Post by Dave on Aug 30, 2009 17:31:29 GMT
I was so pleased Timbo put up his TUFC 1948 programme, as it showed the cost of a cup game at Plainmoor in 1948, ground 1s 6d ( 15p) and boys 9d ( 7 and a half p)
So I thought it would be good to look at some facts about how the life for a TUFC fan was back in 1948.
The average weekly wage was £3 18s (£3.90).
Food prices
What it cost - 1948
Oatmeal 3½d (1½p) per lb
Meat (average price) 1/2 (6p) per lb
Potatoes 7d (3p) per ½ stone (7lb)
Sugar 4d (1½p) per lb
Milk 9d (3½p) per quart –
Cheese 1/1 (5½p) per lb
Bacon 1/10½ (9p) per lb.
Eggs large 2/- (10p) per dozen and small 1/9 (8½p) per dozen
Bread 9d (3½p) per 4lb loaf.
Fairy Soap 6½d (2½p) per tablet –
Persil 4d (1½p) per small packet
Churchman cigarettes 20 for 2/6 (12½p)
DuBarry face pdr 4/- (20p) per box –
Gibb's Dentifrice 7½d (3p) per block –
Cadburys Dairy Box 9d (3½p) ¼lb box –
Betox (like Bovril) ½lb jar for 1/4 (6½p) –
Johnnie Walker Red Label Whiskey £1/5/9 (£1.28½) per bottle,
13/6 (67½p) per ½ bottle
Johnnie Walker Black Label Whiskey £1/7/9 (£1.38½) per bottle.
In 1948 some food types of food were still rationed
Bacon and Ham 2 oz. (57 gm) per person a fortnight
Cheese 1½ oz. (43 gm) a week
Butter/margarine 7 oz. (198 gm) a week
Cooking fats 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Meat 1s. (5p) worth a week
Sugar 8 oz. (227 gm) a week
Tea 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Chocolates and sweets 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Eggs No fixed ration: 1 egg for each ration book when available
Liquid milk 3 pints a week
Preserves 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Points-rationed Foods 4 points per week
Money
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971.
Old money was divided into:
•pounds (£ or l )
•shillings (s. or /-) and
•pennies (d.)
Working life
In 1948, most people in Britain worked in manufacturing industries, where they made things (in factories for example). Heavy industries like coal mining, iron and steel making, ship building and engineering employed millions of workers. Most of these workers were men. The majority of women stayed at home to look after their families and their homes.
Education
The Education Act (law) in 1944 gave every child free education to the age of 15 (raised to 16 in 1973).
Classrooms
Classrooms were cold and the windows were high up so you couldn't look out.
Each child had their own desk with a lid. Lessons were quite formal with an emphasis of learning things by heart. There were very few text books so most things had to be copied off the blackboard.
Punishment
Teachers were strict and corporal punishment was common. Children were punished for being naughty or getting their work wrong by getting hit by a cane (thin walking stick)
Free Milk
Since the thirties, the government paid for all children to receive free school milk. The milk came in small glass bottles. Each child got own bottle and a straw at mid-morning break.
Homes
The home was an important aspect of lifestyle. It's decoration and furniture revealed what type of person you were and how well off you appeared to be.
Many houses did not have indoor toilets or a telephone. There was no central heating. Houses were kept warm from the heat of a coal fire in the fireplace.
Few houses had fitted carpets, most had wooden or stone floors. A quarter of British homes had no electricity. People often lived in the same town all their lives, near their families. There were often more than three children in every family.
Cooking was done from scratch using produce grown locally. You could only buy items that were in season and most of what you bought was made or grown in the UK. One third of the British population went to the cinema at least once a week.
Most families listened to the wireless (radio) for their entertainment.
There were only just over a million cars on Britain's roads. Petrol rationing remained until 1954. For most people, this made the car an unaffordable luxury. Most people used public transport to get around.
Peoples' homes have been transformed since 1948. Before 1948 very few of the appliances that we regard as essential to modern life were available to the majority of people. Washing machines and fridges were luxury items. Microwave ovens had yet to be invented, although most homes had a cooker of some sort.
It was the consumer boom of the late fifties that kick-started the change to modern living. The Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, said "Some of our people have never had it so good" and he was right. Many bought new consumer goods on hire purchase or 'tick'.
In 1948, few people had washing machines. They had to heat washing in a copper, wash by hand and wring it out using a mangle. It was a physically tiring and time consuming activity. The washing machine was an appliance that really transformed housewives' lives in the years since 1948.
Television
Although television broadcasts were made before the Second World War, there were very few television sets in people's homes in 1948: only the very well off were able to afford one. By the end of the fifties over three quarters of the population had access to a television set. It was a massive change: people discussed what was on TV, cinema audiences dwindled and television became a part of nearly everyone's life. By the end of the sixties, television ownership was almost universal.
