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Ticket
Ticket
Photo: Thomas Sutch
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Item #: 12286
Ticket from London Euston to Wigan North Western,on Saturday 31 March 1906, third class,fare 16/2, about 81p in to-days money.

Comment by: RON HUNT on 23rd October 2009 at 18:31

Wow that was expensive in those days.

Comment by: Ashley on 23rd October 2009 at 23:44

According to the "Measuringworth" Inflation calculator that's today's equivalent of £64 using the retail price index.

Comment by: Eric Turner on 24th October 2009 at 11:39

16/2d. I can remember when the LMS used to advertise their fares at, "approximately 1 penny per mile" in the 1930s.So your 16/2d is 194 pennies, how is that for the mileage from Wigan to Euston. E.T.

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