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When I were a lad......chips were 4d or 6d, my dad used to send me in for them 'cos I was little and skinny, I got more chips for 4d than he would have got for 6d.
4d is less than 2p, and 6d is 2.5p
A fish was 1/3d, around 5.5-6p, and a pie was 9d, less than 4p.
I STILL earnestly believe that the true start of inflation in this country came when we converted to decimal currency and the government of the day did NOTHING to stop profiteering.
I mean........would anyone born pre decimal currency actually pay 12/- for a Cadbury's Flake? or £1 6/- for a bag of chips?
Mind, over here I'm paying nearly as much for a lb of meat for the farm dog as I USED to pay per lb for fillet steak.........
4d is less than 2p, and 6d is 2.5p
A fish was 1/3d, around 5.5-6p, and a pie was 9d, less than 4p.
I STILL earnestly believe that the true start of inflation in this country came when we converted to decimal currency and the government of the day did NOTHING to stop profiteering.
I mean........would anyone born pre decimal currency actually pay 12/- for a Cadbury's Flake? or £1 6/- for a bag of chips?
Mind, over here I'm paying nearly as much for a lb of meat for the farm dog as I USED to pay per lb for fillet steak.........
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No, the prices won't come down unless the population boycotts chips. Greasy chips on chip paper were, I think, .70p in early 90's. Not into chips myself, but I'd get a little cone for .50p, if I had to. Wasn't it in early 2000 when the price for chips just shot up due to the potato shortage or something? I think people were eating too many chips, which caused the shortage. Then the price remained at that level for a long time. Now, it has gone up again due to recession, perhaps. I think chips will go more and more expensive; day by day. No chance of them going cheaper again.
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I remember getting chips and gravy in a tray for five pence - the chips were four pee and the gravy was free, but you had to buy the tray for a penny to keep it all together.
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Awww! This thread is so cool for going back into the times when the chips were cheap. I am loving old times stories. Wait till PS comes in and tells us that he used to buy chips for a farthing
Easily pleased, aren't we, Tubs?
I think I'm in a good mood. All this memorylane-ish talk about chips is heartwarming! Not my cup of tea (err......sorry. Not my tray of chips, I mean) these chips are, but I am enjoying the conversation about them.
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I'd grab a bag of scratchings from the chippy on my way home from school. Freebies.
We'd walk home together and see who got the best bits. I used to get the occasional chip or piece of fish. Them were the days. Could leave the back door unlocked,neighbours would wander in for a cup of tea and a game of cards. Happy days. Mind you, we didn't have Jimmy Savile as a neighbour.
We'd walk home together and see who got the best bits. I used to get the occasional chip or piece of fish. Them were the days. Could leave the back door unlocked,neighbours would wander in for a cup of tea and a game of cards. Happy days. Mind you, we didn't have Jimmy Savile as a neighbour.
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MARS BAR CROSS RATES
Mars Bar Morris 8 / Mini Roast Beef at Simpsons Graduate joining
ICI (per year)
1940 0.83p £160 OR 19,200MB 20p or 24MB £275 or 33,132MB
1960 2.5p £530 or 21,200MB 43p or 17MB £775 or 31,000MB
1981 15p £2,900 or 19,333MB £5.95 or 39MB £5,700 or 38,000MB
1983 17p £3,100 or 18,235MB £6.45 or 38MB £7,040 or 41,411MB
2012 59p £11870 or 20,118 MB
Since 1940 to 2012 mars bar cost has risen 7100% or 1%/year
The mini has a similar cost increase of 7418%
Mars Bar Morris 8 / Mini Roast Beef at Simpsons Graduate joining
ICI (per year)
1940 0.83p £160 OR 19,200MB 20p or 24MB £275 or 33,132MB
1960 2.5p £530 or 21,200MB 43p or 17MB £775 or 31,000MB
1981 15p £2,900 or 19,333MB £5.95 or 39MB £5,700 or 38,000MB
1983 17p £3,100 or 18,235MB £6.45 or 38MB £7,040 or 41,411MB
2012 59p £11870 or 20,118 MB
Since 1940 to 2012 mars bar cost has risen 7100% or 1%/year
The mini has a similar cost increase of 7418%