This is a follow on from our previous lists of prices charged for a whole variety of items in Marlow up to 1939. It is compiled from original sources only including receipts, advertising, account books, letters, documents, trade journals and newspaper articles. Information from memories has also been collected and preserved by us. Thanks to those who have shared their information! If you have knowledge of Marlow costs in this period please get in touch - we would be pleased to add more info. It could be anything from the cost of a childhood chocolate bar to that of a house or piece of furniture.
You can read the pre 1940 cost of living posts here and here. And to put them into context see our list of wages in Marlow here
IN DATE ORDER s /sh = shillings d= pence in pre decimal currency.
Accommodation
Freehold three bed, 2 reception house in Marlow near Station to buy, 1943= £1300.
Two rooms to let in Marlow with use of kitchen, per week, 1944 = 10s.
To let, 4 bedroom house with large walled garden in central Marlow, per week 1944 = 10 guineas.
For sale wood and asbestos chalet, then in garden at Wycombe Rd. "Rubberoid" roof. 16 ft long, 12 ft wide, and 12ft high at apex, 1945 = £55.
Three bed detached house, with 3 reception rooms, 1 min from river, 2.5 acre garden and two garages, 1946 = £4,500.
Double decker bus adapted for accomodation purposes, with 2 rooms and wired for electricity. Ideal for weekend accomodation. For sale in Cookham Dean, 1947 = £130
Two bed 1 reception bungalow in Marlow Bottom with large garden, suitable for using as a smallholding, garage, 1949 = £2,350.
Three bed, two reception room timber and asbestos (!) bungalow with large garden in Marlow 1950 = £2,150.
Four bed house on outskirts of Marlow with greenhouse and large garden 1950= £5,000.
Three bed "detached artistic Semi-Bungalow residence of character" Close to centre of town, station and river. 2 reception rooms & garage, 1951 = £4350, open to offers.
Two bed pre-fab bungalow with garden, Marlow Bottom, 1952 = £850 (a case of buyer beware here! Such "temporary" style homes which proliferated at Marlow Bottom were under threat of clearance by the council at the time.
4 room cottage with no bathroom, but does have mains gas & electricity, 1953 = £950 freehold.
6 acre site off Winchbottom Lane, "ideal for a weekend caravan site" 1953 = £600 to buy.
Rent of small furnished cottage Station Rd, 1 bed, 1 reception room, plus kitchen and WC but no bathroom, 1954 = £10 8s a month.
Bed & Breakfast at the George & Dragon, 1955, with hot and cold running water in all rooms = 7s 6d a night and up.
Luxury 2 berth residential caravan at High Heavens, Marlow Bottom. Flushing toilet, electric, gas, and fitted carpet. 1955 = 3&1/2 guineas a week.
Newly built three bed detached house with brick garage, 1 min walk from station, 1956 = £4,150.
2 bed 1 reception room bungalow in Marlow Bottom with 1 acre garden and garage, 1958 = £2,750.
Single furnished room to rent, with use of kitchen and bathroom. Central Marlow, 1958 = 35s a week.
Recently built 3 bed bungalow close to river and with central heating, 1963 = £5,850.
To rent in West Street, bed-sit with use of bathroom and kitchen. Free hot water and clean sheets provided! 1963 = £2 10s a week.
Detached 2 bed 2 reception bungalow in Marlow Bottom, with pink bathroom suite, garage and 1/2 acre garden partially "uncultivated", 1964 = £4,500.
2 bed maisonette near town centre with garden, 999 year lease, 1964 = £3,700.
Small 2 bed cottage, recently modernised with re-wiring and new plumbing, room for a garage 1964 = £2,850.
To let, 3 bed semi near town centre, unfurnished, with garage, per week, 1964 = £6 not including bills.
To let, large 6 room self contained flat in central position, unfurnished, 1964 = £5 5s a week including bills.
22ft (which was average) secondhand residential caravan at Westhorpe Caravan Park, Little Marlow, 1965 = £235
"Luxury maisonette", 2 beds. With garage. Own small garden. For sale 1966 = £4,500
Furnished one bed, two reception flat with garage to rent, 1966 = 7 and a half guineas a week.
Three bed bungalow on Marlow Lock Island with central heating, a garage, a "sun lounge" and mooring for a boat, for sale 1967 = £7400.
