Can someone help identify the age of these products?
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bripsy@reddit
It may sound cheap at 11p, but in 1975 your weekly wage would have been about £27 as a woman (or a lot more as a man- but that's another story). Things are much cheaper these days since more mass production, imports from China, plastics etc.
funeralpageant@reddit (OP)
Very true! I know income’s grown since then, it’s just weird seeing 11p on packaging. I think things being cheaper these days also reflects the decrease in quality though.
ReviewEnvironmental2@reddit
Aw, this post made me miss my Grandma 😢
funeralpageant@reddit (OP)
Hope you’ve got plenty of good memories to look back on 💖
funeralpageant@reddit (OP)
Thanks all who commented and helped!
Found some more old looking things. Anyone recognise these? Did a bit of digging and the Sylko thread might be pre-50s but I’m not sure. Also torn on whether I should use it or keep them as bits of history 🤔
There’s a couple of old medicine tins too without any expiry dates lol.
GaryJM@reddit
You can narrow it down to some time between 1971 and 1984 just based on the pricing. Beyond that, I'm afraid I can't help.
DameKumquat@reddit
The fonts and style and prices, and amount of orange, point to late 70s, basically my mum's haberdashery box.
funeralpageant@reddit (OP)
Happy cake day!
Frosty-Track6792@reddit
Put the image through ai and ask. I did and got loads of useful info.
Talismancer_Ric@reddit
Are you going to share this information with the rest of us?
spiderplant94@reddit
That's no fun though!
Why give up the chance to have a fun little mystery and instead rely on AI to do the thinking?
Frosty-Track6792@reddit
Because I'm autistic and just want facts without all the other crap. I want an answer, not a game.
pigsonthewing@reddit
You think you get facts from an LLM?
spiderplant94@reddit
But no one is obliging you to find out when this sewing kit is from.
The "game" is something you chose to participate in, but then opted for the least fun way to solve it.
Also, AI spits out all sorts of random stuff and hallucinated "facts".
funeralpageant@reddit (OP)
Don't think I will thanks, got plenty of useful info from real humans
Silver_Adagio138@reddit
Wow! I remember Aero needles.
yossanator@reddit
Winfield was a Woolworths brand back in the '70's and maybe early '80's. Pretty sure I saw things like this in my Mum's sewing box as a child.
ProfessorYaffle1@reddit
Early 70s - obviously post decimalisation in 1971, but I'd say not a lot later, both based on the style and the prices.
Looks like the gold buttons went up from 9p to 11p, maybe about 1973-74 when there was a big spike in inflation?
I'd say the blue packet of needles is newer
spiderplant94@reddit
Winfield was the Woolworths own brand of household supplies.
Sold between 1963-1983.
Ok_Aioli3897@reddit
According to Google Winfield's was a Woolworths own brand that started in 1963 and ended in the 80's.
nivlark@reddit
They're decimal prices, so 1971 at the oldest, and the half-penny ones can't be any newer than 1984 when that coin was phased out. Based on the packaging style I think late 70s/early 80s sounds about right.
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