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    what would 5d buy in 1970

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    5d in the UK would have been equal to 2p now, you couldn't buy much with that in 1970.


    Maybe a box of matches, I think a mars bar was about 8d ( 8 old pennies) =5p (5 new pence).


    a packet of cigarettes then was about 20p.


     


     

    ROMOS

    5 Park Drive cigarettes were sixpence, I remember that well, wish I'd never started.
    sunnyB

    Were they as cheap as that Romos,no wonder we all smoked when we were about 12.
    bowlesy

    6 pence(old money) and no v a t!!
    ROMOS

    Yep, I remember it well,I worked on a milk delivery van then as a schoolboy, 4 in the morning till school time, my wages were £3 a week, my tips always more than doubled that, good times,my Mother earned £8 a week in a full time job.
    bowlesy

    i had a paper round 15 shillings,tips at christmas only.
    ROMOS

    Stingy customers huh? :-(


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