Macky D's

[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.....

Comments

[cmcmck]

I've never been inside one but that would be being veggie since uni!

[poliphilo]

I din't give up meat until much much later.

[soemand]

There was a big push in the mid 80s to expand. Our town in Canada got one at the same time.

[poliphilo]

And now they're everywhere.....