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Shopping Prices 1900 - 2000
The prices pre - 1971 have been converted from £.s.d. to the current decimal system.
| 1900 | 1914 | 1947 | 1966 | 2000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ½lb butter | 3p | 5½p | 4p | 9p | 78p |
| ½lb margarine | 3p | 1½p | 2p | 4p | 25p |
| ½lb cheese | 2p | 2p | 2p | 9p | 57p |
| ½lb bacon | 1½p | 2¼p | 3½p | 7¾p | 95p |
| ¼lb tea | 1½p | 1¾p | 3½p | 4p | 37p |
| ½lb coffee | 3½p | 41p | £3.25 | ||
| 2lb sugar | 1½p | 2p | 3p | 8p | 45p |
| ½ dozen eggs | 3p | 4p | 9p | 76p | |
| 2lb potatoes | 1p | 1p | 77p | ||
| 2lb loaf | 1p | 1p | 2p | 7p | 52p |
| 1 pint milk | ½p | 1p | 2p | 34p | |
| 3lb flour | 2p | 10p | 69p | ||
| large tin baked beans | 3p | 31p | |||
| tin pineapple chunks | 8p | 75p | |||
| tin Heinz tomato soup | 7p | 41p | |||
| 1lb jar marmalade | 9p | 89p |
Some local prices recorded by Nora Makepeace
Prices are not available for all items for every date
| Date | 11/12/73 | 11/12/74 | 11/12/75 | 18/12/76 | |
| Bacon Grill (tin) | 19p | 24p | 27p | ||
| Beer (pint) McEwan's Scotch | 12p | 16p | 20p | ||
| Beer (pint) Newcastle Exhibition | 13p | 18p | 23p | ||
| Beer (pint) Newcastle Brown Ale | 15p | 19p | 23p | ||
| Bread (1lb white loaf) | 10p | 12p | 16p | ||
| Bus fare (Swalwell to Newcastle) | 9p | 13p | 16p | ||
| Butter (Lurpak half pound) | 11p | 13p | 16p | ||
| Carnation milk (big tin) | 9p | 1p | |||
| Cheddar cheese (1 lb) | 52p | ||||
| Cigarettes (20 Embassy Regal) | 23p | 29p | |||
| Coffee (8oz jar instant) | 54p | 58p | 74p | £1.25 | |
| Cooking oil (bottle Mazda) | 40p | 65p | |||
| Corned beef (12oz tin) | 35p | 49p | |||
| Eggs (half dozen) | 22p | 24p | 22p | 23p | |
| Flour (3lb) | 16p | 19p | 21p | ||
| Haircut | 45p | 65p | 75p | ||
| Heinz tomato ketchup (12oz bottle) | 11p | ||||
| Heinz tomato ketchup (20oz bottle) | 18p | 20p | 36p | ||
| Hoff & kidney (for pie) | 25p | ||||
| Lard (quarter lb) | 5p | 11p | |||
| Margarine (1lb Blue Band) | 19p | 31p | 29p | 33p | |
| Marmalade (1lb jar Chivers) | 14p | 14p | 20p | ||
| Matches (Puck big box) | 3p | 4p | |||
| Milk (pint, delivered) | 5½p | 5p | 6½p | 10p | |
| Mince (1 lb) | 40p | ||||
| Paraffin oil (2 gallon) | 22p | 53p | 65p | ||
| Petrol (5 star Shell per gallon) | 22p | 53p | 65p | ||
| Potatoes( bag) | 1.30 | 2.60 | |||
| Salmon (8 oz tin) | 50p | 49p | 66p | 96p | |
| Sausages (Dunelm pork 1 lb) | 33p | 36p | 43p | ||
| Soap (Boots pack of 3 bars) | 14p | ||||
| Soup (Heinz tin) | 8p | 9p | 15p | ||
| Stamps (1st class) | 3½p | 4½p | 8½p | ||
| Stamps (2nd class) | 3p | 3½p | 6½p | ||
| Sugar (2lb granulated) | 8p | 20p | 22p | ||
| Sugar (2lb caster) | 14p | 30p | |||
| Sugar (1lb icing sugar) | 10p | ||||
| Tea (half lb Rington's) | 20p | 22p | |||
| Tea (quarter lb Typhoo) | 7p | 8p | |||
| Tea (quarter lb PG Tips) | 9½p | 16p | |||
| Toilet roll (Andrex) | 13p | 19p | 22p | 25p | |
| Train fare (Newcastle to South Shields) | 19p | 29p | |||
| Washing powder (Ariel large packet) | 23p | 32p | |||