How much did things cost in 1970?

These are some prices of a few items in 1970.

	1970 price	Inflation adjusted
Gallon of petrol	6s 8d	£4
Pint of beer	2s 11d	£1.70
20 cigarettes	5s 2d	£3.10
Pint of milk	1s	60p
Large loaf of bread	1s 9d	£1
22" Pye colour TV	£249 (Currys)	£3,000
20" Bush black & white TV (Currys)	70 guineas	£880
The Sun newspaper	5-6d	25-30p
Average house price	£4500	£54,000
½ lb of Anchor butter (Fine Fare)	1s 7d	95p
Can of Coke (MacFisheries)	11d	55p
Ford Cortina car	£882	£11,000
Electrolux automatic refridgerator (Currys)	31 guineas	£390
Servis Supertwin 3 - washing machine (Currys)	75 guineas	£940
Average GLC (Council) rent per week	£3 9s	£41
Family pack of Golden Wonder crisps (Key Markets)	1s 6d	90p
Single pack of Golden Wonder crisps	7d	35p
Fish and chips at Little Chef	5s	£3
Half a dozen eggs	2s 3d	£1.30
½lb Stork margarine (Woolworth's)	11d	55p

1970 was the last year of pounds, shillings and pence before Decimalisation. So prices are in pounds, shillings and pence.

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

How much did people earn?

The average weekly wage for full-time male manual workers over twenty-one was £28 0s 11d. For women over eighteen years of age it was £13 19s 10d.

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

For a comparison of prices in 1970 adjusted for incomes see Income adjusted prices for 1970