On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:08:50 +0100, "sweller"
wrote:

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

I suspect the OP may have been referring to the gbp4 paper ticket,
which should probably be thought of in the same way as a charge for
the use of a credit card set at a deliberately high level to put
people off paying in that way.

Neil

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