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Thank goodness for metrification!

wow this is tricky!

Nicole Davis I agree, Anna is really testing us with this one! AB

I tried feeding the prices into the calculator at www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ for 1906 (when Central Station first opened), 1919 (for the twitterer), 1925, and 1950. I doubled the result amount to get AU$ in current value. The 1906 date gave prices for 9d spirit glasses roughly the same as today (c.$6), but the 'quarts' seemed prohibitively expensive at over $100. Is a quart the same as a bottle? The 1950 date gave exceedingly cheap 9d glasses (c.$2), but the quarts were roughly equivalent to today (c.$33). I am inclined to the earlier (1906) date - they were profiteering on the quarts! The SMH has reports of the new Central Railway Refreshment Rooms being the place of regular Sunday booze-ups, because everywhere else was closed. trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14758653

The plastic lettering looks post-war, maybe 1946-47. I've seen this photo in NSWGR literature from the period, just have to find it.

Phoenix Beer advert on the right Bought by Guinness in 1955 . brandnewretro.ie/2014/04/12/phoenix-beer-waterford-2-adve...

22 September 1964 was a Tuesday ...

The only other photo Mr O'Dea took (or catalogued) for 22/09/1964 was this of his trusty Austin Cambridge ZIK 382 outside the station at Tramore - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000307168 . I wonder if these posters were actually in Tramore ?

"Gas - The Housewife's Friend." Does that include the husband farting after a lovely home cooked meal on one of those free-fitted Gas Cookers?

Who are TF and PJ, and what is their relationship to James O'Dea? Why has he captured their mute memorial on a public noticeboard?