Down the years: Blitz response comprises coins for cartridge cases

 100 years agoORANGES: Put the price of a box of oranges, say, at 8/- and count the charges:  Commission, 10%; packing 1/8; freight and cartage 11d; picking and delivery 6d and the marketing of 8/- worth of fruit has cost the grower just half of the value of the fruit sold to the customer bar […]