How Much

[Thisoldbird]

Hi can anyone work out how much seven shillings and sixpence ( 7/6) in 1957, would be worth today., please.

I've been writing about my life for the Grandchildren..7/6 each was the cost of a salad meal we had in Kensington. As teenagers future husband and myself found it was all we could afford on the menu. Kensington back then was rather an expensive area.

[Thisoldbird]

Thanks for the replies.
It was 2 salad meals..

It was actually 1956..at the time my young man earned pennies under £10 a week, I earned about £6 or £7 depending on my bonus.

Eating out was usually the local chippy or cafe as far as I remembered.
A day trip to london felt like going abroad to me. I hadn't been further than the nearest big town til then.

Lots of happy memories pass my old mind these days. Cheers.

[jim360]

I suppose there are three different answers because there are (at least) three different measures of inflation.

[Jackdaw33]

I find that in these types of question the RPI is the most useful measure.