In 73 i had been on the sick for a long time and received £33 a week , not being smokers or big drinkers we lived very well on that , in addition to that i was shooting a lot of pheasants which were sold to a dealer at the Market for £1 each , this was slightly above the market rate but my birds sold at a premium because they only had one hole in them , i used to shoot about 70/100 a week and around this time Petrol was 40 pence a gallon , Rabbit always sold well at Melton and when i sold them there in the 60s the rate was about 5 shillings each [25 pence] , that 5 shillings would buy three