How much did things cost in 1967?

These are some prices of a few items in 1967.

	1967 price	Inflation adjusted
Gallon of petrol	6s 5d	£4.50
Pint of beer	2s 6d	£1.70
Watneys Red Barrel Export can	1s 8d	£1.20
20 cigarettes	4s 7d	£3.20
Pint of milk	10d	58p
Large loaf of bread (wrapped)	1s 2½d	84p
19" Bush black & white TV (Currys)	59 guineas	£860
The Daily Mirror newspaper	4d	23p
Average house price	£3,698	£52,000
1lb of Anchor butter (Tesco)	2s 11d	£2
Pepsi Cola (Tesco)	9½d	55p
Ford Cortina car	£699	£9,700
Frigidaire refrigerator (Currys)	59 guineas	£860
9lb of washing washed and dried in a Bendix launderette	3s 10d	£2.70
Morphy-Richards TOS electric toaster	£6 14s 7d	£94
Philips EL3302 cassette tape recorder	£24 3s	£340
Thermos 16 fl. oz. flask	8s 7d	£6
Servis Supertwin Mk3 - twin-tub washing machine	£84 5s 11d	£1,200
Hoover Keymatic de luxe 3203 - automatic washing machine	£120 15s	£1,700
Family pack of Golden Wonder crisps (Tesco)	1s 9d	£1.20
1lb Stork margarine (Fine Fare)	1s 6d	£1
Antler Airway suitcase 26"x19"x7"	£10 19s 6d	£150
Chad Valley washable teddy bear	£2 8s 11d	£34

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 1967 adjusted for incomes see Income adjusted prices for 1967

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