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WAGES AND COST OF LIVING IN 1900:
ОглавлениеManchester house servant: 18 pounds, l5 shillings a year
Bank manager: £400 per annum
1903: Cost of brand new Napier seven-seater motorcar (Edwardian equivalent to a Rolls-Royce) is £520
1910: Average London property price is £14,000
A guest’s chauffeur leaves Welbeck Abbey in 1911.