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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.


       


       

      12 years ago. Rating: 3
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        ROMOS

        5 Park Drive cigarettes were sixpence, I remember that well, wish I'd never started.
        commented 12 years ago
        sunnyB

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

        6 pence(old money) and no v a t!!
        commented 12 years ago
        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.
        commented 12 years ago
        bowlesy

        i had a paper round 15 shillings,tips at christmas only.
        commented 12 years ago
        ROMOS

        Stingy customers huh? :-(
        commented 12 years ago


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