Lemmy wrote:

18 May 1965: "What is claimed to be the only robot railway ticket
collector in the world began work at 7 a.m. at Acton Town Underground
station, London. Automatic Bill, as the staff call the machine,
swallows tickets like oysters, and coughs up the bad ones."

Nice word choice.
--
Michael Hoffman

I seem to recall that the post office put second class mail up from 4d to
2.5p (ie 6d) and first class mail up from 5d to 3p (7.2d) and claimed that
it wasnt really a price increase.


A 50% increase in the price of a second class letter certainly sounded like
one to me!

In message
"sweller" wrote:

1506 wrote:

I found that a bus ticket for one stop was one and a half penny, and a
three-pence for about three or four stops in suburbs such as Edgware
or Stanmore. Is it right?

When I started work on Regent St in 1969 the Waterloo to Piccadilly
Circus fare was 3d. That would be just over 1p in currency or
USD0.02.

It cost twice as much to go from Waterloo to Oxford Circus, i.e. 6d of
2.5 new pence. That would be USD0.05 nowadays.

Needless to say that I find the present day London fare to be
extortionate.

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?


Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could get
1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

On 10 Jun, 17:39, Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
"sweller" wrote:

(snip)

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?

Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could get
1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.


If you know where to go you can get yourself a pint for something like
£1.80. And it's not the establishment with faux-marble bar counters.

In message
Mizter T wrote:


On 10 Jun, 17:39, Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
"sweller" wrote:

(snip)

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?

Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could
get 1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.


If you know where to go you can get yourself a pint for something like
£1.80. And it's not the establishment with faux-marble bar counters.

You can in Southampton as well, but not generally in Central London (bar
Weatherspoons).

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html

From Whitakers Almanack 1967 p600:

London Underground Railway Return Fares


Tott Ct Rd Liv St to Tower Hill Picc Circus
to Morden Ealing Bdy to Putney Bdg to Cockfosters


Jan
1938 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/6
1953 2/0 2/4 1/10 2/6
1954 2/2 2/6 2/0 2/8
1956 2/4 2/8 2/2 2/10
1957 2/10 3/0 2/8 3/4
1958 3/0 3/4 2/8 3/8
1959 3/4 3/8 2/8 3/10
1960 3/6 3/10 2/10 4/0
1963 4/0 4/4 3/4 4/8
1964 4/8 5/0 3/10 5/4

Oct
1965 5/0 5/4 4/0 5/4
1966 5/6 5/10 4/6 6/2

The fare for each of the above journeys rose by 2d between January and
June 1962.

There's also tables of sample SR (Southern & BR(S)) 2nd class return
fares and Green Line Return Fares for the same period too.

Chris

nessuno2001 wrote:
Hello everybody,
do you know how much was a ticket for the London underground in the
early '60s?

I found that a bus ticket for one stop was one and a half penny, and a
three-pence for about three or four stops in suburbs such as Edgware
or Stanmore. Is it right?

Any help appreciated,
thanks,
Filippo

Graeme Wall wrote:
Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could get
1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.

Over in Kirkwall a pint of Guinness has been about three pounds for a
couple of months now.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:08:50 +0100, "sweller"
wrote:

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?

I suspect the OP may have been referring to the gbp4 paper ticket,
which should probably be thought of in the same way as a charge for
the use of a credit card set at a deliberately high level to put
people off paying in that way.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

On 10 Jun, 19:53, Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
Mizter T wrote:

On 10 Jun, 17:39, Graeme Wall wrote:

In message
"sweller" wrote:

(snip)

How much, say, beer, bread or cheese would the 3d buy in 1969, compared
to the £1.50 fare today?

Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could
get 1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.

If you know where to go you can get yourself a pint for something like
£1.80. And it's not the establishment with faux-marble bar counters.

You can in Southampton as well, but not generally in Central London (bar
Weatherspoons).


May I merrily spread the good word of Samuel Smith's Brewery. The beer
may all be brewed in Yorkshire but central London plays host to many
of Sam Smith's distinctively convivial hostelries - traditional pubs,
no music, decent fellow drinkers, a lovely pint, and minimal damage to
your wallet. 'Tis a winner. If it's your round, this is the place to
buy it!

List of all their pubs in London and elsewhe
http://www.beerintheevening.com/chai...html/chain/12/

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Smith_Brewery

In message
"Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)" wrote:

Graeme Wall wrote:
Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could
get 1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at the price.

Over in Kirkwall a pint of Guinness has been about three pounds for a
couple of months now.

But that's not North, that's foriegn :-)

--
Graeme Wall
This address is not read, substitute trains for rail.
Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html