That in 1896 the average wage of a Manchester bricklayer was 10d a day.
And the sentence for a Manchester thief convicted of pickpocketing £36 at a football match* was 7 years imprisonment.
*Gainsborough Trinity v Newton Heath.
http://www.measuringworth.com/In 2011, the relative worth of £36 0s 0d from 1896 is:
£3,420.00 using the retail price index
£3,630.00 using the GDP deflator
£13,700.00 using the average earnings
£23,300.00 using the per capita GDP
£37,200.00 using the share of GDP
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