The price we paid

[Return of the Rev]

HERES ONE FOR THE OLD GITS! WHAT PRICES DO YOU RECALL FROM DAYS GONE BY, TRAIN HAYWARDS HEATH TO HOVE 18P NORTHSTAND 15P NOT SURE ON PROGRAMME,SMALL BOTTLE BARCARDI £1.48 LARGE BOTTLE OF SAINSBURY CIDER 26P SCHOOL DISCO SORTED FOR REV AND MATE! STARTED DRINKING IN UNITED SERVICES CLUB HH 26P FOR A LAGER ANY SHILLING AND PENNY BOYS OUT THERE

 

[Titanic]

6 or sometimes even 8 fruit salads or black jacks for 1p, 2.5p for a packet of crisps or a Mars Bar

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

35p to get in the North Stand when i started watching.

And 10p for a programme.

 

[cuthbert]

I rememember The 1d programme at Spurs which was 1 piece of foolscap paper, bitter 1/6 a pint, haddock and chips 1/10. The only drawback is that I was earning £8 10s a week before tax and NI, and my Mum took £2 10s a week housekeeping.

 

[Willow]

I remember Football Crazy crisps going for 4p a bag.

 

[Gully]

I remember paying £4.99 for a computer keyboard that didn't have a broken caps lock key.

 

[bhafc99]

You're shouting again Grandad, turn your hearing aid down.

 

[BensGrandad]

Chips in the local chippy in Clifton Rd after playing football up Victoria Park in Worthiong were 3d and a bottle of Pepsi was 6d. I sold Mild at the Trades and Labour Club in Worthing at 1s 3d (6p) pint. The biggest rip off was going decimal as when it happened I was selling bots of Guinness at 1s 10d but when that was converted on D Day morning my area manager made it 12p (2s 5d) and that happened to many products especially in the food take away and eating in businesses.

 

[Mackenzie]

Beano comic 22p.

 

[highway61]

bittr 1/10 a pint. would borrow 50p (10 shillings) on a thursday from mum, for 5 pints and a packet of crisps at the Liverpool Arms

 

[Don Quixote]

Freddo, 10p.

 

[highway61]

Chips in the local chippy in Clifton Rd after playing football up Victoria Park in Worthiong were 3d and a bottle of Pepsi was 6d. I sold Mild at the Trades and Labour Club in Worthing at 1s 3d (6p) pint. The biggest rip off was going decimal as when it happened I was selling bots of Guinness at 1s 10d but when that was converted on D Day morning my area manager made it 12p (2s 5d) and that happened to many products especially in the food take away and eating in businesses.

i recall well the stink that caused too. my 1/10p pint immediately went up to two bob!!

 

[Napper]

Chips in the local chippy in Clifton Rd after playing football up Victoria Park in Worthiong were 3d and a bottle of Pepsi was 6d. I sold Mild at the Trades and Labour Club in Worthing at 1s 3d (6p) pint. The biggest rip off was going decimal as when it happened I was selling bots of Guinness at 1s 10d but when that was converted on D Day morning my area manager made it 12p (2s 5d) and that happened to many products especially in the food take away and eating in businesses.

Conservatives.....YET AGAIN !!! some people will never learn

 

[The Grockle]

i remember when 12 grams of golden virginia was 89p, 8 bottles of hooch were £5 and you could buy 30 fags for less than a fiver.

i also remember a mars bar being 28p

 

[Icy Gull]

2 shillings and thruppence for 20 fags. (about 11 and a bit pence?)

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I remember when petrol was less than a £1 a litre

 

[BensGrandad]

Older posters may well remember pre decimal a tea was 5d and a cheese roll about 7d total 1 shilling or 5p but on the change over the tea became 5p and the chesse roll 7p equal to 12p or in old money 2s 5d in reality doubling the price.

 

[skipper734]

Petrol 4/6d a Gallon. That's 42p to you youngsters. I could only afford 1/2 a gallon for my scooter.

 

[clippedgull]

25p luncheon voucher from my job got me double egg and chips, slice of bread and a cup of tea!!!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Finger of Fudge, 9p.

Packet of Mexico 86 Panini stickers: 12p