For the home and garden:
Box of matches from R Brown grocer 1942 = 1.5 pence
Two dozen mixed bedding pinks, as ordered for the gardens of Remnantz West Street, 1945 from Allwood Bros nursery = 17s including carriage. Their mail-order catalogue cost 1d.
Second hand marble topped wash stand, with jug and basin, bought at Marlow Bottom, 1945 = £5 10s
Second hand double size iron bedstead, 1945 = £7 10s
Used electric washer with rubber roller wringer, green enamel, "pre war quality", 1946 = £40
Ex US Army safe, unused, with "burglar proof locks". Available in a variety of attractive colours! From Marlow Engineering Co, Hayes Place, 1947 = £10 10s or £12 10s which represents a heavy discount on original price they say. A lot of army surplus materials were being offered locally this year.
Second hand HMV battery powered wireless set, sold 1947 = £5.
A bag of seasoned logs for your fire from Toomers in Station Approach, 1948 = 3 sh 6d (delivered). Discount for buying 20 or more.
Rolls of wallpaper from Lynch's Paint Shop, Chapel Street, 1949 = from 3sh 11d a roll.
Post Office wireless licence, 1949 = £1 per year covering all radio receivers in the household except those in any paying lodger's room plus occasional use of a portable set away from home "at picnics, boating parties and so on". Does not cover any radio receivers installed in caravans or vehicles you own for which you would have to pay another £1.
Combined radio and TV licence, 1949 = £2 per annum
"Gaily striped deck chair", in rot proof canvas and wood from Morgan's (now part of the company McIlroy's) High Street 1949 = 31s 11d.
Family size box of the new Surf washing powder (for laundry), various Marlow suppliers, 1952 = 1s 11d
12 inch t.v qv from Marlow Electrical Services, Electric House, High Street 1953 = 65 guineas
12ft by 9ft Indian carpet from Oliver's of Marlow, 1953 = £37 16 shillings.
3 piece suite (sofa was a two seater), with loose covers ordered from Morgan's Marlow ,1953 = £39 19sh 6d.
Second hand dining room suite consisting of a drop leaf table, 4 chairs and a sideboard, from Taplin Upholsterer (and used furniture dealer), Oxford Road, 1954 = £12 10s
Walnut bedroom suite, second hand, comprising 4ft 6 bed, wardrobe, dressing table, tall boy. From Taplins Oxford Road, 1954 = £45
Kidney shaped dressing table from Olivers of Marlow, High Street, 1954 = £3 10s
"Oak colour" dining suite - sideboard, table, 4 chairs, from Alan Hunt, Market Square, 1955 = 27 and a half guineas or can pay deposit then installments.
Alarm clock battery powered "now perfected" from Bailey's West Street 1956 = £8 5 shillings
Set of a cocktail sideboard with light fitting, table and 4 chairs. From Alan Hunt, Market Square, 1958 = 49 and half guineas or available to hire purchase with £10 19s 6d deposit.
6x4ft garden shed from D Lynch, Chapel Street, 1958 = £15
Second hand Royal Typewriter, 1959 = £25
Hand agitated table top clothes washer with wringer, 1959, used = £7
"The most advanced television of the year"- the Sobell slim portable TV with VHF radio and forward facing speakers, from Bodwell's 1960 = 62 guineas plus 2&1/2 guineas etc got a remote control
Brobat bleach, from Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 11d plus 1d bottle charge.
Pack of 4 Andrew toilet rolls, Co Operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 3s 6d
T.V rentals from Bodwell, West Street 1963 = from 10 shillings a week. Platts Radio Shop in Quoiting Square (next to Platts garage) also hire TVs. In 1964 they are available from 8s 6d a week. Choose from Pye, Bush or Murphy brands.
A dozen geranium or dahlia plants from Spinfield Nurseries 1963 = 18s.
Almost new 3 piece suit in moquette with zipped covers, 1963 = £18
Cost of dry cleaning a double blanket at C.L.E.A.N dry cleaners, Little Marlow Rd, 1963 = 6s unless satin edges in which case 6s 6d
Set of 4 chrome plated garden hand tools with wooden handles, from the House of Chalk (aka C A Chalk & Son), 1963 = 15s
Gallon of emulsion paint from Lynch's Dean Street, 1963 = 27 sh 6d.
Second hand Parker Knoll wing chair, 1964 = £5
Wycombe Rural District Council sells "air dried manure" from the Little Marlow sewage purification works, 5 cubic yards, 1964 = 30s delivered.
