Money

[wellinghall]

In a story published in 1925, Jeeves gets tipped a total of £95 by various people. This set me to wondering -

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Comments

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Depends on whether you're looking at purchasing power or earnings. £95 is probably a decent working man's wage, so call it something round about £20k in those terms; but in buying power it's probably only a fraction of that - say £4-5k.

Indeed.

[wemyss.livejournal.com]

Some £3,890 in retail purchase power, some £17,000 - £18,000 in wage terms.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

That's pretty good (I didn't know the answer when I posted the question, but gramarye1971 below has come up with some precise figures.)