Intrepid Advert
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Mark
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Intrepid Advert
Here's an old Intrepid reel advert from the 'Fishing Magazine' December 1966.
Mark (Administrator)
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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AshbyCut
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Excellent, sir. Good to see what they were costing when I was 15. At £6.05 p (121 shillings in real money) it would have taken me nearly 25 weeks to have afforded one with my pocket money !!!
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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AshbyCut
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To try to put in context, Sir ... my first full weekly pay packet in 1969 for a full time job was £9.63p.Fat Fish Floats wrote:You can't buy a packet of fags now for that!
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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AshbyCut wrote:To try to put in context, Sir ... my first full weekly pay packet in 1969 for a full time job was £9.63p.Fat Fish Floats wrote:You can't buy a packet of fags now for that!
Blimey! What were you? A brain surgeon?
Surely the 63p wouldn't have come in until 1971 with decimalisation?
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AshbyCut
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a) I had a summer job on a building site before I went to college, and b) I made the conversion for those younger than myself, of which there are many !!!Nobby wrote:AshbyCut wrote:Blimey! What were you? A brain surgeon? Surely the 63p wouldn't have come in until 1971 with decimalisation?
"Beside the water I discovered (or maybe rediscovered) the quiet. The sort of quiet that allows one to be woven into the tapestry of nature instead of merely standing next to it." Estaban.
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GarryProcter
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Thanks for posting that Mark - I would have been 13 when the advertisment was published. To add abit more financial context that would have been around the time I bought my B. James Mk IV, which I think was 10 guineas 
It took me forever to save up for it, helped by 'birthday money', 'Christmas money', and whatever I could save from pocket money.
It took me forever to save up for it, helped by 'birthday money', 'Christmas money', and whatever I could save from pocket money.-
Scott Thompson
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Ashbycut's wages of £9.63 in 1969 equals £131.64 today.
The 1966 Intrepid at 121 shilling (£6.05) would cost today £92.20
The 1966 Intrepid at 121 shilling (£6.05) would cost today £92.20