![]() ![]() Beef, once a rare indulgence, limited to minuscule portions, is now available in whatever quantities you Or Lyons Corner House, came in an unfailingly chipped cup, and you could take a sip only after you had picked up a fork to puncture the fat milky skin floating on the surface, but now espresso is the rule just about everywhere.Ĭentral heating is no longer denigrated as an outlandish American fad, and food and clothing aren't rationed anymore. ![]() In the old days coffee at the local caff, Its purchasing power is barely equal to that of a pound. ![]() Pulling out the once mighty dollar is now a dead giveaway that you come from a third world country. But today, as the penny-pinching Bill Bryson notes in his entertaining memoir, ''Notes From a Small Island,'' 10 quid is not enough to buy breakfast in even a medium-priced hotel. When I first went to London in the early 1950's (my intended short stay extended to some 20 years), I could manage nicely onġ0 a week, albeit on a nightly diet of bangers and mash. ![]()
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