Hi folk's, On the 29th of Dec 1941 my father (driver rasc) was ordered to pay 10/- toward's cost of damage to W-D vehicle. (it was his birthday) I just wondered what 10/- was worth/what you could buy with it. Also what would a soldier be earning in 1941. no prizes for 50 pence. regards....Graham.
Purchasing power - 6 pints of beer according to this What a pound could have bought you – and what it still can but I'm not sure just how reliable or comparable this inflation calculator is, but it works 10 shillings out at about £17 new money today. Calculator - UK Inflation | How much is money really worth now compared to history Some pay rates discussed on this link, see comment BBC - WW2 People's War - Infantry rates of pay " In 1939 as an infantry private I was paid two shillings a day. " and in this thread Rates of Pay in WW2
You could buy. 6lbs of Bourneville Cocoa at 5d a quarter. 10 packs of 20 Capstan cigarettes and have 5d change. by adding 2 bob to your 10 bob, a half bottle of whisky. 120 copies of the Daily Mail or Daily Mirror. 48 Mars bars. Pte's were on about 2 bob a day.
That page is a bit out. I can remember "a pounds worth" at the petrol station got you 4 gallons, at least in the 60's if not later. That's 18 litres.
That's 5 days pay then if he on 2/ a day. List here from 2016 says a Private on joining his unit gets paid £18,305. http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Ratesofpay-Regular.pdf £18305 divided by 365 days = £50 per day . 5 days pay for a Private in 2016 = £250 .
A Navigation Folding Lamp, if you wanted to chip in to help the War effort in building new planes. 6d for a machine gun bullet.
Yes - but India Pale ale and Russian Stout are not considered 'foreign' BUT Guinness, Bass & Worthington are ?? TD
I totally agree. Guinness used to be brewed at Park Royal in London (although not sure whether that includes WW2). Bass and Worthington were/still are(?) brewed in Burton-on-Trent.
Very intresting, I have a 10 bob note here somewhere. If I can find it I will upload a picture or it.Might stir a few mwmber's.
ozz16, it's just as easy to google it on google images. Anyway it will only encourage me to add to this thread a very rude riddle about a 10 bob note..
A beer seems quite expensive according to that price list. 1st pint I bought in a pub circa 1969, can't remember if it was a pint of mild or a light and bitter, remember he price though, 1 shilling and 10d. and a couple of months later uproar as the government put a penny on a pint, 1 and 11d. Those were the days!!!!
RCG, Fire away but tone it down,(if you have to?) Talking or note's, a White £5 note is currently worth around £1000. If any member has one for sale,quite happy to give you a couple of quid for it.