Originally there was only one channel, the BBC. ITV started broadcasting in 1955 and BBC2 was added in 1964. It wasn't until 1982 that another television channel appeared - Channel 4, with its first programme being the popular, long-running quiz show Countdown. Colour broadcasts started at the end of the sixties. In those days few people had a colour set, they were very expensive to buy.
Telephone
In 1948 very few people had a telephone. Although invented nearly one hundred years previously in 1876, and telephone calls to the US became possible in the 30s, the telephone was very expensive in 1948. They were only used in businesses and in some well off households.
The telephone was in a similar position to television, but the take up by the public was much slower. Although it was still expensive, so were televisions sets and cars. You might like to think about why it took us longer to adopt the telephone than the television and the motor car.
One explanation is that you needed a few friends and relations to have a telephone before it was of any use to you and your friends and relations would need to wait until you had one. With the television, it did not matter if you did not know anyone else with one. There was some kudos to be gained by being the first in you street to have a TV, recognised by proudly displaying the aerial on the roof.
Pop music
In the sense we think of today, pop music did not exist in 1948. There was a chart, but it was for sheet music only. However, you could buy popular music on records. These were 78s, playing at 78 rpm on a gramophone and were made of an early plastic called shellac rather than vinyl. Even in the 20s and 30s teenagers could annoy the adult population by playing 78s on a wind-up gramophone in the park or on the beach.
Rock'n'roll began in the 50s, originally with Bill Haley and his Comets (that was the official name of the group, which is more commonly called Bill Haley and the Comets). Bill Haley adapted American negro music for white audiences and was hugely successful. British Teddy Boys took Bill Haley's Rock'n'Roll as their own. However, his popularity in Britain declined after he made the mistake of touring the UK. His youthful fans found out he was middle aged and hardly a sex symbol.
Elvis Presley not only sang Rock'n'roll, but looked the part. He quickly became the face of American Rock'n'roll. British singers also adopted the style. Early UK Rock'n'roll stars were Cliff Richard, Billy Fury and Tommy Steele. In the 50s, people thought pop music would be a fad, like hoola hoops or Davy Crocket hats. However, it matured and reinvented itself. The Beatles were the group most responsible for turning 50s' Rock'n'Roll into modern pop music.
Holidays and travel
Since 1948 there have been huge changes in the way we spend our leisure time. In 1948, with rationing still in force, holidays would be a week at a boarding house by the sea, or following the new fashion of staying in a holiday camp. Cheap air travel has transformed the way the British spend their holidays today, opening up destinations in Europe and beyond.
In the early 50s, the typical holiday would be a week, or fortnight if you were lucky, staying at a small hotel or guest house at a seaside town. Often people travelled by train or coach to their destination.
So I thought it would be good to look at some facts about how the life for a TUFC fan was back in 1948.
The average weekly wage was £3 18s (£3.90).
Food prices
What it cost - 1948
Oatmeal 3½d (1½p) per lb
Meat (average price) 1/2 (6p) per lb
Potatoes 7d (3p) per ½ stone (7lb)
Sugar 4d (1½p) per lb
Milk 9d (3½p) per quart –
Cheese 1/1 (5½p) per lb
Bacon 1/10½ (9p) per lb.
Eggs large 2/- (10p) per dozen and small 1/9 (8½p) per dozen
Bread 9d (3½p) per 4lb loaf.
Fairy Soap 6½d (2½p) per tablet –
Persil 4d (1½p) per small packet
Churchman cigarettes 20 for 2/6 (12½p)
DuBarry face pdr 4/- (20p) per box –
Gibb's Dentifrice 7½d (3p) per block –
Cadburys Dairy Box 9d (3½p) ¼lb box –
Betox (like Bovril) ½lb jar for 1/4 (6½p) –
Johnnie Walker Red Label Whiskey £1/5/9 (£1.28½) per bottle,
13/6 (67½p) per ½ bottle
Johnnie Walker Black Label Whiskey £1/7/9 (£1.38½) per bottle.
In 1948 some food types of food were still rationed
Bacon and Ham 2 oz. (57 gm) per person a fortnight
Cheese 1½ oz. (43 gm) a week
Butter/margarine 7 oz. (198 gm) a week
Cooking fats 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Meat 1s. (5p) worth a week
Sugar 8 oz. (227 gm) a week
Tea 2 oz. (57 gm) a week
Chocolates and sweets 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Eggs No fixed ration: 1 egg for each ration book when available
Liquid milk 3 pints a week
Preserves 4 oz. (113 gm) a week
Points-rationed Foods 4 points per week
Money
After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971.
Old money was divided into:
•pounds (£ or l )
•shillings (s. or /-) and
•pennies (d.)
Working life
In 1948, most people in Britain worked in manufacturing industries, where they made things (in factories for example). Heavy industries like coal mining, iron and steel making, ship building and engineering employed millions of workers. Most of these workers were men. The majority of women stayed at home to look after their families and their homes.
Education
The Education Act (law) in 1944 gave every child free education to the age of 15 (raised to 16 in 1973).
