What they thought back in 1955!

[riffer]

LOL. I can still remember the debacle when they doubled the price of milk from 4c a pint to 8c a pint. The world was going to end. And when you could buy two pies and a can of coke and still get change for a dollar. And when a flagon of beer was $3.00... and I'm not even that old (42).

[peasea]

And BIG ice cream for threepence

But it's pronounced "thruppence". And there was even a thruppenny bit; with a couple of meres on it if I remember correctly.

We used to find them in the Christmas puddings........good on ya mum.

[peasea]

LOL. I can still remember the debacle when they doubled the price of milk from 4c a pint to 8c a pint. The world was going to end. And when you could buy two pies and a can of coke and still get change for a dollar. And when a flagon of beer was $3.00... and I'm not even that old (42).

Flagons? My gawd, what a mess. We used to buy flagons by the crate (five to a crate, was it?) and have flagon races. You get out all your pint and 1/2 pint mugs, fill them with beer from a flagon. Line the mugs up along the table, slug them back making your way down the table to a bucket at the end, into which you'd chunder violently. I have pics of the activity in the attic, farkin messy heads after that lot I can tell you.

Just thinking about that flat; we might have had motorcycles in the hall and bedrooms but there was always food in the fridge and no dishes on the bench. We were organised. Drunk, stoned and tripping off our nuts a lot of the time, but organised.

[riffer]

Just thinking about that flat; we might have had motorcycles in the hall and bedrooms but there was always food in the fridge and no dishes on the bench. We were organised. Drunk, stoned and tripping off our nuts a lot of the time, but organised.

Funny I don't recall you being my flatmate :|

[peasea]

Funny I don't recall you being my flatmate :|

That's ok dude, they reckon if you can recall the 70's you weren't really there.

[Ixion]

I'm not sure that I was. I blame aliens. Somehow life sort of fast forwarded from the mid 60s to the mid 80s.

[peasea]

I'm not sure that I was. I blame aliens. Somehow life sort of fast forwarded from the mid 60s to the mid 80s.

Some chemicals will do that; a handbrake is essential for some parties/weekends/sick days.

[scumdog]

And BIG ice cream for threepence

And 'two-pieces of fishand chip please' cost 6 pence

[Gareth51]

I rember a girl in standard 6 we called 6 pence

[peasea]

I rember a girl in standard 6 we called 6 pence

I always thought that was odd, coz she had seven diseases.

[davebullet]

I remember when stuff was free. My sis and I used to scrounge up glass Double R bottles and the smaller Coke bottles and get 8c / 4c refunds respectively. Then cash those in on a large 20c mixture, or giant 50c mixture.

I also remember 1/2 cent lollies.... and this all being a decimal system kid.

[scumdog]

I remember when stuff was free. My sis and I used to scrounge up glass Double R bottles and the smaller Coke bottles and get 8c / 4c refunds respectively. Then cash those in on a large 20c mixture, or giant 50c mixture.

I also remember 1/2 cent lollies.... and this all being a decimal system kid.

And I can remember a galllon of petrol at 3/6! (less than 9 cents a litre)

[Genie]

once upon a time...I said I would give up smoking when the price of a packet went over $1.00,

hahahaha, just gave up last year.

And going down the dairy with 50cents...get a spider and a huge bag of lollies. can't even get a spider unless i make my own at home.

[crazyhorse]

You used to buy a big bag of lollies for 5 cents...........

Those were the days you had milk delivered by the milk boys, you never locked your house at night, and I know somepoeple even had the bread man come inside and leave bread on their kitchen bench

...............oh, those were the days

[marty]

or if you DID lock the house, 1 of 9 keys would open the lock