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17 de nov. de 2020 · Stacker analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Consumer Price Index to find what a sample basket of food cost from 1930 to 2020.
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Stories. Prices Of Things In The 1960s Compared To Now. by Lauren Novak. 5 years ago. Do you remember what the cost of milk, eggs, bread, and gasoline was in the ’60s? It is sometimes crazy to think about what things cost back in the day compared to now. Remember, the wages were also lower, so it makes sense.
This table gives you an idea of how prices have changed since 1961. Many things were much cheaper: houses, cars, posting a letter and cigarettes. These are some prices of items in 1961. 1961 price. Inflation adjusted. Gallon of gas. 31c. $2.90. Ford Fairlane V8 Fordor Sedan.
Food Groceries and Toiletries in the 1960's prices 60 examples from The People History Site. 1960s Cost Of Food. Below and how much food and groceries cost in the 60's. These Prices were all taken from newspaper adds around the country. Fresh Meat and Vegetables. Apples 49 cents for 3 pounds Wisconsin 1963.
- Housing
- Telephone Calls
- Newspapers
- Posting Letters
- Television
- Groceries
- Writing A Cheque
- Motoring
- A Made-To-Measure Suit
- Transistor Radio
Houses were a lot cheaper in the 1960s than today: House prices rose faster than inflation in the 1960s. They were still much more affordable than today. Lenders were more cautious. Banks and building societies lent smaller multiples of income and would only consider a husband's income, not his wife's. Read more about houses in the 1960s.
Only one in five households had a telephone in the 1960s. You paid a quarterly rental of £3 10s (or £3.50) and you paid for each call you made. Source: Telephones and the private subscriber by Michael Dunne, pages 6-8, published by The International Organisation of Consumers Unions, 1967. People thought telephone calls were more expensive than they...
The Daily Mirror was Britain's most popular paper in the 1960s. The Daily Express came second and the Daily Telegraph third. The UK Government's Prices and Incomes Board controlled the prices of newspapers in the 1960s. It is strange to see that newspapers in the 1960s had the same price. 1. Daily Mirror - 1960 (2½d) 1969 (5d) 2. Daily Express - 19...
At the beginning of the 1960s, it cost just 3d (or just over 1p) to post a letter in the UK. The GPO (General Post Office) increased the cost to 4d in 1965. In 1968 the GPO started a new two-tier system. You could still post a letter for 4d, but if you paid 5d it was more likely to be delivered the following day. Verdict:Posting a letter was much c...
Televisions were expensive in the 1960s. A black and white set cost cost about £70 (or over £1000 allowing for inflation). Colour TV started in 1967. A colour TV set was very expensive. In 1968 a Baird 701 cost £279, or £3200 in today's money. TV sets in those days were unreliable, so you would have to budget for some high repair bills and an extra...
Typlical groceries people bought in the 1960s were: Many of these 1960s staples are dearer today. That is probably because they are less popular. Loose leaf teais a minority product today. Most people use margarine instead of butter. Verdict: Most 1960s' staple groceries are dearer today. For more about food prices see Food prices in 1969.
Banking is one service which is much cheaper today than it was in the 1960s. Bank charges had an air of mystery about them. There was a 2d stamp duty payable on every cheque. The Treasury dropped this tax when Britain switched to Decimal Currencyin 1971. The banks also had their own charges over which the manager had discretion. There were five big...
The cost of a gallon of petrol increased from 4s 8d (23p) in 1960 to 6s 6d (33p) in 1969. This increase was down to fuel duty which rose from 2s 6d (1960) to 4s 6d (1969). Today a gallon of petrol costs £5.68. Fuel duty is £2.63 per gallon. Road fund licence in 1965 was £17 10s per year. In today's money that is £223. Motorist also needed to pay 5s...
In the 1960s most men went to a tailor to have a suit made. That sounds an extravagance today, but economies of scale meant prices were reasonable. A suit from Montague Burton, Britain's largest tailoring chain, cost around £24. That's about £300 in today's money.
The pocket transistor radiowas everyone's favourite gadget in the 1960s. By the middle of the decade cheap imports from Hong Kong and Japan had killed off the UK industry. A cheap radio from Woolworths (made in Hong Kong, of course) cost £3 12 3d. In today's money that would have been more than £40. It came with a fancy name, the Jupiter Six-de-lux...
1961 price Inflation adjusted; Gallon of petrol: 4s 11d: £4.20: Pint of beer: 2s ½d: £1.70: 20 cigarettes: 4s 6d: £3.80: Pint of milk: 8d: 56p: Large loaf of bread: 1s 1½d: 95p: Cossor CR1602 reel-to-reel tape recorder: £38 17s: £660: 17" GEC black & white TV (Currys) 49 guineas: £870: Morphy-Richards hair drier: £3 10s 8d: £60: The ...
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JANUARY 1961. Prices of consumer goods and services in U.S. cities declined by 0.1 percent between December and January, marking the first decrease in retail prices since January 1960, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
