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A bowler hat and a flat cap represented "diversity" in the 1950s but the two nearest cars being that posh is highly unlikely.Found this on ebay and bought it from a man in Croatia (?)
I think it’s around 1953/54.
Quite an interesting read. Oh the hopes they had.
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I’ll see what I can do. I doubt the binding is up to being squashed onto a scanner - but photos are possible.This is amazing. If you are able to upload some highlights, that would be brilliant!
Found this on ebay and bought it from a man in Croatia (?)
I think it’s around 1953/54.
Quite an interesting read. Oh the hopes they had.
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What’s your field of interest?This is great - would really appreciate more @RobUSA
What’s your field of interest?
The internet suggests that 2.5p in 1906 would be equivalent to 312.5p today.What I meant is what would sixpence (2½ new pence) buy you then compared to what it would buy you now. I'm old enough to remember buying beer at 2 bob a pint. (One and six in the Labour Club.)
As Branch Treasurer at the time ( and until 2000 ) I remember it well, 1500 printed by George Street Press for £315 and a reprint of 500 for £87.I tried to find a copy of this guide online but all I found was this from 1975.
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Oooops here we go again!!! Sorry
6d then is probably about £3 now.A very old handbook guide to Stafford my Dad gave me when I was a kid. Published in 1906 price sixpence (as you can see.) I've used a couple of pix on the Stafford Nostalgia thread. As a kid I defaced it a bit, I drew cannons on the battlements of Stafford Castle. There's quite a few pix in it, all more than 100 years in the past. Looking through it is like staring at an alien planet ....
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I'm not sure what sixpence represents in today's prices. I figure in 1906 it was 'real' money.
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