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Pub prices. I can remember, in 1968, there was a fairly new pub just outside Blackpool (opposite a row of shops on Hardhorn Way, Poulton) which has since been demolished, and you could still get a pint for just under a shilling.
 

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Best of luck with the op. Ed. Look forward to seeing more posts from you as soon as you are able.
 

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Ed…with you under the anesthetic,it should make United play and the Final more attractive !

They will be putting a warning on all hospital TV screens

"Objects may appear closer than actually are.Do not adjust your set.Characters may appear to be moving faster than they actually are"

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Ed.

When I die and they lay me to rest…………….
 

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Thanks very much for all your good wishes, chums... I wish I had taken more water with last night's vodka though - I suffered this morning!:brick:
 

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Aye, remember them well... Levi's were 53/- or £2-13s or even just £2-65p in today's new world.
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from Jeffery Cohen's gaff on New Brown Street.(JC later did all the 'Stolen from Ivor' cheapos etc.)

Wranglers were a couple of bob cheaper and I have no idea about Lee Riders.
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BS also around the price of Levi's while Jaytex, like Wranglers, were a few shillings cheaper.

Brutus were not on my want list in '69.

A Levi denim jacket was just shy of a £fiver at £4-19-6d.

Thanks for making an old man feel even older, BTW!
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Decimalisation was certainly a clever con, and I'm sure fortunes were made on the back of it . They told us that with 100 pennies to the Pound it would make things easier but old money wasn't difficult if you could count. .

I liked the hawf croon , the wooden thrupenny and of course the tanner, it was like real money compared to the toy town stuff we get now. I think in real terms tho' , the Levis you mention are cheaper to buy now unless of course you are buying LVC but you would need the LVC for the weight and quality that we got back then. .
 

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Decimalisation was certainly a clever con, and I'm sure fortunes were made on the back of it . They told us that with 100 pennies to the Pound it would make things easier but old money wasn't difficult if you could count. .

I liked the hawf croon , the wooden thrupenny and of course the tanner, it was like real money compared to the toy town stuff we get now. I think in real terms tho' , the Levis you mention are cheaper to buy now unless of course you are buying LVC but you would need the LVC for the weight and quality that we got back then. .

'Old' money made sense. Goods often come in packs of 12 - a box 3x4 - so, if something was 5 old pence, then they were 5 shillings for a dozen. Drifting right off topic here........... still, fits with the era, I suppose....

For our younger members (and those overseas) 12 pennies = 1 shilling . 20 shilling = £1

A throwback to the Roman occupation was that the pound symbol £ originally stood for Lira and the symbol for a penny was d, which originally stood for dinar therefore Levis would be priced £3 7s 6d. Some goods would be priced in 'Guineas' which was £1 1s
 
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'Old' money made sense. Goods often come in packs of 12 - a box 3x4 - so, if something was 5 old pence, then they were 5 shillings for a dozen. Drifting right off topic here........... still, fits with the era, I suppose....

For our younger members (and those overseas) 12 pennies = 1 shilling . 20 shilling = £1

A throwback to the Roman occupation was that the pound symbol £ originally stood for Lira and the symbol for a penny was d, which originally stood for dinar therefore Levis would be priced £3 7s 6d. Some goods would be priced in 'Guineas' which was £1 1s

Indeed , Pounds , shillings and pence or LSD . .
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Yes , apart from your example , it seemed easier to work out if things were sold in dozens , which obviously many things were . I recall adverts on the tv back then that would say something like . ."only 17 Guineas , mail order. ."
 

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My old man now still talks about 50 bob suits, paid in instalments.
I went through his wardrobe a while back, and he's still got a covert coat which dates back back to the early 60s, which bears testimony to the quality of the thing- a Jewish Tailor in Balham made it for him apparantly.
Talking of which; this is perhaps one for the look goes on thread, but what the heck...
What's the longest owned clothing item in your own wardrobes?
Personally it's an old silk Chelsea scarf that was purchased in Wandsworth circa 74.
It's faded purple now, has well earnt it's keep, and still looks decent with a crombie
 

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My uncle bought a very expensive overcoat in the mid sixties ,I can't remember the cost but the price was in Guineas which to me always made it more quality,
 

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My old man now still talks about 50 bob suits, paid in instalments.
I went through his wardrobe a while back, and he's still got a covert coat which dates back back to the early 60s, which bears testimony to the quality of the thing- a Jewish Tailor in Balham made it for him apparantly.
Talking of which; this is perhaps one for the look goes on thread, but what the heck...
What's the longest owned clothing item in your own wardrobes?
Personally it's an old silk Chelsea scarf that was purchased in Wandsworth circa 74.
It's faded purple now, has well earnt it's keep, and still looks decent with a crombie
My old Levi denim jacket, originally bought in 1969. Unsurprisingly it doesn't fit now as I was 14 or 15 at the time. I wore it through the skinhead and bootboy eras, for 3 years as a student and even to go to work when I was 23. A couple of years ago I got it down from the loft and gave it to my girlfriend as they were quite trendy at the time.
 

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Apologies all, it's only in the last week I've learned how to post 'reps' - early onset daftness setting in, I fear.

Still a great forum and I owe all of you who have been kind, (at least) a pint... Royton Boy and our mate from Nooten 'eef (sic) - will get them in at the next 'do'.:cheers:
 

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Thank you ed Vaughan, I'll be sipping a few grey gooses tonight to your good health
 

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Apologies all, it's only in the last week I've learned how to post 'reps' - early onset daftness setting in, I fear.

That makes two of us Ed ! Sorry for my ignorance folks
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Longest owned / oldest items?
Keep in mind I'm a revivalist Mod since the late seventies so can't compete with original sixties yoof, but ...

I still occasionally wear a pair of my Dad's RAF issue aviator shades which I think date back at least to the mid fifties.

I also inherited his Crombie. It's midnight blue wool, not covert style but single breasted notch lapel with three exposed buttons.

I have a Levis jacket which I bought in Spring 1988. Doesn't get worn much in favour of my Harrington but I doubt I'd get rid of it now for posteriority!

In 1985 I bought a silver 'worsted and silk' sharkskin jacket (possibly half of what was once a bespoke suit) which clearly dated to the early sixties. (Very slim lapels, five inch vents, three buttons). It cost me fifteen quid in Affleck's Palace in Manchester and still gets an occasional wearing.
 

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