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Old 16-01-20, 07:38 PM
Mike B Mike B is offline
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Frank - it is true. I sometimes wonder what veterans would have thought if they were alive today. Given many of them lived in houses that would have cost them possibly half, or a third, (or even less) of the price of such items of insignia today.

Average UK House prices - ONS [Office of National Statistics] Table 502
https://assets.publishing.service.go..._502_-_ONS.xls

Year £
1930 590
1931 600
1932 540
1933 530
1934 515
1935 530
1936 550
1937 540
1938 545
1939-1945
1946 1,459
1947 1,824
1948 1,751
1949 1,911

1950 1,940
1951 2,115
1952 2,028
1953 2,006
1954 1,970
1955 2,064
1956 2,280
1957 2,330
1958 2,390
1959 2,410

Quite mad really - I often wondered if we collectors will one day have a big reunion in the funny farm or the poor house.
Mike
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