The price of Nips and Pints
Nov. 16th, 2009 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiwisueI'm procrastinating again *g*. Decided I simply had to know how much a pint was in 1977 - 1981. I found The National Archives site, which has a database of items on the retail prices index from 1914 to 2004.
Unfortunately *deep sigh*, alcohol prices were only included from 1987, but I thought it might be interesting anyway.
Ummm... I think the numbers represent pence but I'm not sure...
A simple 4% regression suggests the price of a pint of bitter in 1977 might have been around 60p, although it could have been less, given a higher rate of inflation & government tax hikes. Then again, maybe more expensive in London? The show isn't too helpful - a lemonade in 'Runner' was 30p (in a club), the icecreams in 'Blackout' were (an expensive) 20p... Anyone remember anything more?
Unfortunately *deep sigh*, alcohol prices were only included from 1987, but I thought it might be interesting anyway.
| Draught Bitter (pint) | Draught Lager (pint) | Nip Whisky | |
| 1987 | 83 | 93 | 68 |
| 1988 | 88 | 99 | 71 |
| 1989 | 96 | 108 | 76 |
| 1990 | 109 | 122 | 83 |
| 1991 | 124 | 137 | 95 |
| 1992 | 131 | 146 | 102 |
| 1993 | 136 | 153 | 106 |
| 1994 | 141 | 158 | 109 |
| 1995 | 147 | 166 | 117 |
| 1996 | 154 | 173 | 123 |
| 1997 | 163 | 181 | 129 |
| 1998 | 169 | 189 | 134 |
| 1999 | 173 | 194 | 137 |
| 2000 | 178 | 200 | 142 |
| 2001 | 181 | 203 | 148 |
| 2002 | 181 | 209 | 156 |
| 2003 | 194 | 226 | 165 |
| 2004 | 202 | 233 | 171 |
Ummm... I think the numbers represent pence but I'm not sure...
A simple 4% regression suggests the price of a pint of bitter in 1977 might have been around 60p, although it could have been less, given a higher rate of inflation & government tax hikes. Then again, maybe more expensive in London? The show isn't too helpful - a lemonade in 'Runner' was 30p (in a club), the icecreams in 'Blackout' were (an expensive) 20p... Anyone remember anything more?
