That’s all very interesting but it does raise one important question, well two actually, who didn’t have chips and why?
Allowing for inflation, that’s about £17.
Do with that information what you will.
We still have a Wimpy locally.
The fella that owns it does all the cooking and cleaning, and provided it’s not busy he’ll give you the sort of table service you’d expect at a normal sit down chain restaurant.
They’re even on Just Eat.
Who goes to Wimpy and doesn’t order a Knickerbocker glory?
Those were the days. Internet was slow as snail (dial-up) . No iphones and other distractions.
now £5.65 doesn’t even get you a decent pint in most places.
£16.28 adjusted for inflation
VAT was lower back then.
A pint in London was maybe about £1.30 then. Not sure those prices look that cheap
Paid £7 for a wimpy cheese burger and chips last week in Ashford. I was so happy when I saw one as all my local ones closed down.
“Went to that London, bought 3 burgers, drinks, shared some chips. Didn’t even get change out of a fiver. Unbelievable.”
Wimpy did good veggie burgers years before all the other chains did
If I remember correctly wimpy was started by Lyons who had tea rooms and was trying to compete with the fast food chains by introducing served fast food…
Amazing company otherwise.
i noticed that date, my 1st ever music festival, Monsters of Rock, Donnington.
It’s only transitory…. Oh wait
I remember they did a hot donut with ice cream on top that would just melt perfect at local we had
I miss wimpy and their strangely cut sausages
10 bob for a drink !
What’s a wimpy?
So cheap
I was in one of the last remaining wimpys last week, wish it was as cheep
I keep a receipt 3 months later it’s unreadable. Kept that in mint condish!
As an ex-pat Brit living in Florida and Colorado, I would die for a Wimpy Burger and fries right now!
Those are some very odd prices.
Theres a wimpy in my home town. The Mcdonalds opened nearby and closed in the time that Wimpy chugged along.
“Young people these days pay £10 for fancy burgers, whereas we just made do with £1.46 cheeseburgers. That’s why they can’t buy a house”
Meanwhile in a hospital, 30 miles south of London, on that exact day. I was being born.
Nostalgia! Used to love going to Wimpy. Plates and cutlery! For burgers!
50p for a large cola, fuck yes.
There’s still a Wimpy down in Southsea, on the first floor of the Clarence Pier amusements. It’s pretty decent but I’m more of a BK fan myself lol.
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Good old dot matrix 🙂
That’s all very interesting but it does raise one important question, well two actually, who didn’t have chips and why?
Allowing for inflation, that’s about £17.
Do with that information what you will.
We still have a Wimpy locally.
The fella that owns it does all the cooking and cleaning, and provided it’s not busy he’ll give you the sort of table service you’d expect at a normal sit down chain restaurant.
They’re even on Just Eat.
Who goes to Wimpy and doesn’t order a Knickerbocker glory?
Those were the days. Internet was slow as snail (dial-up) . No iphones and other distractions.
now £5.65 doesn’t even get you a decent pint in most places.
£16.28 adjusted for inflation
VAT was lower back then.
A pint in London was maybe about £1.30 then. Not sure those prices look that cheap
Paid £7 for a wimpy cheese burger and chips last week in Ashford. I was so happy when I saw one as all my local ones closed down.
“Went to that London, bought 3 burgers, drinks, shared some chips. Didn’t even get change out of a fiver. Unbelievable.”
Wimpy did good veggie burgers years before all the other chains did
If I remember correctly wimpy was started by Lyons who had tea rooms and was trying to compete with the fast food chains by introducing served fast food…
Amazing company otherwise.
i noticed that date, my 1st ever music festival, Monsters of Rock, Donnington.
It’s only transitory…. Oh wait
I remember they did a hot donut with ice cream on top that would just melt perfect at local we had
I miss wimpy and their strangely cut sausages
10 bob for a drink !
What’s a wimpy?
So cheap
I was in one of the last remaining wimpys last week, wish it was as cheep
I keep a receipt 3 months later it’s unreadable. Kept that in mint condish!
As an ex-pat Brit living in Florida and Colorado, I would die for a Wimpy Burger and fries right now!
Those are some very odd prices.
Theres a wimpy in my home town. The Mcdonalds opened nearby and closed in the time that Wimpy chugged along.
“Young people these days pay £10 for fancy burgers, whereas we just made do with £1.46 cheeseburgers. That’s why they can’t buy a house”
Meanwhile in a hospital, 30 miles south of London, on that exact day. I was being born.
Nostalgia! Used to love going to Wimpy. Plates and cutlery! For burgers!
50p for a large cola, fuck yes.
There’s still a Wimpy down in Southsea, on the first floor of the Clarence Pier amusements. It’s pretty decent but I’m more of a BK fan myself lol.