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Cost of things in 1949?
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Secret_Lady
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Not sure where to ask this question and apologies if it is in the wrong thread
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I am trying to find a site where I can check how much things cost in 1949, I've googled and cannot find anything, can anyone help? Fingers crossed that someone can point me in the right direction.

I am trying to find a site where I can check how much things cost in 1949, I've googled and cannot find anything, can anyone help? Fingers crossed that someone can point me in the right direction.
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A bit early but I found this, it gives the prices of things during the war:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080131161218/http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online+Museum/Museum+Docs/Cost+of+living+2.htm
I also found this pdf which gives the average price of a few things in 1947:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/economic_trends/ET626_CPI.pdfDum Spiro Spero0 -
The National Archives have a currency converter http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/
It tells you how prices compare.0
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