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pbar wrote:Andrew, I think it says 1975.
Does it? I thought my handwriting was bad!
Thanks for the correction.

In that case, £16.98 is worth £130.71 today.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Cool! A wartime wage packet.

£16.98 in 1945 is worth over £770 today.
pbar wrote:Andrew, I think it says 1975.
Andrew 2.8i wrote:In that case, £16.98 is worth £130.71 today.
:lol: Well saved Andrew ! :lol:
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Fordoholic Nick wrote: :lol: Well saved Andrew ! :lol:
I think I got away with it! :)

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:
Fordoholic Nick wrote: :lol: Well saved Andrew ! :lol:
I think I got away with it! :)

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So, let's look at the evidence, you thought that a typical weekly wage packet from 1945 may have been equal to £770. How do you plead?!
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pbar wrote:So, let's look at the evidence, you thought that a typical weekly wage packet from 1945 may have been equal to £770. How do you plead?!
In my defence, there's nothing written on the packet to suggest that it is weekly pay. I thought it could have been monthly. Honest!

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:
andyd wrote: Bring back the cycling proficiency test too.....
I never bothered to take it. Hope the boys in blue don't come after me.... :)

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Who remembers this :?: :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E

Never realised KE did the voice over........
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andyd wrote: Who remembers this
I do. Like you, I didn't realise it was Kenny, although it's obvious once you've been told.

That film looks terribly dated. Where's his high-viz, helmet and video camera? Thankfully, there's no lycra to be seen either, unlike with today's lot ...... :D

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andyd wrote:
Andrew 2.8i wrote:
andyd wrote: Bring back the cycling proficiency test too.....
I never bothered to take it. Hope the boys in blue don't come after me.... :)

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Who remembers this :?: :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E

Never realised KE did the voice over........
Great find Andy :) These public information films are the stuff of legend. Wonder why they stopped, if ever there was a time when people need telling it's now!
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Remember the days when you just had one phone, which would usually be in the hallway, on it's own bespoke table/seat -

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pbar wrote:
Great find Andy :) These public information films are the stuff of legend. Wonder why they stopped, if ever there was a time when people need telling it's now!
:agree: 100%
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pbar wrote:Remember the days when you just had one phone, which would usually be in the hallway, on it's own bespoke table/seat -

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Mum and Dad got one in yellow about 1978.... It sat on our 70's display unit :D
No 1471/1571 answer service, they would just keep ringing :lol:
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andyd wrote: No 1471/1571 answer service, they would just keep ringing :lol:
And wasn't it far simpler, if you wanted to answer it then you would. If you didn't feel like it then you just left it. If it was really important they would keep ringing. And that was it. Straightforward and relaxed, but not anymore.
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote: No 1471/1571 answer service, they would just keep ringing :lol:
And wasn't it far simpler, if you wanted to answer it then you would. If you didn't feel like it then you just left it. If it was really important they would keep ringing. And that was it. Straightforward and relaxed, but not anymore.
You are right Paul.
Is that picture of your home phone now :lol:

Too much crap on all phones nowadays.....I cant wait for the Nokia 3310 to be released again :lol:
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We had this exact Radiogram too :D https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/lot- ... 40x360.jpg

Was my Dads, but I used to play all my 70's records on it :lol:

I love this thread :cheers: Paul
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andyd wrote: You are right Paul.
Is that picture of your home phone now :lol:
I wish! :)

I remember a radiogram which we had too (different to the pic you linked to, but same kind of thing). That went when the 'music centre' (record player, radio, cassette) came in, with the perspex lift up lid.
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Too much crap on all phones nowadays.....I cant wait for the Nokia 3310 to be released again :lol:[/quote]

I still have my old 3310 and i'm just thinking of getting a new battery for it and putting it back in service. Can't be doing with these modern glass things.
As far as i'm concerned an i pad and a tablet are things you would find in your medicine chest and a laptop is something your cat sits on!
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote: You are right Paul.
Is that picture of your home phone now :lol:
I wish! :)

I remember a radiogram which we had too (different to the pic you linked to, but same kind of thing). That went when the 'music centre' (record player, radio, cassette) came in, with the perspex lift up lid.
Yes the music centre, that was early 80's in our house :D
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Paul G wrote:

Too much crap on all phones nowadays.....I cant wait for the Nokia 3310 to be released again :lol:[/quote]

I still have my old 3310 and i'm just thinking of getting a new battery for it and putting it back in service. Can't be doing with these modern glass things.
As far as i'm concerned an i pad and a tablet are things you would find in your medicine chest and a laptop is something your cat sits on![/quote]


:lol: The less technology the better imo
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They actually brought these out again recently, but this pic is from the first time around. These were incredible back in the day! Note the packet which emulates newspaper 'fish & chip paper'. Chippies are not even allowed to sell them like that anymore.

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pbar wrote:They actually brought these out again recently, but this pic is from the first time around. These were incredible back in the day! Note the packet which emulates newspaper 'fish & chip paper'. Chippies are not even allowed to sell them like that anymore.

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Mostly because you end up with ink on your hands and swallow it too......We've all gone soft :lol:
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