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 Asked for id on purchasing - Duncan
>> I had a vague look for "what did four shillings buy". This one is a
>> little interesting, as they are talking about when some here started their driving careers I
>> guess. Fifties.
>>
>> www.mirror.co.uk/money/personal-finance/back-in-the-50s-537494
>>

I started my National service in the mid 50s. The pay - before stoppages - was 28 shillings a week, 4 shillings a day. That's £1 40p a week, or 20p a day.

I can't remember how shillings used to be written. Was it 28/- ?
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