Two shillings in my childhood and you had the world in your hand.
Inflation hit hard in the '60s. By the time I was 10 years old, you needed a 10 shilling note to buy a decent toy.
Crickey 10 bob
Half a whole pound for a decent toy
I’ve just sold on eBay a Life Like Hobby kit of a musket in its box that I bought in about 1977 from Carters in Bradford (big toy and model shop on three floors)
It still had the original price sticker on - £2.74
I remember it costing me a small fortune having saved up for weeks
It was a huge life size long musket kit and probably one of the most expensive kits in the shop
I also have a large collection of Aurora Prehistoric Scene kits unmade in boxes which I keep meaning to sell - I think they were around under a pound in 1973
