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poliphilo Following on from the last post......
Mcdonald's opened its first British outlet in Woolwich in 1974.
Here's a picture of the event. The ribbon was cut by BBC DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, accompanied by the Mayor of Woolwich, Len Squirrel.
On that first UK menu, a basic hamburger was priced at 15p. If you wanted to push the boat out a Big Mac would have set you back 45p. O, the extravagance!
(Yeah, but, I can vaguely remember when 45p did seem like a lot of money. )
This next fact surprised me. The first branch to open outside London was in Fallowfield, Manchester in 1986. Yes, a whole 12 years later.
I wonder what took them so long.....
Mcdonald's opened its first British outlet in Woolwich in 1974.
Here's a picture of the event. The ribbon was cut by BBC DJ Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, accompanied by the Mayor of Woolwich, Len Squirrel.
On that first UK menu, a basic hamburger was priced at 15p. If you wanted to push the boat out a Big Mac would have set you back 45p. O, the extravagance!
(Yeah, but, I can vaguely remember when 45p did seem like a lot of money. )
This next fact surprised me. The first branch to open outside London was in Fallowfield, Manchester in 1986. Yes, a whole 12 years later.
I wonder what took them so long.....
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Date: 2026-01-19 09:01 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2026-01-19 10:23 pm (UTC)There was a big push in the mid 80s to expand. Our town in Canada got one at the same time.
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Date: 2026-01-20 07:26 am (UTC)