Cotton tea towel from A E King, Spittal Street, 1964 = 2s 6d
Gaslux gas powered fridge, 4 cu feet capacity and ice box, from North Thames Gas Board, 1964 = £35 14s, not including fitting. Hire purchase also available
"Revelation" record player, from P A Baker, Spittal Street, 1965 = 10 and a half guineas (special offer price)
One load of washing done at the coin operated Launderama in Spittal Street 1965, = 2 sh.
Belling 2 bar electric fire from the showroom of Browne and Sons in Maple Rise, 1965 = £13 18sh 1d.
The Ship brand box of safety matches, from The Tuck Shop West Street, 1966 = 3d
Bendix fully automated washing machine with spin dryer function, from Davies and Dean, West Street 1966 = 110 guineas or 150 guineas for one with tumble drying function too.
Phillips twin tub washing machine, from Davies and Dean, West Street 1966 = 78 guineas plus 3 guineas extra for a heat proof work top to sit on it.
Frigidaire spin dryer from Davies and Dean, West Street 1966 = £23 10s or £25 10s for one that automatically switches off.
Kenwood Chef - "the world's most advanced food preparation machine", includes bowl and mixing attachment, other attachments extra, from Davies and Dean, West Street 1966 = £31 10s
Cup and saucer, bone china, from Treasure Chest, West Street 1966 = 6 sh 9d.
Latest model Bush 4 speed auto record player, from Direct Discounts, Spittal Street, 1967 = 22 guineas (special offer price)
"Masterradio" 3 channel 19" TV from Direct Discounts, Spittal Street, 1967 = 49 guineas (sale price)
Sobell Stereogram (radio, record player and speakers combined in a cabinet) from Direct Discounts, Spittal Street, 1967 = 39 guineas (special offer price)
Axminster broadloom carpet, from Norman Heals, High Street, 1968 = 42s 6d a square yard.
Childhood
Second hand pram with canopy as sold in Marlow, 1946 = £2 10s
Boys jacket and "knicker suit" made to pre war quality, from Morgan's, 1945 = 29s 7d or 55s 6d for wool worsted version. (8 ration coupons also needed of course).
Girls long sleeved wool dress, from W E Applegate drapers and clothier, 1949 = from 23s
Velour snowsuit with hood attached, for young child, from W E Applegate, 1949 = from 29s 2d (price goes up with the age its intended to fit) .
The amount charged per hour for the babysitting services of Mrs Allan of Holland Road, 1951 = 2s.
Girls gym tunic from A E King, 1952 = from 26s 9d for the smallest size. A navy regulation school coat from the same started at 79s 6d with school berets from 5s 11d.
Second hand Triang Pedal car sold in Marlow, 1953 = £2.
"Dainty but hard-wearing" summer dress for little girls in "gay patterns" , from Arthur Rowe Ltd, West Street, 1955 = from 15s 11d for toddler - 64s for a "young miss".
Child's leather school shoe with rubber sole and reinforced toe, from Milward's, High Street, 1958 = from 20s 9d for size 9.
Heinz Baby food from Dorsett's grocery shop Market Square, 1962 = 8d. Reduction for buying a half dozen.
Second hand Marmet pram with sun shade, Marlow, 1963 = £14.
Canvas school satchel, from W H Smith 1963 = 15s 6d.
Baby's car seat from shop "Adinda" in Chapel Street 1963 = £2 9sh 6d
Personal Care / Health
Tin of Eucryl tooth powder (various Marlow suppliers), 1944 = 9d, large 1s 3d .
Phillips Tonic Yeast- treats indigestion and prevents nervous breakdown (!) from all Marlow chemists, 1950 = 1 sh 3d.
Boots Gardenia bath cubes, per box, 1951 = 3 and a half pence.
Hair cut in your home by travelling hairdresser who covers Marlow, men only, 1960 = 2s 6d or 2s for boys or OAPS.
Elizabeth Arden Blue Grass gift set consisting of dusting powder, hand lotion and 2 bath cubes, from Watson's chemist Spittal Street, 1962 = 23s 6d.
Business costs:
Purchase price of The West Street Cafe, 1945 = £550
The Empire "Aristocrat" portable typewriter, from W H Smith & Son, 1955 = £22 10s (available on hire purchase too).
Hire of a cement mixer, including delivery from Marlow Bottom, 1959 = £2 a week.
