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Originally Posted by Royboy39
My mother could'nt afford that, she got 11 shilling a week (55p) for me from age 4 to the age of 15 with no widows pension....free orange juice and cod liver oil...but sod all else....that was from 1944 to 1954.
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Well, obviously you'd spend it on your own children first but it's a lovely thing to do if you've got it spare.
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