Talk:Dame school

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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)

Nine Shilling Loaf of Bread
"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)
 * 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)

Actually there were some pride issues wrapped up in white bread eating and the price fluctuated - facts are needed here rather than assumptions. ee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0A:EF40:8E1:5401:BDAE:8E6B:2030:A35C (talk) 12:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)