Exchange and Mart 1978

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Exchange and Mart 1978

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Guy on fb has a mate that found a 1978 Exchange and Mart in his loft.....

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Good find Nick :cool:

Less than 10% vat :D

The average weekly wage then was just under £100 a week, so although the respray sounds cheap it was still alot of money for many back then!
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Good find!
£53 in 1978 is equivalent to £311 today, according to the B of E inflation claculator.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:30 pm Good find!
£53 in 1978 is equivalent to £311 today, according to the B of E inflation claculator.

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That's still cheap Andrew, I wonder how good it really was or if there were other hidden costs :headscratch:
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That was a good price , also I see on Facebook Fiona was on charging 20p a visit :lol: :lol: :roll:
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And they accept Access as payment. Where's my flexible friend? :lol:

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What a good thing to find. It's amazing just how many paper publications were the norm, Loot and the Football Pink for example.
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