Price of things in 1971?

[An Ankoù]

Wonder what Belgium export was?

I understand that Guinness brewed a special version in nips at about 7½% abv for the Belgian and thereafter the French market. I wonder if they were referring to that.

 

[Ghillie]

Everything was cheaper back in the day due to respective housing prices. Pennies compared to now. Regardless of wage.

Hammered for a few quid, what’s not to like.

 

[peebee]

I understand that Guinness brewed a special version in nips at about 7½% abv for the Belgian and thereafter the French market. I wonder if they were referring to that.

And they still do!
https://anthonymartin.be/en/our-beers/guinness/guinness-special-export/-1-38/
I was drinking it in Barcelona. Bit confused where it is brewed, some say Belgium under licence, others sat in Dublin. But, importantly for many of us, you canna get it in the UK. After drinking it you never want to go back to the ordinary drivel, even at 1971 prices.

 

[peebee]

… Hammered for a few quid, what’s not to like.

It is not hard to get hammered for a few quid these days. And it is hard to like the person (male or female in this age) who has got the hammer.

Ah … you're talking about beer aren't you.

 

[Rodj]

Prior to decimalisation there were 240 pence in a pound (£)

Prior to that it was even more fun. We used to have 480 ha'pennies in a £, and 960 farthings in a £ (anyone remember them?). Also we had groats, which were each worth 4d (i.e. 4 old pence).
In the good old days you could buy a woman for 3 groats. (Or was that goats?)

 

[johncrobinson]

Re:> GerritT
Dont know the price then but Stella was really good out of cans by comparison with others.

 

[DavieC]

As a matter of interest my round on the day I took the photo were ; 1 pint Bass, 1 pint Adnams 'sloe storm' and 2 gin & tonics(for the ladies) which came to £16.40.
Working from the price list it would have cost maybe 77p back in the day (guessing 10p each for tonic although thats a total guess ?)No idea how they compare in price to an average weeks wage then and now. The pub hasn't changed much in the 35years since I first went in there but the prices keep creeping up!

 

[DavieC]

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[DavieC]

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[DavieC]

@Chippy_Tea , I managed post same message 3 times and couldnt delete ,hence the 'A' above
Sorry

 

[Sinktipper]

I can remember a pub being featured on local TV news for being unusually expensive for charging a pound a pint! This would have been around 1982.

 

[Rodj]

I have a clear memory (probably caused by shock) of the first time a pint reached the £1 barrier. It was about 1975, +/- 1 year, in a pub in the City of London. I had routinely and fairly frequently gone for a drink with a few friends, but after that event we decided to get real and decreased the frequency of our visits to the pub. So, price increase but sell fewer drinks (or, to keep An Ankoù happy, less beer). (Or both.)

 

[marshbrewer]

I can also remember my Dad coming back to Lincs (sometime in the 70's) from working in London and telling us at the dinner table he had paid a £1 a pint in a pub down there. I remember it as clear as day as my Mum thought he was winding us up and flat refused to believe it!

 

[johncrobinson]

Todays prices are bang out of order.!!

If I was able to tell one of my ancestors that beer would become a "luxury"item. I think I would be laughed at.

 

[Clint]

Can some beers really be £4+ per half good?

 

[Brew_DD2]

Can some beers really be £4+ per half good?

Yes. Most people wouldnt blink at a glass of wine being that price, so why should beer be any different if the time, effort and skill that's gone into it, merits it?

 

[johncrobinson]

High earners in the affluent south east can afford these prices without blinking an eye.But what about people who live in the industrial wastelands who fancy a pint.????

 

[johncrobinson]

Re:>DD2 Well when you think about it good wines and whiskys are produced at the rate of a few thousand bottles a year.In contrast the big brewers make Millions of gallons beer a month.

 

[strange-steve]

Yes. Most people wouldnt blink at a glass of wine being that price, so why should beer be any different of the time, effort and skill that's gone into it, merits it?

 

[Brew_DD2]

Re:>DD2 Well when you think about it good wines and whiskys are produced at the rate of a few thousand bottles a year.In contrast the big brewers make Millions of gallons beer a month.

The big brewers don't charge £8 a pint.