r/mildlyinteresting • u/kh4ttie • 13h ago

Newspaper clipping announcing the end of WWII, bought at a charity shop for £1

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u/colin_powers 13h ago

One of the VE Day headlines in my local paper said "London gayer than since coronation."

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u/TowJamnEarl 13h ago

Fabulous.

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u/Bortron86 12h ago

So a one penny paper now costs one pound? Inflation is out of control.

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u/colin_powers 11h ago

"In for a penny, out for a pound" is the saying, I think?

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u/Blitz7798 12h ago

£1 today is worth 40 quid in 1945 as well

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u/snakepliskin97 10h ago

Make sure you store this somewhere without moisture.

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u/rnavstar 5h ago

Or fire

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u/PeterNippelstein 13h ago

WWII didnt end until September when Japan surrendered. VE means 'victory in europe'.

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u/Interiormaiden 12h ago

He bought the end of World War II in Europe for less than Freddo

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u/Digifiend84 4h ago

That's not a clipping, it's the entire paper. Looks like it was only eight pages - a consequence of paper rationing.

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u/skyelord69420 13h ago

That was a lot for a paper back then

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u/Longey 13h ago

looking youthful and innocent....stop playing shit with me. if they have a baby, then let that baby be born of life and free of curses and open to all opportunities NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LUST FOR A CHILD'S SMALL BODY YOU SICK FUCK.

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u/Grand-Spring66 13h ago

seek professional help

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u/Longey 13h ago

newborn babies are capable of life. do not curse them. do not play shit with me.

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u/Grand-Spring66 13h ago

you are crazy