Tayto at 3p a pack?

Wishbone Ash

I found this pack of Tayto a few weeks ago in a room at work. I was just wondering when they cost 3p. Mid 1970s?

Biggins

That would be about right, mid 70's. I remember when a box of matches was 1p.

(yes, I'm a bit older than most of ye young babies)

jhegarty

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=3086849&postcount=44

Hogzy

id say earlier than that!!! wonder would that be worth any money to a collector? do people collect old crisp packets?

mikemac

They will always be 12p in my mind

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Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I found this pack of Tayto a few weeks ago in a room at work.

I seriously hope your janitor was fired for that.

Run_to_da_hills

I can remember them when they were 2d in the late 60ies. We Joined the EEC in 1973 and the price soared to 3P. :mad:

Biggins

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I can remember them when they were 2d in the late 60ies. We Joined the EEC in 1973 and the price soared to 3P. :mad:

There you go. If ever there was a reason to vote "No"...

Lets get Tayto cheaper again. lol

Wishbone Ash

Ximena Silly Battalion wrote: »

I seriously hope your janitor was fired for that.

LOL - I found it in a plant room along with a large glass bottle of Coca Cola and a bread wrapper from Johnson, Mooney and O'Brien.

Somebody must have sat down and had their lunch in the early 1970s and their rubbish hasn't been touched since!

Run_to_da_hills

Biggins wrote: »

There you go. If ever there was a reason to vote "No"...

Lets get Tayto cheaper again. lol

Worse still if we voted YES they could ban them over some unlawful ingredient. :eek:

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Wishbone Ash wrote: »

LOL - I found it in a plant room along with a large glass bottle of Coca Cola and a bread wrapper from Johnson, Mooney and O'Brien.

Somebody must have sat down and had their lunch in the early 1970s and their rubbish hasn't been touched since!

A posh lunch-eater too, I thought everybody ate packed porridge or something for lunch in the days before the Celtic Tiger.

Biggins

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Worse still if we voted YES they could ban them over some unlawful ingredient. :eek:

Sooo true.
I read somewhere they tried to ban some banannas because they weren't of the right full curvature. They were too straight!
(that reminds me: peas are not the green colour you think they are, its ALL colouring, natural or manufactured)

javaboy

Biggins wrote: »

I read somewhere they tried to ban some banannas because they weren't of the right full curvature. They were too straight!

Non Daily HateMail link please?

Biggins

javaboy wrote: »

Non Daily HateMail link please?

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=116372

http://h2.punchng.com/Article-print2.aspx?theartic=Art20081116202468

Something similar!
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2008/11/the-longitudina.html

Madness! lol

eVeNtInE

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Hal1

:pac:<(click me)

Biggins

Hal1 wrote: »

:pac:<(click me)

Ooo, thats a tough one.

Which one would I rather eat! :rolleyes:

Heck, I'm a man, I've made up my mind...

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Biggins wrote: »

Heck, I'm a man, I've made up my mind...

Me too: Taytos.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Biggins wrote: »

There you go. If ever there was a reason to vote "No"...

Lets get Tayto cheaper again. lol

Hehehe . I'm with you there


Tayto was the first ever flavoured crisp in the world. Joe "Spud" Murphy I think made himself a little fortune selling the rights worldwide and I can only assume that it why you can't get tayto outside of Ireland now. In the UK you can get a crisp that's called Tayto but it's made in Northern Ire and tastes just like ghey Walkers.

I adore Tayto and it pisses me off that I canny get any in Glasgow when I'm over there.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1361491/Joe-%27Spud%27-Murphy.html


Edit: I remember as a kid in school we had a little rivalry between the Tayto kids and the King kids. Then my da burst me bubble and said that they're owned by the same crowd! I don't think anyone does crisps like the Irish do crisps. Even Perry (which I think are Irish , but at 2am tihs saturday night I could be wrong) are(were?) lovely compared to well , every other crisp.

ratinakeg

The A-Team 5p crisps in the early 90's were the best:)

Posy

Pre- 1971 they'd have been priced in d, not p. They'd have cost about 1d then or thereabouts. I'd say 3p for Tayto would be about 1972-1973. That bag would have to be from after 1971 and before 1975, when they went up to a massive 5p.

Red Sleeping Beauty

wow, lotsa "old-er" people in this thread. I didn't think anyone born before the 80s had the intrntz.

Em, what's a 'd' ? and how much is/was it worth

does anyone remember when taytos were served in brown paper bags ? o

Red Sleeping Beauty

Domo230 wrote: »

Walkers are way nicer

Get out. Banished! Be Gone, Devil's work!!

It's enshrined in the constitution that thou shalt eat only crisps made from irish spuds

Professey Chin

Outta curiosity, howd they taste?

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Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Outta curiosity, howd they taste?

The OP didn't eat them, they were left where he found it over thirty years ago by some slob.

kaiser soza

Anyone remember Ma Reilys crisps,taste of PURE EVIL.

KnifeWRENCH

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Get out. Banished! Be Gone, Devil's work!!

It's enshrined in the constitution that thou shalt eat only crisps made from irish spuds

I'm sorry, but Walkers Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli >> Any Taytos

shayser

The choice was Tayto at 3p or Sam Spudz at 2p. So Tayto was the yuppie snack! Would've been '72 '73.

Ruu_Old

I remember when A-Team crisps were 5p.

Cianos

Hogzy wrote: »

id say earlier than that!!! wonder would that be worth any money to a collector? do people collect old crisp packets?

This man actually does collect crisp packets, along with loads of other useless crap.

JIZZLORD

I remember reading that the EU curvature thing was to support african and caribean banana plantations which produced more curvy bananas as opposed to latin american non curvy bananas which would be mainly produced by american companies who hold influence in the area.

