£50 in 1980 would be worth about £270 in 2024.
Something - or someone, that cost £50 back then wasn't really cheap.
Of course, it's not so much about inflation as it is purchasing power. In 1980 the average home in the UK was going for about £20,000. The average home price in 2024 is about £270,000 which is 13 and a half times higher.
Prostitutes can set their own rates. I wouldn't doubt that if you were to look hard enough you could indeed find a lady of the evening willing to take £50 today, so essentially figures for these things are meaningless.
Most importantly I think you misheard the lyric -it isn't 50 quid, it's 15 quid.
Fun fact. I don't remember which episode it was, but HBO had a show called The Ricky Gervais Show. He Stephen Merchant and Karl Pinkington sat around a microphone in a studio taking about Karl. It's a hilarious show check it out.
Oh ya anyway in one of the cutaway skits they're in front of a house addressed 22 Acacia Ave.
Was pretty good back then. You could buy a decent 3 bedroom house for about $14k in the early 80's. Same house sold for 400k today. I know because I saw my childhood home for sale online the other day. Inflation has been pretty crazy really.
According to Google, 15 quid in 1980 is around 80 quid today. According to a Reddit thread I found on r/nostupidquestions, '<$100 for a streetwalker, $100-200 for a foreign escort, $200 to 400 for a local escort'. It's in dollars, so it's slightly higher. According to the current exchange rate, £80 is $100.38, so yes it's cheap
The song Charlotte the Harlot was written around 1976 by Dave if I remember correctly. DiAnno sang it not Bruce. Dave wrote the lyrics too. I think that's the only song that Dave wrote all by himself lyrics and music.
Yes. I believe they were playing that song in Urchings when Dave was in that band. There is a demo tape from 1977 with Thunderstick on drums playing Charlotte the Harlot. I can't find any links to it anymore tho.
So if thou is seeking a rambunctious time
And you are adequately prepared for a con
Fifteen shillings is all she asks for
And you can keep your top hat on
£50 in 1980 would be worth about £270 in 2024. Something - or someone, that cost £50 back then wasn't really cheap. Of course, it's not so much about inflation as it is purchasing power. In 1980 the average home in the UK was going for about £20,000. The average home price in 2024 is about £270,000 which is 13 and a half times higher. Prostitutes can set their own rates. I wouldn't doubt that if you were to look hard enough you could indeed find a lady of the evening willing to take £50 today, so essentially figures for these things are meaningless. Most importantly I think you misheard the lyric -it isn't 50 quid, it's 15 quid.
Really? 15? Huh. I guess that makes more sense in context.. he said 15 Quid IS ALL she asks for "... Ok. Thx.
It's also referenced in the 1st song- "She charges a Fiver (£5) that's only for starters and 10 the main course"
She's a saint that one
Always taught it was 50 as well. Thanks for correcting that for me. Seems like a bargain.
Hey, just tell her you know me. You might even get it free.
“Excuse me I know this guy Bruce. Will you fuck me for free?” is a line that works every time!
Charlotte has a heart of gold.
Written by Dave Murray, and sung by Paul Di'Anno on the original album.
Tell her that you know me is from 22 Acacia Ave
True
You're Banana Man?
So anytime you're down the East End. Don't you hesitate to go.
You can take my honest word for it. She'll teach you more than you can know.
Charlotte can't you get out from all this madness? can't you see it only brings you sadness?
Depends…are you feeling, down, depressed and lonely?
50 quid is a very high class sort of escort. Which is why Charlotte only charged fifteen quid.
Isn't it 15 ?
Yes. It's 15.
TIL it was just 15
"She was only (worth) fifteen" - Michael Caine, but not.
If you listen to Charlotte the Harlot: "You charge them a "fiver", It's only for starters And ten for the main course" so yeah, definitely 15 quid.
You can still get a quick hand shandy for a fiver by the magic roundabout in Cardiff. Um, a friend told me.
TIL tastyreg will do almost anything for a fiver.
Right ... A friend 😉
50 quid in 80s was expensive
Oh. Well she must have been quite the firecracker
The average weekly wage in 1980 was just 100 quid. So yeah
Except the song says 15 quid, not 50.
Lol I'm just answering what he asked
Fair!
Everybody’s got their price
You could go cheaper, but you might end up with Burning Ambition
🥳🤣
The lyric is 15 quid. What kind of 80's prostitute charges 50? Seems pretty expensive
That would have been a high end escort . 50 quid in 1980 has gotta be around 400 quids today.
Speak to me Hammersmith!
Fun fact. I don't remember which episode it was, but HBO had a show called The Ricky Gervais Show. He Stephen Merchant and Karl Pinkington sat around a microphone in a studio taking about Karl. It's a hilarious show check it out. Oh ya anyway in one of the cutaway skits they're in front of a house addressed 22 Acacia Ave.
That's hilarious
One of their best songs. What id give to see this song live and to have them go back to making songs like this again
Just as good when it was Countdown
It's a song only young men could write.
Just make sure to beat her and mistreat her
Was pretty good back then. You could buy a decent 3 bedroom house for about $14k in the early 80's. Same house sold for 400k today. I know because I saw my childhood home for sale online the other day. Inflation has been pretty crazy really.
That's wild
£260 grand for the first house I lived in. It’s a nice enough house, but for a two-bed semi-detached? Fuck off.
It's a fake economy sadly.
If someone's paying and someone's selling, that's not fake. That's basic Charlotte the Harlot economics 101.
Depends on services rendered I suppose 🤔
A good price? You couldn't pay me £50 to risk getting a venereal disease.
Are you planning a trip
I wish.
£15 in 1982 adjusted for inflation is about £50, so not a bad price
According to Google, 15 quid in 1980 is around 80 quid today. According to a Reddit thread I found on r/nostupidquestions, '<$100 for a streetwalker, $100-200 for a foreign escort, $200 to 400 for a local escort'. It's in dollars, so it's slightly higher. According to the current exchange rate, £80 is $100.38, so yes it's cheap
Isn't it 15? That's what I always thought Bruce was singing.
Is ten dollars good in Texas in 70s?
15 quid
Yes. It's 15. It's been established lol
Bro has a time machine and some motives 💀
Do we know this song takes place in 1980s London? For all we know this takes place in Jack the ripper times or something
Well unless Charlotte and Bruce are both vampires I doubt that
The song Charlotte the Harlot was written around 1976 by Dave if I remember correctly. DiAnno sang it not Bruce. Dave wrote the lyrics too. I think that's the only song that Dave wrote all by himself lyrics and music.
Charlotte is based on an actual prostitute from Dave and Adrian’s neighborhood, if I’m remembering correctly.
Well there you go!
Yes. I believe they were playing that song in Urchings when Dave was in that band. There is a demo tape from 1977 with Thunderstick on drums playing Charlotte the Harlot. I can't find any links to it anymore tho.
So if thou is seeking a rambunctious time And you are adequately prepared for a con Fifteen shillings is all she asks for And you can keep your top hat on