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66Mustang
66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,400 Championing
in Coffee lounge
Sorry can't remember if this has been done before.

After reading some posts about the price of beer I thought it would be fun to have a thread where we can reminisce about what price things used to be and then moan about what it costs today. :D 

Yes I know inflation is a thing but it's just a bit of fun. :p

Mine to start us off... 

- Parents remember moaning about petrol going over £1/gallon.

- Remember single bags of crisps being 27p or something, recently saw them in a shop for over £1.

- One of my grandparents bought a 3 bed detached house in 1969 for £2,600.

- I have a bottle of decent Cognac in the cupboard which belonged to my Grandfather. From the label it is a 1970-1980s bottle. It still has the price on: £3.23. Today the same Cognac is £50.

Let's see what others have got. :p

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  • WelshBlue
    WelshBlue Online Community Member Posts: 955 Championing
    When I passed my test in '85 a litre of petrol was .42 p 


  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,863 Championing
    When freddo's were 5p!
  • WelshBlue
    WelshBlue Online Community Member Posts: 955 Championing
    edited May 2023
    Hannah_Scope said:
    When freddo's were 5p!
    My lord I remember that ... 50p pocket money used to go far

    Thinking back ... when self service petrol used to take £1 notes into a slot.

    Certain CB radio channels would interfere with the pumps and give you double.  Allegedly ... 

    30p for a loaf of bread.  (Happy Shopper even less ... )
    18p a can of coke
  • vikingqueen
    vikingqueen Scope Member Posts: 1,960 Championing
    A bag of broken biscuits from the market and a Saturday morning at the pictures all for a shilling. Those were the days  :)
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,400 Championing
    @woodbine

    Just under a week's wages for a car seems very reasonable! Unless you were earning great money? Was £40 a week a good salary back then? A very cheap used car thats not a scrap heap today is ~£1k, so equivalent of a ~£50k a year salary.

    I must be getting old because I still consider £22k a half decent salary but as you say that's minimum wage these days.
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,863 Championing
    @WelshBlue I remember when 50p would get you so much too. When I was a kid and would visit my grandparents, they would give us £1 for the weekend and we'd get popcorn, sweets, pop...all sorts! Now I'd be happy if £1 got me a packet of Munchies  :D

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