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Old 04-09-2008, 00:04   #11
MargaretR
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Re: was it better back then?

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Originally Posted by cashman View Post
ah my first was early 70s n it was very easy, just went to the council n got a 90% mortgage no problem. so my deposit was only £200. as the house was £2000.
House prices rose then too - I paid £1,100 for a house on Dill Hall opposite the cemetary- but in those days I could make a pound feed us from Monday to Thursday. Thursday was always Pancake day - all I had left was flour, eggs, milk and lard
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