Extra strong builder's wheelbarrow with rubber wheel, from Lynch's Dean Street, 1963 = 77s 6d .
Rent of small 2 room office suite near centre of Marlow, with own entrance, 1967 = £350 per annum exclusive of bills.
Food and drink
Jar of pickle from R Brown grocer High Street 1942 = 1 shilling 1d.
6 oz cheese from Browns as above 1942 = 5 shillings.
2 eggs from Browns as above 1942 = 5d.
A tablet of jelly from Browns as above 1942 = 2&1/2d.
2 lbs nuts from Browns as above 1942 = 14 shillings.
1/2 lb Brooke Bond Dividend Tea 1942 = 1s 5d various stockists.
A bottle of orange juice (available to young children and expectant mothers only) picked up from the library or infant welfare centre (both in what is now Liston Hall) or distribution volunteer Mrs Watson at Marlow Common, 1943 = 5d.
1/4lb carton of Rowntree's cocoa powder, various Marlow stockists, 1944 = 5d
Half bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label, 1945, various Marlow suppliers = 13s 6d (notice is given that supplies are low and are likely to be scarce for foreseeable future.)
A dozen cans of vegetable and tomato soup (the most popular flavour), delivered to Marlow from Imperial Food Stores in High Wycombe, 1946 = 8sh 6d.
1 dozen small sausage rolls from Burgers bakers, Causeway 1953 = 2s 2d shillings.
A gallon of ice cream from Burgers as above 1953 = 12 shillings.
1 dozen croissants from Burgers 1953 = 3 shillings.
Packet of Smedley's Quick Frozen garden peas, from H & J W Aldridge, Market Square, 1954 = 1s
1/4lb box of Brooke Bond P G Tips tea, from various Marlow shops, 1955 = 1s 9d.
1/2 pint of Wethered's Best Bitter, public bar price, 1955 = 9&1/2d.
4-oz Maxwell House coffee from the Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 4s.
Jelly tablet "table jellies" to make 1pt jelly, from Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 6d (reduction of 3d from price elsewhere they say).
3lb bag of "Suprema" self raising flour, Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 1s 6d.
1lb of C.W.S lemon curd, Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 1s 6d.
1lb of C.W.S custard powder, Co-operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 1s 5d.
12oz tin of "Wheatsheaf" pork luncheon meat, Co-operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 2s 8d.
A dozen new laid eggs, medium size Co operative stores, Station Rd, 1961 = 2s 6d.
Fixed price lunch at Compleat Angler hotel, as available to non guests on certain days, 1961 = 25s Saturdays, 30s Sunday or Monday.
Bottle of Chateau Libertas South African red wine from the Coach and Horses West Street, 1962 = 10sh 9d.
Shoulder of English lamb, from Jeffries, Spittal Street, 1967 = 3s.
1lb butter from C & Q food market, Oaktree Rd, 1967 = 2s 9d (offers green shield stamps with purchase)
3lb 2oz size fresh chicken C & Q food market, Oaktree Rd, 1967 = 2s 9d.
Packet of Jacobs or Crawford's Cream Crackers, from Home & Colonial Stores, High Street, 1968 = 12d
Quarter pound of P G Tips tea, Home & Colonial, 1968 = 1s 4&1/2d.
Packet of McVities Digestive biscuits, from Home & Colonial, 1968 = 9d.
Special luncheons served weekdays at Sun Ya Chinese restaurant, Quoiting Square, 1969 = 5 shillings.
Reading material:
Premium or Preferential annual membership to W H Smith's circulating library, High Street, 1942 = £2 3s. This lets you take in the very latest titles. A cheaper option is A grade annual membership which gives you full access to the library, minus those tempting latest releases. And B grade membership costs 10s a year for access to a more limited range of books, all of them a bit older. In 1949 you could subscribe a few pence a week to borrow on an occasional basis. Then the premium membership had risen to £3 a year.
Latest fiction to borrow from H Simpsons High Street, per week 1945 = 2d or 3d
Copy of The Telegraph newspaper, 1948 = 1&1/2d.
Copy of The Strand magazine, 1949 = 1s 3d.
Copy of the Bucks Free Press 1951 = 3d.
Copy of Woman's Weekly magazine, 1952 = 3d.
Hard back books ideal for Christmas gifts such as the History of England by Arthur Bryant and Exploration Fawcett, the real life journals of lost explorer Colonel Fawcett, from W.H Smith High street, 1953 = 15-16s.
