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A nephew is always whinging how us 'older' ones had it far better as cars and houses were so much cheaper and affordable years ago.

Well, here is a pay slip of mine from 1972. For the week take home was £9 and that included 36p for using my own bicycle.
Yeah, I was rolling in it. Not quite enough for an E Type though even at the price they were back then.

Hehe...

In 1972 my parents were buying their first house having just got married. They could not afford to buy in South London where they had grown-up (Catford and Lewisham) so ended-up looking in far out places such as Thetford and Hastings. In late 1973 they eventually purchased a 3 storey town house in Hastings as affordable property was scarce and there was lots of gazuming. It was in the nick of time as I turned up in early 1974 . The house was a princely sum of £7K.

I think that your nephew has a point about house prices today though. Its bonkers in most home counties - I could bearly afford to buy my own house now - even though I earn a lot more now than what I did when I purchased! Don't get me started on the lack of final salary pensions, student debt and so forth....