Things you never see anymore

[Heathrow fox]

1 minute ago, Leicesterpool said:

I was a very clip from 1970s and it was like news insert about Shrewsbury Town. They were playing in the third tier at the time which is league one. On turnstile admissions it said... adults 80p! So tried to work out inflation so thats about £8 today. So imagine paying £8 to watch a league one game. To do at £8 you cant watch a southern league game for that. Shows hows football has gone from being world class sport.

Bare in mind spectators back then sat on wooden benches,peed up walls and watched a far inferior version of the game.Players earn more now all the way down the pyramid and someone has to pay for it.

[Free Falling Foxes]

On 13/04/2025 at 17:33, Torquay Gunner said:

Apparently worth around £93 in today’s money, so more than I thought. 

 

On 13/04/2025 at 17:38, davieG said:

What do you an apprentice would be earning today. I’d guess more than the minimum wage at an engineering job 

 

On 13/04/2025 at 17:39, davieG said:

People aspired to £20/wk back then

I've just used the bank of England inflation calculator to work out todays equivalent cost of our first house.

It cost £14 000 in 1980. Todays value, according to the calculator, is just under £60 000.

However, those houses are currently going for over £230 000!

[Parafox]

On 15/04/2025 at 22:43, Free Falling Foxes said:

 

 

I've just used the bank of England inflation calculator to work out todays equivalent cost of our first house.

It cost £14 000 in 1980. Todays value, according to the calculator, is just under £60 000.

However, those houses are currently going for over £230 000!

 

We bought our first house (on a mortgage) for £17,500 in 1983, A traditional terraced property in need of work.

 

We sold it in 1988 for £56,000 

 

Now it's valued at £125,000.

 

We bought our current house, a modest 4 bed detached, for £85,000, now valued at nearly half a million!

 

Bonkers.

[davieG]

[Torquay Gunner]

2 hours ago, davieG said:

Miniature doodlebug?