The Cost of Living šŸ“ˆ

A glimpse of simpler times and tells its own little story. A good night had by all hopefully.
We have a receipt like this from a grocery/public house in the nearby village dated 1955. On it are items like a crate of minerals, a crate of stout, x amount of candles, sugar, tea. Big quantities and not your usual weekly shop. When we found it, we wondered at the list and its makeup. A party?
Sadly no, on checking the date it was the shopping list for my grandfatherā€™s wake. My Dad was only 5 at the time and had never seen it before.

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Bullshit about the barracks apparently

The 5p coin replaced the shilling and continued to be known as a Bob (in Cork anyway)
If somebody asked you for 2 Bob they wanted 10p

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That was a florin I think

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I remember the 7p bag of taytos aswell :tired_face:
Do you remember the 1/2p sweetsā€¦ they were round toffee covered in chocolateā€¦ if you were flush youā€™d buy chocolate mice for 2p each :joy:

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So it was you used go into Ivanā€™s asking how much were the penny sweets?

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Pub near me used to do Kitkats for 30p. Dairy milk was 33. Taytos were 20. Can of Coke 50p.

Youā€™d do wreck with a fiver

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Why Ireland has Scandinavian prices but without the salaries to justify them

Could anyone do the needful?

I remember cans for 35p in Ivanā€™s but they quickly went up to 50.

Whatever happened to the Supercan, Jesus that was some job.

https://archive.ph/NSggV

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https://twitter.com/snowbiewx/status/1840393092702052364?s=46

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