07-11-2021, 07:59 PM
I found an interesting Singer Blog online at:
[url=https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/][/url]
https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/
Included is a scan of the 1933 UK Singer catalogue, which prices a treadle 66K in a 5 drawer cabinet, like mine at £18 5s 9d, with the average weekly wage stated as being £3 12s per week, which means that the Singer was just over 5 times the average weekly wage.
Todays average weekly wage is £576, making the new Singer price a staggering £2880!
A 1933 Austin Seven saloon at £125 would be 34.7 times the wage, making the new price today £20k.
I'll stop rambling......
[url=https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/][/url]
https://oldsingersewingmachineblog.com/
Included is a scan of the 1933 UK Singer catalogue, which prices a treadle 66K in a 5 drawer cabinet, like mine at £18 5s 9d, with the average weekly wage stated as being £3 12s per week, which means that the Singer was just over 5 times the average weekly wage.
Todays average weekly wage is £576, making the new Singer price a staggering £2880!
A 1933 Austin Seven saloon at £125 would be 34.7 times the wage, making the new price today £20k.
I'll stop rambling......