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From: Ron Lankshear in Sydney NSW <>
Subject: Re: Then and Now: Value of British Pound Stirling in 1950
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:34:38 +1000
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fjs1net wrote:
> I have just found my mother's first British passport; this was issued
> in 1950.
>
> That same year, she left England, and traveled by ship to New York, to
> marry my dad, who had been living there for a couple of years already.
>
> In the back of her passport, there is a statement of GBP 4.00 value
> for "Foreign Exchange for Traveling Purposes".
>
> Presume that this amount was just to cover her trip.
>
> But the question is . . .
>
> What would that GBP 4.00 (4 pounds) be able to buy in 1950, and what
> would it be it's equivalent value today?
>
> Any one know?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Fred
Britain devalued the pound in 1949 and new rate
was 2.80 so $11.20

A weeks pay for an Ag Lab in 1950

--
Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds
Bush/Chiswick)
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http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/

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