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I BIT the bullet yesterday and went to top up the petrol tank as I normally do on a weekly basis.
I paid £25.01 for 14.55 litres which I reckoned would be about 3.2 gallons costing about £7.81 per gallon in our old imperial coinage. Phew!
Because I am an old codger, I’m pretty sure I can remember when petrol could be bought for 2/6 per gallon.
That’s two shillings and six pence.
According to my internet search, even in 1961 the price of petrol was about 4/6 per gallon.
Four shillings and six pence, just under five shillings which equates to 25p in metric money.
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Would you believe that the money I spent on those 14.55 litres would have bought me 31 gallons in 1961?
Assuming this old codger has got his sums right that is some eye opener to be sure.
The 1960s was a marvellous decade to be alive and I’m pleased I was around to enjoy it.