Memories of Life in an old English village

Ten bob, or ten shillings from the mid 1950s equals 50p as a direct conversion in today’s UK currency. But using a Purchasing Power Calculator it would actually be worth £11.80 in value today, and this is the simple tale, a memory of shopping for my mum in our village when I was about 9...

Remembering your memories

Smartphones nowadays provide an easy way to remember things you need to get done. You type them in, enter the date to complete the item, and set an alert to chime when it’s due. Easy peasy! Or not! I’m old enough to remember using a very different way of remembering something……….. tie a knot in...