Talk:Dame school

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 194.73.48.66 in topic Nine Shilling Loaf of Bread

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So people in Dame schools had to be rich?

Mmm... that's hard to say. "Rich" is relative, for one thing. Also, the schools could be cheap or expensive (and the expensive ones weren't always worth it). DS (talk) 15:33, 16 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

Nine Shilling Loaf of Bread edit

"In the mid-seventeenth century, two shillings would approximately equate two days wages of a skilled tradesman, and a loaf of bread cost approximately nine shillings."

What? Nine shillings? A skilled tradesman would work for nearly a fortnight for the price of a loaf of bread? This is clearly nonsense.146.198.148.152 (talk) 09:18, 22 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes, this is frankly ridiculous. A loaf of bread didn't cost 9/- until 1988, according to the Office of National Statistics. I would recommend deleting this sentence. 194.73.48.66 (talk) 16:16, 16 November 2022 (UTC)Reply