House prices in the 50's

[Geoffrey]

And what self respecting Scot do YOU know who would eat boiled beef and carrots?

DO they have sparras in Scotland?

[Doctor Drivel]

Or suck a whelk.

[Geoffrey]

Mmmm - whelks! Lovely. Rollmops on the bar on a Sunday.

Mr Drivel, you are clearly a child and an ignorant one at that.

[Chris Bacon]

Thanks, LOL, very evocative...

[Doctor Drivel]

I am no child, but ignorant of whelks.

[David]

In article , Doctor Drivel writes

Yes, I suspected as much, "couldn't run a whelk stall" does spring to mind

[Doctor Drivel]

Bertie, I couldn't. I don't like Whelks.

[docusk]

Yes, I think that was a lot. We lived in Kingston-on-thames in 195

and a 3 bed parlour house on the main road went for £1,500. When we moved up to Hillingdon in 1966 we needed £5,000. Now I live i Reading and my house @ £12,000 should fetch £200,000. So what if I wan to buy a new one, I'd have to pay as much. 1 & 2 Flats for elderly i one part of town are being offered (and taken) at £275,000.

All it proves is that as we all know, the world has gone mad. Me wit it!

docus

-- docusk

[docusk]

Yes, I think that was a lot. We lived in Kingston-on-thames in 195

and a 3 bed parlour house on the main road went for £1,500. When we moved up to Hillingdon in 1966 we needed £5,000. Now I live i Reading and my house in 1974 @ £12,000 should fetch £200,000. So wha if I want to buy a new one, I'd have to pay as much. 1 & 2 Flats fo elderly in one part of town are being offered (and taken) at £275,000.

All it proves is that as we all know, the world has gone mad. Me wit it!

docus

-- docusk

[Doctor Drivel]

All it proves is that there is an artificial land shortage that inflates land prices and hence house prices.

[Chris Bacon]

That's what we want, more artificial land. Re-develop brown field sites, that sort of thing. Houses on stilts over estuaries. Colonise the slag-heaps.

[Doctor Drivel]

Are you a Pikie?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Ah. A new name for Drivel.

[David]

In article , Doctor Drivel writes

Artificial land shortages are created in many places though, its the way the world goes round, a very quick google gives you the USA, Sydney, India, all complaining of artificial land shortages, so its no different elsewhere, you're point is?