Caoimhín

I remember when one could buy 10 B&H and a box of matches for £1.

Terry

Hal1 wrote: »

:pac:<(click me)

Who has the bigger eyebrows?

square_igloo wrote: »

I'm sorry, but Walkers Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli >> Any Taytos

I agree. They are the nicest potato crisp ever produced.

Ruu wrote: »

I remember when A-Team crisps were 5p.

As do I.
They were made in your neck of the woods, right?

Caoimhín wrote: »

I remember when one could buy 10 B&H and a box of matches for £1.

So do I. 99p to be exact. Got a penny jelly out of the change.

Anyway, it would definitely have to be post decimalisation as others have pointed out.
Is there a best before date on the pack or on the bread?

antodeco

I remember when you could get hookers for 3p. They came with free AIDs too. Damn recession.

ChewChew

antodeco wrote: »

I remember when you could get hookers for 3p. They came with free AIDs too. Damn recession.

Well I hope you used your tayto bag and an elastic band! :pac:

greatgoal

i remember when they were 6d,then when we joined the eec they were 2 and a half new p.

Ponster

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Em, what's a 'd' ? and how much is/was it worth

1 penny


Pre-1971 we had coins like the Penny , Threepence , Sixpence, Florin, Crown, etc...

We referred to “pounds, shillings, and pence” or "l.s.d"

The 'd' meant 'pence' ( the 'd' coming from the latin coin 'denarius')

Wishbone Ash

alan dunne 27 wrote: »

Em, what's a 'd' ? and how much is/was it worth

'd' was an old pre-decimal penny. (LSD - librae, solidi and denari - Latin for pounds, shillings and pence)

12 old pennies in a shilling.

2 and a half shillings in a half crown.

5 shillings in a crown.

240 pennies in a pound.

When the 'new pence' came in in 1971, there was 100 pennies in a pound.

2.4 pennies in a new penny.

A shilling became 5p.

2 shillings became 10p.

The 10 shilling note became 50p.

In pre decimalisation days a bill might be written as £1 3s 10d which was 1 pound, 3 shillings and 10 pennies - £1.19 in new money.

Caoimhín wrote: »

I remember when one could buy 10 B&H and a box of matches for £1.

When a pack of 20 approached £1 everyone was going to give them up as it was a huge psychological barrier - a pound for a pack of fags. :eek:

I used to be sent to the shop by my mother with 12p to get an ounce of Gallaghers Condor Plug for the oul lad's pipe when he came in from work.

spurious

Caoimhín wrote: »

I remember when one could buy 10 B&H and a box of matches for £1.

I remember 10 Richmond cigarettes for 11p.

Professey Chin

Ximena Silly Battalion wrote: »

The OP didn't eat them, they were left where he found it over thirty years ago by some slob.

Then im really disappointed in the OP :mad:

Kold

Hal1 wrote: »

:pac:<(click me)

Mr Tayto and a thwomp, how delightfully surreal.

2p to 3p is a huge increase.

Kold

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

'd' was an old pre-decimal penny. (LSD - librae, solidi and denari - Latin for pounds, shillings and pence)

12 old pennies in a shilling.

2 and a half shillings in a half crown.

5 shillings in a crown.

240 pennies in a pound.

When the 'new pence' came in in 1971, there was 100 pennies in a pound.

2.4 pennies in a new penny.

A shilling became 5p.

2 shillings became 10p.

The 10 shilling note became 50p.

In pre decimalisation days a bill might be written as £1 3s 10d which was 1 pound, 3 shillings and 10 pennies - £1.19 in new money.


When a pack of 20 approached £1 everyone was going to give them up as it was a huge psychological barrier - a pound for a pack of fags. :eek:

I used to be sent to the shop by my mother with 12p to get an ounce of Gallaghers Condor Plug for the oul lad's pipe when he came in from work.

Holy crap.

Aisling(",)

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I found this pack of Tayto a few weeks ago in a room at work. I was just wondering when they cost 3p. Mid 1970s?

wow id say theyre stale

eeep people here are confusing me!monetry systems do my head in

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Aisling(",) wrote: »

wow id say theyre stale

Don't be ridiculous. It says that its "Fresh" right on the packet.

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square_igloo wrote: »

I'm sorry, but Walkers Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli >> Any Taytos

LIES, BEGONE...

david

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

'd' was an old pre-decimal penny. (LSD - librae, solidi and denari - Latin for pounds, shillings and pence)

12 old pennies in a shilling.

2 and a half shillings in a half crown.

5 shillings in a crown.

240 pennies in a pound.

When the 'new pence' came in in 1971, there was 100 pennies in a pound.

2.4 pennies in a new penny.

A shilling became 5p.

2 shillings became 10p.

The 10 shilling note became 50p.

In pre decimalisation days a bill might be written as £1 3s 10d which was 1 pound, 3 shillings and 10 pennies - £1.19 in new money.


When a pack of 20 approached £1 everyone was going to give them up as it was a huge psychological barrier - a pound for a pack of fags. :eek:

I used to be sent to the shop by my mother with 12p to get an ounce of Gallaghers Condor Plug for the oul lad's pipe when he came in from work.

My brain just melted

robinph

Biggins wrote: »

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=116372

http://h2.punchng.com/Article-print2.aspx?theartic=Art20081116202468

Something similar!
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2008/11/the-longitudina.html

Madness! lol

Or one from sometime last year saying the stories were all a load of crap already:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6481969.stm

Have we had the thread claiming that christmas has been banned yet this year?

Biggins

robinph wrote: »

Have we had the thread claiming that christmas has been banned yet this year?

Not yet, but if one chap gets his way - thats what he might want us all to do!
See (if you haven't already):
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055430307