Do English resorts offer value for money during the August Bank Holiday? How far will 50 bob stretch in some of the most popular seaside destinations? BBC News sent Gerald Harrison to Blackpool, Tony Scance to Great Yarmouth and Hugh Scully to Torquay, to find out.
Originally broadcast 29 August, 1966.
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Fun video . I doupt £100 would cover that 50 shillings now . Room between £40 and £60 and I am being on the cheap side , reasonable evening meal nearly £20 , and the extras dueing the day and evening . I am old enough to remember my gran always saying this or that item has gone up 1 shilling or that cost 10 bob and this was after decimalisation infact lots of older people upto the 90s often quoted imperial money phrases . Nowdays it does not do to even try to compare because it would be scary .
Thank gosh we went decimal, because the old system was arcane to the point of lunacy.
What's a Yarmouth bloater?
Does two bob a pint = 10p a pint? I'm guessing a bob is a shilling. I can't remember as I was only 8 when we went decimal.
The Torquay guy looks like someone Michael Caine would be terrorising in Get Carter
Better time better country
Would be interesting to see all these prices converted to decimal, adjusted for inflation and then compared to current prices.
Hugh Scully’s a playa
That stunning view of Yarmouth was… something.
It was possible to get a few days B+B free if the landlady was up for a bit. They were usually widowed or single, you had to be well hung to get away with it.
Full of boat people now.
Great Yarmouth is a dump.
Hugh Scully! Blimey, he must have been in his teens!!!
A very young Hugh Skully
Haha. All those rich people flashing their fivers around.
How depressing england is.
What a boring business ….even back in the day. Just dull.
Brexiteers will love this…None of this foreign muck.
Times were simpler. Happy just to get away from the daily humdrum. Great holiday atmosphere.
Old money is ridiculously complicated