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This blog is an eclectic collection of my thoughts and concerns. Some subjects are brought to my attention by others who feel this blog is a good conduit for communication. I am a volunteer for a number of local organisations, but I do NOT write on their behalf. I do not pretend to talk on behalf of any organisation or the community. There are people who share some of my views, and others that do not. If you do not like what you read here, find another blog to read, or better still write your own.
Local Websites
Tenbury Online (Portal)
This blog is an eclectic collection of my thoughts and concerns. Some subjects are brought to my attention by others who feel this blog is a good conduit for communication. I am a volunteer for a number of local organisations, but I do NOT write on their behalf. I do not pretend to talk on behalf of any organisation or the community. There are people who share some of my views, and others that do not. If you do not like what you read here, find another blog to read, or better still write your own.
Local Websites
Tenbury Online (Portal)
Tenbury Regal HLF Blog
Tenbury Round Table
Tenbury Events
Tenbury & Burford Civic Society
Town Council
Teme Valley Times
Tenbury Round Table
Tenbury Events
Tenbury & Burford Civic Society
Town Council
Teme Valley Times
Teme Valley Photograhic Tour
Tenbury Chamber of Trade
Tenbury Vistor Guide
Tenbury Chamber of Trade
Tenbury Vistor Guide
Tenbury Badminton Club
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All photographs on this Blog are Copyright but permission for re-use can be requested.
Email us : tenburywells@gmail.com
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Photograph Links
- Lantern & Santa 2011
- National Mistletoe Day 2011
- Civic Parade 2011
- Tenbury Show 2011
- Food Fair 2011
- Mistletoe Festival 2010
- Chinook
- Christmas Lights 2010
- Remembrance Parade 2010
- Applefest 2010
- Food Fair 2010
- Mistletoe Festival 2009
- Mistletoe Foundation
- Remembrance Parade 2009
- Applefest 2009
- Stoke Bliss Ploughing
- Civic Parade 09
- Tenbury Show 2009
- Civic Garden
- Food Fair 2009
- St George's Day Parade 09
- Floods Sept 08
- 150th Anniversary Countryside Show
- Toilet Design Competition
- Mistletoe Festival 2007
- ITV News Visit
- Pump Rooms Reopen
- Applefest 2007
- Tenbury Biomass Project
- Tenbury Flood Photos
Met Office Warnings for our area
Blog Archive
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- Tenbury not on Flood Alert (Yet)
- River Teme at Tenbury
- Petrol at 6p a litre.
- Tenbury MP calls for fairer local fuel prices
- Local to Tenbury - Diesel Prices
- Get a taste of Tenbury this Easter!
- Traffic Lights return to Tenbury
- Pay by Phone Parking in Tenbury
- Tenbury Bids for "Golden Ticket"
- McDonalds to come to Tenbury
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"I am not a sheep, I have my own mind. I am fed up with being told what and how to think? Whilst we are still allowed the remnants of free speech, I will speak out."
I think I agree with that.
This Blog is my snapshot of what is happening locally.
Whether you view me as an activist, a mischief maker, a nutter, an irritant, or a recorder of social history probably depends on your position and point of view.
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I think I agree with that.
This Blog is my snapshot of what is happening locally.
Whether you view me as an activist, a mischief maker, a nutter, an irritant, or a recorder of social history probably depends on your position and point of view.
Feel free to browse the content and comment at will, but I will only consider publishing abusive comments about individuals where the author is identified, and reserve the right to contact the person named prior to publication. I may give more leeway about organisations. If you feel that any comment has been published in error please email tenburywells@gmail.com
Twitter me tenburyblog
Thank you Douglas Adams
Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
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errrr . . . petrol at 6p/litre would be £0.06p/litre, not £0.0164 (or anything like that!) . . . and I can't see anything relevant in the link. Where am I supposed to be looking?
Um, yes. I'm probably being over obscure. Petrol in 1939 when one of these photo's was taken was 1s 7d a gallon which I calculate to be the equivalent of £0.0164 a litre.
it was cheaper at ye olde Tuffins on that day as well.....
It was cheaper at ye olde tuffins that week.....
Assuming 2% inflation since 1939 I think that equates to something like £0.93 a litre in today's money.w
But Tenbury Online says that photo was taken around 1965?
Using the BoE calculator for 1939 than £1 = £53.63 today (okay 2011); so 1s = £4.47; 1d = £0.22 so 6d = £1.34. Assume that's per gallon and it makes £0.29/litre
For 1965 using the same calculations it comes out at £0.09/litre in 2011
Oops sorry that should have been 1939 1s=£2.68 1d=£0.22 6d=£1.34 same answer wrong division order.
I think fuel tax was
1939 44.2%
1965 53.22%
2012 57.95% (+20% VAT)
Yes, I think FlipC is correct . . . don't know how I got my earlier figure wrong. 30p/l is about right. Just been forced to fill up locally - painful!
Keep it local Ian ,well done .
You must be joking! I try to avoid the Texaco rip-off whenever I can.
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