Posted by Adam Quinan on November 16, 2005 at 02:30:24 from 72.136.51.111 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Cost of boats posted by John Nichols on November 15, 2005 at 20:19:21:
My father as a 14 year old in 1937 was able to persuade his mother to buy him a second hand sailing boat which he sailed on Lough Corrib in the West of Ireland for £4 15/- (£4.75 in today's money), so a £29 boat must have been very fancy.