It was Dad's 90th birthday last weekend and, as you can imagine, the party was ace! The weekend started off well, with an entire church-full of people all singing "Happy Birthday To You!" followed by a small party, then a bigger one and then a very big one up at the local tennis club where Dad's been a member since 1946!
As part of the party, we had a sort of "This is your life" presentation, with speeches and pictures, charting the last 90 years, lots to drink, lots to eat and lots of catching up with old friends and members of the family we hadn't seen for
90 years ago takes us back to 1922, of course. Here's some of the things which have changed since then.
In 1922 petrol (not that many people had cars) was 2 shillings a gallon, a bottle of Scotch was 12 shillings and sixpence and a pint of bitter was 5 old pennies. That's 10 pence, 63 pence and 2 pence respectively.The average wage - here's the rub - was £2.95 for men and £1.42 for women. Talking of working women, the first woman solicitor was admitted to practice in 1922. Footballers were well paid, even if they didn't have the superstar salaries of today, with a maximum wage of £8 a week agreed.In the news was Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tut, and diabetes sufferers were relieved by the introduction of insulin. Cheese sandwiches became tastier with Branston pickle available for the first time For entertainment, the evenings were enlightened by broadcasts from 2LO, as the BBC was first known and in the cinema the top films were Nanook of the North and the Last of the Mohicans. Just William topped the books of the year (quite rightly - William is brilliant) and, on the newly invented radio, the top songs were Jeannie with the light brown hair and Toot Toot Tootsie.
It's
been an interesting 90 years! 90 years ago takes us back to 1922, of course. Here's some of the things which have changed since then.
In 1922 petrol (not that many people had cars) was 2 shillings a gallon, a bottle of Scotch was 12 shillings and sixpence and a pint of bitter was 5 old pennies. That's 10 pence, 63 pence and 2 pence respectively.
The average wage - here's the rub - was £2.95 for men and £1.42 for women. Talking of working women, the first woman solicitor was admitted to practice in 1922. Footballers were well paid, even if they didn't have the superstar salaries of today, with a maximum wage of £8 a week agreed.
In the news was Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of King Tut, and diabetes sufferers were relieved by the introduction of insulin. Cheese sandwiches became tastier with Branston pickle available for the first time
For entertainment, the evenings were enlightened by broadcasts from 2LO, as the BBC was first known and in the cinema the top films were Nanook of the North and the Last of the Mohicans. Just William topped the books of the year (quite rightly - William is brilliant) and, on the newly invented radio, the top songs were Jeannie with the light brown hair and Toot Toot Tootsie.
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