When I started going to the pub in my home village (I was 17 years old)....Bitter was 1 Shilling and 3 old pence..it was Watney's Alton Bitter.... The landlord told us he was installing a Lager pump soon...and we said - How Much....he said - 4 Shillings a Pint!! - in today's money that is 20 pence!!!

At least that is how I remember it....(it was 60 years ago...)


Tim Radford