Sorry DS Bell (letters September 7), for my error in arithmetic.
In 1949 £1 would only have purchased 13 pints of beer, with 6d change. In mitigation I claim my long lost numeracy is due to the fact it is 75 years since I last attended school.
W H Diment
Church Road
Basildon
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