In 1957 my grandfather was 49. He had a job as a green keeper at a golf club. He rented a house in the suburbs and bought second hand cars.
He smoked, had a beer and had a wife and two kids to support...enjoyed life and passed in 2007 at 99 years 2 months
Heres a copy of his earnings for that 1956/57 and 1958/59 ..It would take well over a year of take home pay to own a new Holden....and we reken that cars are expensive today
(http://s29.postimg.org/eto5f8wxv/Pops_Tax_file_002.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/eto5f8wxv/)
(http://s29.postimg.org/kj4dzk343/Pops_Tax_File_003.jpg) (http://postimg.org/image/kj4dzk343/)