tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post925290276665806116..comments2023-07-26T12:07:46.293+01:00Comments on Tenbury Wells - Tenbury Blog: Petrol at 6p a litre.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-53202040086246389402012-04-21T10:21:00.419+01:002012-04-21T10:21:00.419+01:00You must be joking! I try to avoid the Texaco rip...You must be joking! I try to avoid the Texaco rip-off whenever I can.Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-38357921373572497622012-04-20T20:23:25.757+01:002012-04-20T20:23:25.757+01:00Keep it local Ian ,well done .Keep it local Ian ,well done .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-81235718000325485352012-04-20T17:27:32.283+01:002012-04-20T17:27:32.283+01:00Yes, I think FlipC is correct . . . don't know...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!Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-81305736552310428062012-04-20T11:34:35.703+01:002012-04-20T11:34:35.703+01:00I think fuel tax was
1939 44.2%
1965 53.22%
2012 5...I think fuel tax was<br />1939 44.2%<br />1965 53.22%<br />2012 57.95% (+20% VAT)@WR15https://www.blogger.com/profile/12656584484938445224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-76566424296705785522012-04-20T09:47:00.438+01:002012-04-20T09:47:00.438+01:00Oops sorry that should have been 1939 1s=£2.68 1d=...Oops sorry that should have been 1939 1s=£2.68 1d=£0.22 6d=£1.34 same answer wrong division order.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-4564647452706304462012-04-20T09:42:50.889+01:002012-04-20T09:42:50.889+01:00But Tenbury Online says that photo was taken aroun...But Tenbury Online says that photo was taken around 1965?<br /><br />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<br /><br />For 1965 using the same calculations it comes out at £0.09/litre in 2011FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-9613704655551631492012-04-19T19:08:01.593+01:002012-04-19T19:08:01.593+01:00Assuming 2% inflation since 1939 I think that equa...Assuming 2% inflation since 1939 I think that equates to something like £0.93 a litre in today's money.wIannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-46409599631002594962012-04-19T18:45:34.945+01:002012-04-19T18:45:34.945+01:00It was cheaper at ye olde tuffins that week.....It was cheaper at ye olde tuffins that week.....Rugby fan 72https://www.blogger.com/profile/16951875224704281581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-28297785761428531872012-04-19T18:44:43.421+01:002012-04-19T18:44:43.421+01:00it was cheaper at ye olde Tuffins on that day as w...it was cheaper at ye olde Tuffins on that day as well.....Rugby fan 72https://www.blogger.com/profile/16951875224704281581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-17375466061169360902012-04-19T17:50:43.740+01:002012-04-19T17:50:43.740+01:00Um, yes. I'm probably being over obscure. Pe...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.@WR15https://www.blogger.com/profile/12656584484938445224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688430817933604545.post-80883129701974187372012-04-19T17:37:18.438+01:002012-04-19T17:37:18.438+01:00errrr . . . petrol at 6p/litre would be £0.06p/lit...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?Iannoreply@blogger.com