Classrooms
Classrooms were cold and the windows were high up so you couldn't look out.
Each child had their own desk with a lid. Lessons were quite formal with an emphasis of learning things by heart. There were very few text books so most things had to be copied off the blackboard.
Punishment
Teachers were strict and corporal punishment was common. Children were punished for being naughty or getting their work wrong by getting hit by a cane (thin walking stick)
Free Milk
Since the thirties, the government paid for all children to receive free school milk. The milk came in small glass bottles. Each child got own bottle and a straw at mid-morning break.
Homes
The home was an important aspect of lifestyle. It's decoration and furniture revealed what type of person you were and how well off you appeared to be.
Many houses did not have indoor toilets or a telephone. There was no central heating. Houses were kept warm from the heat of a coal fire in the fireplace.
Few houses had fitted carpets, most had wooden or stone floors. A quarter of British homes had no electricity. People often lived in the same town all their lives, near their families. There were often more than three children in every family.
Cooking was done from scratch using produce grown locally. You could only buy items that were in season and most of what you bought was made or grown in the UK. One third of the British population went to the cinema at least once a week.
Most families listened to the wireless (radio) for their entertainment.
There were only just over a million cars on Britain's roads. Petrol rationing remained until 1954. For most people, this made the car an unaffordable luxury. Most people used public transport to get around.
Peoples' homes have been transformed since 1948. Before 1948 very few of the appliances that we regard as essential to modern life were available to the majority of people. Washing machines and fridges were luxury items. Microwave ovens had yet to be invented, although most homes had a cooker of some sort.
It was the consumer boom of the late fifties that kick-started the change to modern living. The Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, said "Some of our people have never had it so good" and he was right. Many bought new consumer goods on hire purchase or 'tick'.
In 1948, few people had washing machines. They had to heat washing in a copper, wash by hand and wring it out using a mangle. It was a physically tiring and time consuming activity. The washing machine was an appliance that really transformed housewives' lives in the years since 1948.
Television
Although television broadcasts were made before the Second World War, there were very few television sets in people's homes in 1948: only the very well off were able to afford one. By the end of the fifties over three quarters of the population had access to a television set. It was a massive change: people discussed what was on TV, cinema audiences dwindled and television became a part of nearly everyone's life. By the end of the sixties, television ownership was almost universal.
Originally there was only one channel, the BBC. ITV started broadcasting in 1955 and BBC2 was added in 1964. It wasn't until 1982 that another television channel appeared - Channel 4, with its first programme being the popular, long-running quiz show Countdown. Colour broadcasts started at the end of the sixties. In those days few people had a colour set, they were very expensive to buy.
Telephone
In 1948 very few people had a telephone. Although invented nearly one hundred years previously in 1876, and telephone calls to the US became possible in the 30s, the telephone was very expensive in 1948. They were only used in businesses and in some well off households.
The telephone was in a similar position to television, but the take up by the public was much slower. Although it was still expensive, so were televisions sets and cars. You might like to think about why it took us longer to adopt the telephone than the television and the motor car.
One explanation is that you needed a few friends and relations to have a telephone before it was of any use to you and your friends and relations would need to wait until you had one. With the television, it did not matter if you did not know anyone else with one. There was some kudos to be gained by being the first in you street to have a TV, recognised by proudly displaying the aerial on the roof.
Pop music
In the sense we think of today, pop music did not exist in 1948. There was a chart, but it was for sheet music only. However, you could buy popular music on records. These were 78s, playing at 78 rpm on a gramophone and were made of an early plastic called shellac rather than vinyl. Even in the 20s and 30s teenagers could annoy the adult population by playing 78s on a wind-up gramophone in the park or on the beach.
Rock'n'roll began in the 50s, originally with Bill Haley and his Comets (that was the official name of the group, which is more commonly called Bill Haley and the Comets). Bill Haley adapted American negro music for white audiences and was hugely successful. British Teddy Boys took Bill Haley's Rock'n'Roll as their own. However, his popularity in Britain declined after he made the mistake of touring the UK. His youthful fans found out he was middle aged and hardly a sex symbol.
Elvis Presley not only sang Rock'n'roll, but looked the part. He quickly became the face of American Rock'n'roll. British singers also adopted the style. Early UK Rock'n'roll stars were Cliff Richard, Billy Fury and Tommy Steele. In the 50s, people thought pop music would be a fad, like hoola hoops or Davy Crocket hats. However, it matured and reinvented itself. The Beatles were the group most responsible for turning 50s' Rock'n'Roll into modern pop music.
Holidays and travel
Since 1948 there have been huge changes in the way we spend our leisure time. In 1948, with rationing still in force, holidays would be a week at a boarding house by the sea, or following the new fashion of staying in a holiday camp. Cheap air travel has transformed the way the British spend their holidays today, opening up destinations in Europe and beyond.
In the early 50s, the typical holiday would be a week, or fortnight if you were lucky, staying at a small hotel or guest house at a seaside town. Often people travelled by train or coach to their destination.
