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"sweller" wrote:

1506 wrote:

I found that a bus ticket for one stop was one and a half penny, and a
three-pence for about three or four stops in suburbs such as Edgware
or Stanmore. Is it right?

When I started work on Regent St in 1969 the Waterloo to Piccadilly
Circus fare was 3d. That would be just over 1p in currency or
USD0.02.

It cost twice as much to go from Waterloo to Oxford Circus, i.e. 6d of
2.5 new pence. That would be USD0.05 nowadays.

Needless to say that I find the present day London fare to be
extortionate.

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?


Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could get
1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.

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