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No, Tim, that was interesting. Not wanting to sound hurt or to be seen to be playing one upmanship but here's the link to the RPI index numbers goiing back to 1947: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RP02.pdf £15 for a paper round, eh? So that's what next door's Sunday Times deliverer gets paid for spitting on my lawn!! Duncan Williamson Quoting tm1 <[log in to unmask]>: > Thanks Duncan. However, I had found this but what I wanted was the raw index > number rather than the change in RPI so that I could do some price > comparisons. > > It may be of interest (sorry if it is not) but my son has just started a > paper round and I wanted to compare what he gets with what I got paid in > 1968-9 when I used to do a paper round. I was paid 28 shillings (or £1.40) a > week. This is now the equivalent of about £14. My son gets £15 a week. > > The comparison is not entirely fair as the requirements of the job are > slightly different (number of houses, area covered, he marks up the papers > whereas I used to pick them up marked up etc.) I think that his round is > more equivalent to my brother's in 1965. He got 14 shillings, worth £8 > approx. now. > > Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Duncan Williamson" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: Long run price index > > > > Take a look at this too Tim > > http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_economy/RP04.pdf as it takes > you > > back to 1948. > > > > > > Duncan Williamson > > > > Quoting tm1 <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > > Further to my earlier email about long run RPI figures, I have found > what I > > > wanted at: > > > http://www.hants.gov.uk/ctweb/rpiannual.html > > > If anyone else wanted to know. > > > > > > Tim Mason > > > > > > Head of Economics & Business Studies, > > > King Edward's School, > > > Edgbaston Park Road, > > > Birmingham B15 2UA > > > Tel: 0121-415 6035 > > > Mobile: 07736 703828 > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > ************************************************************* > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > > > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > > > to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email > > > in error please notify [log in to unmask] > > > > > > The views expressed within this email are those of the > > > individual, and not necessarily those of the organisation > > > ************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ************************************************************* > > This message has been virus checked by Sophos Sweep provided > > by the Birmingham Grid for Learning. For guidance on e-mail > > good practice, e-mail viruses and hoaxes please visit: > > http://www.bgfl.org/connectivity/e-mail.htm > > ************************************************************* > > > -------------------------------------------------