How much did things cost in 1968?

These are some prices of a few items in 1968.

	1968 price	Inflation adjusted
Gallon of petrol	6s 2d	£4.10
Pint of beer	2s 6d	£1.70
20 cigarettes	4s 10d	£3.20
Pint of milk	10½d	59p
Large loaf of bread	1s 4d	89p
25" Baird 701 colour TV	£279 6d	£3,700
25" Baird colour TV rental per week	26s 6d to 40s	£18 to £27
19" Pye black & white TV (Currys)	66 guineas	£930
The Daily Mirror newspaper	4d to 5d	22p to 28p
Average house price	£3,996	£54,000
1lb of Anchor butter (Tesco)	2s 10d	£1.90
Pepsi Cola (Tesco)	9½d	53p
Ford Cortina car	£809	£11,000
Hotpoint Iced Diamond 50 refrigerator	£58 14s 7d	£790
Servis Supertwin 3 - washing machine (Currys)	69½ guineas	£980
Hoover Keymatic de luxe 3203 - automatic washing machine	£125 4s 11d	£1,700
Coston Classic dishwasher	£130 9s 11d	£1,700
Hoover constellation 867A - vacuum cleaner	£23 11s 2d	£320
Kenwood Chefette mixer	£12 12s	£170
Kodak Instamatic 304 automatic camera	£21 18s 6d	£290
Olympia Splendid 66 portable typewriter	£28	£380
Family pack of Golden Wonder crisps (Tesco)	1s 8d	£1.10
1lb Stork margarine (Tesco)	1s 6d	£1
Ray Ban GF sunglasses with glass lenses and metal frames	£4 10s 6d	£61
Raleigh RSW 14 children's bicycle	£19 19s 6d	£270

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 1968 adjusted for incomes see Income adjusted prices for 1968

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