Tag Archives: 90 years

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

When the Queen was born in 1926 the bank interest rate was 5% and there were only 500,000 mortgages held compared with 11.1m today.  Things have changed a lot but to put it into context the value of £ ...
Back to school

Back to school

Staff clearing out cupboards at a school were stunned when they stumbled across a dusty satchel containing exercise books from a pupil – dating back nearly 90 YEARS. The battered leather bag, wh ...