Phillips modern school atlas, from W H Smith, 1963 = 11s 6d.
Copy of the weekly Marlow and District Times newspaper, 1969 = 4d. Published each Wednesday.
Hobbies and leisure:
Entrance into a travelling circus and zoo which came for two days to a field off Dean Street in 1943, = from 1 shilling for children, 1 shilling 6d for adults.
Second hand tennis racket and 5 balls, collect Marlow Bottom, 1944 = 57s 6d.
Second hand 15ft caravan, 4 berth with Calor gas lighting and heating, 1944 = £460.
Ticket to see a dance band at the Band Hall plus the local heat of Miss Buckinghamshire 1945 = 2s 6d, or 1s 6d if in H.M Forces.
1 weeks holiday as organised by The Central Council For Physical Recreation at Bisham Abbey for those aged 16-35. Includes board, basic lodging and expert tuition in a sport of your choice out of: lawn tennis, bicycle polo, rowing, football, canoeing, swimming, wrestling, table tennis, fencing, ball room dancing, soft ball and athletics, 1947 = £3 15s
Coach trip to New Theatre Oxford from Market Square Marlow, by Thames Valley Traction Co, 1949 = 9s 9d including the theatre ticket. Runs twice a week over winter season.
Book of Buckinghamshire footpaths for walkers, sold at all Marlow booksellers, 1949 = 8sh 6d.
Admission to the Regatta enclosure, June 1950 = 7/6. Plus teas from 2 shillings and lunches from 3/6. Official programme 1 shilling.
Programme for the Marlow Choral Society concert version of Tom Jones, at the Church Hall, December 1952 = 6d.
One of the latest fully equipped caravans, the "Marlow Tudor" from the Marlow Coach Building Works, New Town Road, 1953 = from £445 (display ground was in Loudwater). In 1952 the 20ft 4 berth Marlow Tudor with aluminium skin, oak paneling and three rooms is £650.
Boxing Day "Tyrolean Dance" at the Complete Angler hotel, 1953 including dinner = 30s. Evening dress required.
20 Matinee brand deluxe tipped cigarettes, 1955 = 2s 8d.
Tickets to Marlow Young Conservative "gipsy dance" at the Crown hotel, 1958 = 5 shillings.
Rent that Marlow Park Cricket Club pay to use the cricket pitch in Higginson Park, per annum, 1958 = £70.
Tour of London Airport with return coach travel from Marlow, as run by Thames Valley travel, 1959 = 4sh 6d.
Ticket and coach transport from Marlow to Puss in Boots Pantomime at Oxford 1959 = 12 sh 3d.
Entry to local art and craft exhibition at Court Garden in 1959 = 1 shilling.
The Clarion "transistorised tape recorder", 50 hours play on 4 torch batteries, complete with microphone and tape, from M W Keen, High Street, 1959 = 25 guineas.
11 ft Penn "car top" sports boat, from Willan Cars, High Street, 1960 - £69 10s.
Seven day coach tour trip centered around Grange Over Sands. Includes luxury coach travel, full board hotel accommodation including gratuities, and sighting tours with meals en route. Book at the Thames Valley booking agent, corner shop, Market Square. Join at Wycombe, Maidenhead or Henley, 1963 = £29 10s.
As above but to South Devon, trip based at Torquay, 1963 = £22 10s.
Ticket to a dance at Court Garden with band "Danny Lawrence and The Trends" - 7.30-1030pm. "Rock! Jive! Twist!", 1963 = 4s.
The Canonette 8 cine camera from Keen's, High Street, 1964 = £49 16s. Installment plans available
Entry to Borlase summer fete and "Go Kart meeting", 1964 = 6d including a programme plus half a crown (2s 6d) for a go on a go kart.
13ft touring caravan, second hand, 1964 = £55.
Coach trip to Whipsnade Zoo from Marlow, runs every summer Sunday, 1964 = 6s 6d. No reductions for children!
Weekly entry into Postal Bingo (games called on Radio Luxembourg, 6 times in week), 1964 = 3s 6d (plus one off membership joining fee of 2s 6d) Top prize is around £6000..
Pack of 20 Players gold leaf Virginia tipped cigarettes, various Marlow stockists, 1966 = 4s 7d.
15 day holiday to Mallorca from Carters travel agency in West Street, 1966 = From £37 per person.
Admission to air display at Wycombe air park, Booker, 1968 = 30s for a car and all occupants or £7 10s for a coach ditto.
