I would have been a bit younger when I got one, maybe 10-12. That same uncle once gave me a pack of panatella cigars for Xmas when I was a similar age. I never worked out if that was a mistake or whether he had no idea how old I was, but either way, he wasn't exactly on the ball :smiling3:
I’m probably one of the few non-British people who knows that a “bob” is a shilling, and there were twenty shillings to a pound, so that note would have been equivalent to 50 new pence. The Bank of England has an inflation calculator, and though that doesn’t do fractional pounds, it’s just a matter of typing in 5 and dividing the outcome by 10:
And this I what I remember nearly every year in the 70s my nans house just outside Taunton
I still had a ten Bob note in 71. I got 7 Singapore dollars for it - or a few bottles of Tiger beer depending on yer exchange rate back then!!!!
Thats the one's victory V's they were im sure laced with a small amount of morphine looking back did I love em or was there a slight addiction
aaah Singapore - Clifford Quay, People's Park, Change Alley, Bougis Street - many memorable runs ashore ( I think ) ending with no money, bad hangovers, cuts and contusions and also oddly enough a new watch!
Ether, liquorice and Chloroform I think Dave. I looked it up LOL. I think the modern ones (you can still get ‘em) don’t have the ether and chloroform. Haven’t had one for many years so don’t know if they still make your throat go numb.
I have that T-Shirt!!! The toilets in Bugis Strasse should have been made a world heritage site!!!!
:rolling::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy: It is a much changed city these days!!!
I first went there in the mid 70's - every time I went back, more land had been reclaimed, more skyscrapers shot up - the Merlions, at the mouth of the Singapore River got further & further away from the sea. We often had to anchor, before our berth was available & the taxi boat landed at Clifford Quay. There was a bar - 'Red Lantern' close by - they used to serve Tiger in 2.5l jugs - an aperitif for the evening! The watch thing was odd to me - a few drinks & I couldn't resist the goodies on offer in the shopping plazas.....................
They are still there, probably more so now than ever before to be honest. The standard of modern musicianship is far higher now on average than in previous eras, helped by the superior quality of the electronics they play through. I think the hard bit is finding an audience with an attention span.
That exchange rate was 7 1/2 pints to the £ when I started drinking!
The two pubs in my 'village' have live music, usually on alternate Fridays. OK some are rubbish, but others are pretty slick. One pub has occasional 'open mic' nights, which attracts quite a few people, but in my experience is to be avoided! In summer the other pub runs a 'battle of the bands' weekend - in a large marquee, that covers the beer garden. The local pub, as a community centre, is still surviving in South Gloucestershire - darts teams & tournaments, quiz nights, away days ( last one I went on was Weymouth ), or even a quiet pint in the beer garden - they're still there
That's because you live in the English tropics Tim. You have palm trees along the sea front (do you still have them). There has been snow there in that time, I can remember my mum moaning about not getting out to shop. She lived at the top of North Hill in Minehead, right next to the moor. And the way she drove I think it a good thing she stayed home.
Nearly right Ian, but at that time I was living in Salisbury, not much coast about LOL
I only moved out in here 2019. I do remember no traffic being able to get through on the main roads to Salisbury for three days and the railways also stopping. I walked the three miles to school on those days until the bus service was restored because school stayed open.I don't think that is a true reflection of purchasing power.
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