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Will fuel prices limit your touring.

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Jcloughie said:
ITV stared in 1955 but perhaps the country wide roll out was later. We had the first set in the street. Full cabinet 12 inch. It was BBC only if I remember. Hell of a job getting a picture. I have early memories of about a dozen kids squashing into our living room to goggle in wonderment at it. I guess that would have been around 1956.

My first wage was 1/6 per hour. 2nd job the employer boasted that he could do better than that. 1/6 halfpenny!



John
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Well i was born in 1956 so when i started my apprenticeship as a chef my first hourly rate was £2 and my car was a Hillman Imp
 
We have two choices, don't we?
For leisure travelling I suppose we cant complain but many people do not have any choice and ha
Beachball said:
Well i was born in 1956 so when i started my apprenticeship as a chef my first hourly rate was £2 and my car was a Hillman Imp
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Your hourly rate was the same amount as my weekly wage. Apprentice Coachbuilder.
 
Beachball said:
Well i was born in 1956 so when i started my apprenticeship as a chef my first hourly rate was £2 and my car was a Hillman Imp
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An hourly rate of £2 amounts to about £80 a week. Blimey, that was a small fortune back then. That's more than my father earned as a research engineer.
When I started my apprenticeship in 1964 I got £8 19s 6d.
 
When I started at uni the grant as a mature student was £12 pw. Out if that we paid £4 rent, ran a Humber Hawk and lived well. Only when kids came along did we have to drop down to a minivan followed by a Singer Chamois. 😊
 
I started with United Steel Companies, - August 59, - apprentice metallurgist, ------ weekly staff --- £3 :50 . Push bike to work - 6 miles, subsidised lunches! Mum a £ a week, Better than my school days paper rounds 6 days -- 10 bob a week! Saved up deposit for motorbike (350 Royal Enfield Bullet £70 I think) Those were the days!
 
Buckman said:
That was a very good wage for the seventies especially for an appy.
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In 1974 I was training as a chef, at that time the hourly rate was appropriate for the time in a hospital environment. Unsure of the rate looking back but interesting to think how money has increased in value so cannot be certain of my salary.
 
Beachball said:
In 1974 I was training as a chef, at that time the hourly rate was appropriate for the time in a hospital environment. Unsure of the rate looking back but interesting to think how money has increased in value so cannot be certain of my salary.
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In 1974 I was earning the equivalent of £17 a week as an office machine technician. In our money it was $34 a week. It was actually a good wage as lived quite well on it.
 
Gabsgrandad said:
I started with United Steel Companies, - August 59, - apprentice metallurgist, ------ weekly staff --- £3 :50 . Push bike to work - 6 miles, subsidised lunches! Mum a £ a week, Better than my school days paper rounds 6 days -- 10 bob a week! Saved up deposit for motorbike (350 Royal Enfield Bullet £70 I think) Those were the days!
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As an apprentice I think my weekly wage was around £4 and recall having to sell my beloved Talisman Twin when its generator (Wipac) failed and cost £25 for a new one. It wasn't that cost though that led to its sale, it was a fine of £25 for what was really nothing more than a minor disturbance. These days it would not have merited a caution.
 
Possibly worth a check of who charges what if you have two close together. We do have Tesco and Morrisons near to us or Morrisons and Sainsburys if we go a different route.
 
Wife was reading an article that a chap had put £50 worth of petrol in his car the night before only to find his tank empty when he went to work the next day.... 😳 Shocking .....

GAS....
 
GAS said:
Wife was reading an article that a chap had put £50 worth of petrol in his car the night before only to find his tank empty when he went to work the next day.... 😳 Shocking .....

GAS....
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A 1972 mini's fuel tank drain plug was 15/16 " 😇
 
Last September the same amount of diesel was £101.00, so broadly speaking you are looking at a 30% increase in your fuel burn whilst away. . For the total of miles we do we will live with the rise for now. I feel for those who are struggling with all fuel bill rises. Let’s hope HMG do something at the Budget😵‍💫
 
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We are going to the dealer tomorrow to collect the caravan. Most of the trip is on M5 motorway and around trip of about 200 miles. I think on the way down we will stick to about 60mph and coming back with caravan in tow, try and stay at about 55mph. Problem is if you go too slow, you start changing gears for minor inclines. Not looking forward to filling up again after tomorrow.
 
Dustydog said:
Last September the same amount of diesel was £101.00, so broadly speaking you are looking at a 30% increase in your fuel burn whilst away. . For the total of miles we do we will live with the rise for now. I feel for those who ate struggling with all fuel bill rises. Let’s hope HMG do something at the Budget😵‍💫
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if that what you have to pay so be it we are still looking forward to towing the caravan first outing 24th April (Staffordshire)
 
When we had a 6 speed manual I often found 5 th was better for towing at 55/60. The rpm was higher but the engine didn’t sound laboured. I believe an engine in a higher gear , lower rpm needs a wider throttle which may use more fuel
 
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