Clothing/ Footwear/ Accessories :
Cleaning and pressing of a suit or dress at Allwrights cleaners, Spittal Street 1942 = 4s
Ladies' long sleeved poplin shirt, plain colours or stripes, from Morgan's, High Street, 1945 = 42s 9d (plus you needed 4 coupons from your clothes ration).
Second hand gents navy blue sports coat sold in Marlow, 1945 = £4.
Latest fashion handbags in choice of 6 colours from Morgan's of Marlow, 1949 = 19 shillings 11d.
Beaver fur gloves from W.E Applegates (ran by A.E Kings), 1949 = 39 sh 4d.
Men's slippers from Milwards, High Street, 1950 = from 12 sh 9d to 31sh 11d.
Ladies lace trimmed nylon underwear set, from A E King, 1953 = 48s 6d.
Initialled set of 3 coloured handkerchiefs, from A E King, 1953 = 5s 6d boxed.
Fur backed wool lined gloves, A E King 1953 = 39s 11d.
Ladies all wool house coat (dressing gown in this instance) with zipper front, A E King, 1952 = from 57s 6d depending on side.
Gents tweed suit, all sizes, W J Daniel, High Street, 1958 = from £8 9s - £13 13s.
Ladies sling back high heel shoes, in black, gold or silver, Millward's own label range, from Milwards in the High Street 1964 = 55s 11d.
Ladies full length quilted dressing gown, from A E King Marlow branch, 1964 = 72s 6d .
Pets, livestock & equestrian
Rhode Island Red Cockerel from breeder at Marlow Common, 1944 = 8s.
Fully grown goose, bought from Munday Dean, 1946 = 40s.
Green budgie, 1955 = 10s.
Horse for hacking from Peter Pinches horse dealer etc at Field House Farm, near Newtown Road Marlow, 1958 = from £50.
Chihuahua puppy, female, 1964 = 15 guineas.
6lb block of Dinnadog frozen dog food, available from G E Stevens, corn merchant etc, 1964 = 7s 6d.
Transport:
Second hand Raleigh gents bicycle with dynamo lighting for sale in Marlow, nearly new, 1944 = £12
Adult return bus bare from Marlow to High Wycombe, 1946 = 11d.
3rd class season ticket for rail travel between Marlow and Paddington, valid for 1 month, 1948 = £5 13s 6d. A weekly ticket for the same journey cost £1 0s 11d.
1938 Singer Super 12 car, low mileage, offered for sale in Marlow 1949 = £300.
Double garage for hire in Marlow, 1949 = 15 sh a week.
Coventry-Eagle cycle, "The Exemplar" model. "Britain's most modern bicycle". From B.T.C Cycle Dealers, Spittal Street 1952 = £21 9s 6d.
Bus fare from High Wycombe to Marlow on one of the extra busses put on by Thames Valley Traction Co on the occasion of the Marlow regatta, 1952 = 1s 1d return.
Hiring a car in Marlow for the weekend, 1953 = £3.
Special GWR cheap day return ticket to Newbury for the horse races, 1953 = 9s 6d.
Second hand 3 speed ladies bicycle with new tyres, 1954 = £7.
1950 Morris Minor with detachable hard top and heater, sold by Currall's Garages, 1955 = £420
Day return to Eastbourne, from Marlow, on coach run by Carter's of Maidenhead three times a week in summer, tickets from Silvester's newsagent, West Street, 1957 = 9s 6d. (also goes to Brighton, Worthing, Hastings and Bexhill at same frequency).
Secondhand Ford Prefect sold in Marlow, 1958 = £450.
A days hire of the "latest de luxe 4 door Morris 1000" car, with radio fitted, including RAC & AA membership and insurance, from Platts garage, 1958 = 17s 6d.
An hours driving tuition by "an expert", 1958 = 10s .
Used gray colour Ford Consul car, with 9000 miles on clock, from Greene & Earl garage, Maple Rise, 1959 = £710.
Cost of parking in High Street on Sunday or Bank Holidays, no time limit, 1964 = 2s.
1955 Jaguar car mk 7m, offered for sale in Marlow, 1964 = £85.
Vespa - 1955 model, in good condition, sold used in Marlow 1958 = £76. In the same year a second hand Vespa with screen, pillion and cover was £100 as sold in Little Marlow.
Compiled by Kathryn Day and Charlotte Day. Warm thanks to contributors!
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