Your shout, cheap drinks, dinner and show for $6.00
Hi Guys,
I came across this old Menu today when one could go to a live show and have dinner for under $6.00
And have a look at the price of drinks, crazy, but then it was about 60's to 70's i suspect
What a blast from the past. Has to be after 1966 as prices are in dollars and cents. Show how much inflation has hit, but I suppose it is all relative to wages at the time. Had many a chuck with some of those wines mentioned, gawd they were bloody awful.
It's not that cheap when you take inflation into account.
Average wages in the early 70's were $50-70 per week, now $600-$1200 depending where you live. So a factor of 12-24 has to be applied or get the CPI ratio from the ATO site.
Sammy lees all male revue ran from 65-75 ish according to google I'd pick early 70s it actually seems expensive ..
There were some quirky liscencing laws floating round queensland in the 70s so maybe nsw /vic as well , in that venues /nightclubs had to offer a meal with entry to shows
you didn't have to actually eat it(and probably shouldn't of )..every one of them nailed you with drink prices .. late 70s a band and meal could be as
little as $4..so sammy and his ladyboyz sound a little upmarket for the time.
I nearly fell over backwards when I was charged 7s 6d for a scotch & orange
[might have been a double] in the Oceanic Hotel [I think it was] at Manly, or Bondi, or somewhere around there, in June of 64.
raymo
I started smoking in 1972 and a packet of Marlboro (20) was 35c then, today its $35.00
I hope you have managed to quit Bill The percentage of Aussies who smoked daily in 1974 was nearly 50%...in 2018 we are now in sight of just 10% of Aussies smoking daily...that's an amazing shift...and pricing has been a huge factor.
The 6 digit numbers imply circa 1971, as we went to 7 shortly after in Sydney.
Brisbane went to 7 digits in 1975, and 8 digits in 1996, and I would guess Sydney was similar, so that would put the flyer as being between 1966 to 1975.
I suspect you are right Julian, although this menu belongs to a friend we actually did see that show and i reckon the time frame is around then.
It was quite good in it's day.
The percentage of Aussies who smoked daily in 1974 was nearly 50%...in 2018 we are now in sight of just 10% of Aussies smoking daily...that's an amazing shift...and pricing has been a huge factor.
