4. Take a couple of quid with you. Because of inflation, money becomes less valuable as time goes on – a pound now will probably be worth only 50p in about ten years time. But if you’re travelling backwards your money becomes more valuable. A pound in Victorian times would be worth about £1,000 in today’s money, and if you went back to Tudor times it could be worth as much as £50,000. You could buy all the sweets you want…
5. Bear in mind that sweets in olden times might not be as nice as the ones we have now. Christopher Columbus discovered South America in 1502, and brought chocolate back with him. Before then there was no chocolate in Europe. Of course, if you went back and visited the Aztecs you’d get some. But they didn’t mix it with sugar. In fact the word ‘chocolate’ comes from the ancient South American word ‘xocolatl’, which means ‘bitter drink’. Perhaps it would be best to put a couple of Mars Bars in your pocket before you set off!