How much did things cost in 1964?

These are some prices of a few items in 1964.

	1964 price	Inflation adjusted
Gallon of petrol	5s 1d	£3.90
Pint of beer	2s 3d	£1.70
Bulmer's Dry Cider 38 fl. oz.	2s 9d	£2.10
20 cigarettes	4s 11d	£3.80
Pint of milk	9d	58p
19" KB Westminster black & white TV (Currys)	59½ guineas	£960
The Daily Mirror newspaper	3d to 4d	19p to 26p
Average house price	£3,092	£48,000
Pepsi Cola can (Vivo)	10½d	68p
Ford Cortina car	£624	£9,600
Elite refrigerator	£37 16s	£580
Hotpoint Supermatic LB - twin-tub washing machine	£87 3s	£1,300
Hoover Keymatic 3224 - automatic washing machine	£99 15s	£1,500
Kenwood Chefette mixer	£11 16s	£180
Pyrosil coffee percolator (stove top)	£5 17s 9d	£91
Pedigree Zephyr pram	£19 19s 6d	£310
Qualcast Punch Mk VII petrol lawnmower	£29 19s 6d	£460
Wall's pork sausages 1lb	3s 4d	£2.60
Macleans Value toothpaste - tube	3s 2d	£2.40
½lb margarine (Vivo)	7½d	48p
St. Michael Y-fronts	5s 6d	£4.20
Moulton Standard M1 small wheel bicycle	£26 9s 6d	£410
1 cwt of coal delivered	8s to 12s	£6.20 to £9.30
Gloy glue 1oz	1s 6d	£1.20
Ekco Princess electric blanket	£10 0s 2d	£150

Some shops priced more expensive items in guineas. A guinea is one pound and one shilling or £1.05.

The inflation adjusted prices are based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

For a comparison of prices in 1964 adjusted for incomes see Income adjusted prices for 1964

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