Or, in practical terms, a few bottles of good brandy, a fine woman and a
good cigar.
maybe enough left over for a Bakewell pudding :)
Colin Hill
PS
Thanks for that link. Invaluable to those of us who remember threepenny
bits, silver sixpences and half crowns and, in my case (just) farthings.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Gretton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "'Dru Brooke-Taylor'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: [NSP] Re: English culinary traditions - a rough guide
-----Original Message-----
From: Dru Brooke-Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Has anyone any thoughts of what prizes of 3, 5 and 10 gn (£3.05, £5.25
and £10.50) represented in real terms in 1878?
http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/?redirurl=calculators/ppoweruk/
Cheers,
Paul Gretton
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