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One Pound a Week
The Scotsman Newspaper reckons that when Sean Connery was a milkman he earned 21 shillings a week “or £1.05 in today’s money”.
Someone’s not doing their editing job properly. You need to account for inflation.
The Consumer Price Index for 1944 was 223.40. For 2004 – the nearest historical figures I can get hold of – it was 6014.35. Which means £1.05 in 1944 is equivalent to £28.27 in 2004. Not quite a pound a week.
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