,109]

There were many times I'd had more beer and having missed the last bus had to walk to Wollaton. Oh how my feet ached those nights.

[benjamin1945 16,194]

First time i took a girl to "pictures" in town,Gaumont ,3/6 for balcony seats,i sat praying she would"nt want an Ice cream,

[Trevor S 2,003]

I ask you...just where would we be without good old INFLATION?

[mick2me 3,033]

First time i took a girl to "pictures" in town,Gaumont ,3/6 for balcony seats,i sat praying she would"nt want an Ice cream,

And she was thinking, I hope he is not thinking he can butter me up by buying me cream

And Trunch Lane... I knew knew that face from somewhere, benjamin1945

[catfan 14,793]

First time i took a girl to "pictures" in town,Gaumont ,3/6 for balcony seats,i sat praying she would"nt want an Ice cream,

You certainly knew how to treat a woman eh benjamin1945 !

[catfan 14,793]

63' I well remember going to the Chingford Road chippy & a bag of chips cost 4d, yes 4 old pence, just a bit over one & a half new pence now.

A recent bag of chips cost £1.60P.

[Trevor S 2,003]

Would I be right in saying a 45 would be about 6 bob in the early 60s?

[DaveN 1,118]

I think a single was 4s 11d and an album 39s 11d

[Cliff Ton 10,487]

Who would have thought that we'd all be here remembering the things we did 50+ years ago?

Who would have thought the technology would exist to enable that?

Who would have thought we'd all still have (most) of our marbles to be able to remember?

[DaveN 1,118]

We used to play with marbles a lot though back then

[FLY2 10,109]

In the early 60's, a couple of mates and I would start Friday night in The Bell and have a mixed grill, 10/6. Red Barrel 1/6 a pint.

A great start to the nights proceedings.

[DaveN 1,118]

Amendment to pric eof a 45 record. I think the price I said was in late 50's and in the 60s it was 6s 8d - Sorry

[benjamin1945 16,194]

#11 Yes catfan 4d a bag,with Batter bits,remember them?

[benjamin1945 16,194]

Amendment to pric eof a 45 record. I think the price I said was in late 50's and in the 60s it was 6s 8d - Sorry

Bloody nora dave,lets get it right once and for all,in 1962 a single was 6/6,same price as a tin of "Chatka crab"

[FLY2 10,109]

There was a shop on Radford Rd Basford that sold singles for 6/3 halfpenny .

[benjamin1945 16,194]

Trust you to stir it up again,how much was their "chatka crab"?lol

[carni 10,094]

Benjamin1945 #3

1965, the year after I met Chris at Skeg, we all went to Chapel St Leanards, Trunch Lane. My Sister,Her boyfriend and me and Chris, hired a 4berth Caravan. Then as craftily as possible we sneaked the gang in....All 14 of us. Very cramped but a great laugh. Come Midnight and with the help of a barrel of Cider borrowed from a"Beer Off" in Skeg and a little Rum to follow, some bright spark decided it was time for a "Midnight Dip". The sight of the Lado's running down Trunch Lane to the sea clad in our see through drawers was a sight never to be forgotten! Oh to be young again.

[benjamin1945 16,194]

I Was"nt going to say owt carnie" being a Gent,....but i saw you

[carni 10,094]

So Benjamin, were you the one who joined us?

Chapel St Leonards was quite a Sedate place in those days..........Sometimes

[benjamin1945 16,194]

Not that night it was"nt,but my lips are sealed