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Mizter T wrote:


On 10 Jun, 19:53, Graeme Wall wrote:

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Mizter T wrote:

On 10 Jun, 17:39, Graeme Wall wrote:

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"sweller" wrote:

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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.

If you know where to go you can get yourself a pint for something like
£1.80. And it's not the establishment with faux-marble bar counters.

You can in Southampton as well, but not generally in Central London (bar
Weatherspoons).


May I merrily spread the good word of Samuel Smith's Brewery.

Please do :-)

The beer may all be brewed in Yorkshire but central London plays host to
many of Sam Smith's distinctively convivial hostelries - traditional pubs,
no music, decent fellow drinkers, a lovely pint, and minimal damage to your
wallet. 'Tis a winner. If it's your round, this is the place to buy it!


I first came across Sam Smiths at a little pub in Shildon in 1975. I still
have the branded tankard presented to me by the landlord to celebrate
drinking his pub dry. ob railway, I was there for the S&D 150th as part of
the GWS sales team so I had plenty of assistance in the drinking.

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