A pint of beer cost 32p. A loaf of bread was 19p. Half the population owned a telephone, by which I mean a landline. (Ours was a cream one, placed on a special table in the hall.)
It may be hard to believe at a time when a pint costs around £2.87, but in 1973 you would only have to shell out 14 pence for one, according to Lloyds Bank's analysis of Office for National Statistics figures.
Beer was 16p a pint in 1971. Courage Tavern cost between 14p and 18p for a pint in 1972. Whisky was more expensive in the 1970s than today (allowing for inflation).
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How much was beer in 1976?
Many people fondly remember the year when the mercury topped 28C (82F) for a record-breaking 22 days… and for once the nostalgia is not misplaced. In 1976 our quality of life was improved by an affordable cost of living – petrol was 77p a gallon, a pint 32p and a loaf 19p – low crime levels and fewer cars on the road.
Friend the Minister of Agri- 1004 culture, Fisheries and Food on 15th October, the retail price of milk will be increased by 1½p per pint to 8½p per pint on 2nd November 1975.
In 1971 a pint of beer cost 15p, which is the equivalent of £2.21 today. Now, the average price is £3.80. 5. If someone had saved £1,000 in the average savings account between then and now, they would have £12,198 – which, after the eroding impact of inflation is taken into account, would be worth just £781.
It is the first time petrol has been sold nationally for under £1 since February 2016. UK drivers have only seen petrol below £1-a-litre once since the 2008-09 financial crisis. Morrisons is helping families with the cost of motoring as certain sectors and some people go back to work.
Pint of beer now being sold for £9 in London's West End in new cost of living crisis. THE price of a pint has topped £9 — while the average cost of a beer has doubled in 15 years.
A 50p piece in 1969 could buy you three pints of mild or bitter (priced about two shillings, equal to 10p) while a tube fare on the newly opened Victoria line in London cost just 5d (2.2p). You'd still have enough left to buy a portion of chips and a copy of the Guardian, then priced at 6d (2.5p).
A pint of beer, costing an average of pounds 1.65 now, was only 7p (or 1s/4d ) in 1947, and a pound of potatoes that cost 23 pence in June 1997 would have been 0.5p (or 1d) half a century earlier.
The price of a pint of beer in UK pubs has increased with the price of one being around 1s (shillings) and 10d (pence) or 15p. This is the equivalent of £2 in today's money with inflation adjusted, according to Retrowow.
The average house price was £2,530 while a pint of beer cost 8p, a loaf of bread 5p and a packet of 20 cigarettes would set you back just less than 25p. A season ticket to see Manchester United in 1960, when Sir Matt Busby was manager and Sir Bobby Charlton a star player, cost £8.50.
A glance at Britain's social life in 1970 is equally intriguing. A trip for two to the cinema cost less than 90p, compared with at least £9 today, while a bottle of plonk was about £1. Today it is £4.55. For those with more spirited and extravagant tastes, a bottle of whisky cost £2.69 back then, compared with £12 now.
The average price of a pint of draught beer, meanwhile, has risen from £1.84 in November 1997 to £3.61 in October 2017, inflation data from the Office for National Statistics reveals.
In 1982, a pint of milk cost 20p while a pint of beer. would set you back 61p 😲 Remember when you could get a Freddo or a litre of ... loads better than it is now.
