The UK gloating in post war nostalgia
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Memories of the 70s for "Gen Y"
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostThe average house in 1971 was £5,632.
Now it is about £300K, so a pint should cost about £5.75 now, or house prices are overpriced.
Based on the pint being about £3.10, the average house should cost about £160K.
So either beer has become amazingly cheap, or houses have become idiotically expensive.
So based on that I would say southern house prices are about right.Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostInterestingly enough it was 6 quid a pint last night at Wembley and ten quid a burger
So based on that I would say southern house prices are about right.Comment
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I was watching The Good Life from 1975 and in one ep. Jerry Leadbetter's salary was mentioned, £18,000. Now I looked on some website that worked out the equivalent current salary, was about £134,000 in today's money, which seemed a bit much to me. Especially as when I first started working in 1979, my salary was £6292 so broadly equivalent to £45,000 - can't be right for an 18 year old.
Unless inflation was so rampant in the late seventies it was really worth like 20k, even that seems too much.Comment
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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I remember:
I did not like to eat until 5 years old.
Punching the boys at school.
Superman movie.
Close Encounters movie.
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Obviously I wasn't an Abba fan, butI persuadedmy sisterto buyhad all their records.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostObviously I wasn't an Abba fan, butI persuadedmy sisterto buyhad all their records.Comment
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