3 Hot Dogs 2 Cokes 37 bucks

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I was unemployed at the time, on supplementary benefit which if I can remember was approximately £17 a fortnight. Some how I used to travel to away games regularly at that time as well.

Some of my mates were working in the pit at that time and were earning about £100 per week, which at that time was about the average wage

£17 a fortnight!

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£17 a fortnight!

During that period I remember getting my giro cheque for £17 on a Thursday. I had a few pints down in the pub and gambled and lost all of it on the slot machines in Sun Valley arcade, Blackwood on the same day.

I can remember kicking myself every day for the next fortnight. It taught me a good lesson and I never gambled again

[Organ Morgan.]

During that period I remember getting my giro cheque for £17 on a Thursday. I had a few pints down in the pub and gambled and lost all of it on the slot machines in Sun Valley arcade, Blackwood on the same day.

I can remember kicking myself every day for the next fortnight. It taught me a good lesson and I never gambled again

No bingo playing, or purchasing of scratch cards or lottery tickets over the next 40 years, nor a cheeky few quid on a Derby or Grand National runner?

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No bingo playing, or purchasing of scratch cards or lottery tickets over the next 40 years, nor a cheeky few quid on a Derby or Grand National runner?

Correct.