Back In My Day: How much did things cost back in another decade ?

Former_MSE_Jessica

How much did a pint of milk cost in 1958? When was the cheapest time to buy a new house?

Choose a year between 1917 and 2016 and a UK region and 'Back In My Day', the new online tool will show you how much prices have changed over the decades.

For example, a pint of milk was just £0.13 back in 1958 (now £2.88) and the price of an average house was £2,049. That's 78% lower than today's price!

Give it a go and show us your results below!

Sayschezza

We bought our first house in 1962 and paid £1250. And I remember when a loaf of bread went up to a shilling (10p) shortly after.

bossymoo

MSE_Jessica wrote: »

For example, a pint of milk was just £0.13 back in 1958 (now £2.88)

Yikes! Where do you buy your milk???

ceredigion

bossymoo wrote: »

Yikes! Where do you buy your milk???

The equivalent now

pavlovs_dog

bossymoo wrote: »

Yikes! Where do you buy your milk???

That was my first reaction, however on closer inspection it seems the second figure is not the cost of buying the same item today but what the original sum would be equivalent to in today's money.

SailorSam

£1250 for your house, and no doubt you got a 25yr mortgage.
You got a bargain, my first house was £6500, that was about 1978.

grandma247

I remember back in about 1970 listening to the news that soon bread would be 50p a loaf, we didn't think it was possible but look how much it is now. Apparently back then bread was 9p a loaf.