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[Alan R]

-------- NORM, they've all filled their tanks up and have gone home to get some jerry cans !!

[apparently lucky eddie]

10 shillings a gallon?! I remember 3 shillings a gallon and even then we thought it was so expensive we mixed in a fair percentage of cheap paraffin in the hope of saving a few pennies!

[Mike (Redcar)]

1966 98octane 1/6, 101octane 1/9 a gallon old money, about 7p and 8p today. Wages about £5 a week.

[Pete (Staffs)]

By my calculations, and I could quite possibly be wrong, that works out at around £3-50 a gallon in comparison to todays wages. So although in the 60's, wages were only a fiver, you could have bought roughly 66 gallons with it. Today, on minimum wage, you would only get 40 gallons.

[Dennis C]

Mike

Either you were not around in 1966 or you memory is letting you down. 1966 was the year I got married and at the time I was earning about £22.00 a week and petrol was around 7 bob a gallon.

I started riding a bike in 1960 and the price of petrol then was 4/6p for four star a 5/0p for five star. Champion spark plugs where 2/6p

[Pete (Staffs)]

Blinkin ek Dennis, you must have had a good job ! ) In '74 I was earning £19 and fuel was 35p a gallon.

[Dennis C]

Hi Pete, yes I was a joiner at Eggborough power station on piecework the wages where above average but very bad working conditions.

[Midge]

I've still got my first weeks payslip from 1972 £7.50 This included 36p for using my bicycle for work, as a plumber. I managed to eventually save enough for a deposit on a FS1-E on hire-purchase!

[Mike (Redcar)]

Hi Dennis, I was 16 working and riding my first bike (250 Crusader)in 66, but will admit my memory isn't at its best, wages are correct but could be out on petrol? £22 per week where you Prime Minister? LOL

[Mike (Redcar)]

Dennis you are right about the price, check this http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/rep ... allons.pdf