Food Prices Of Yesteryear

My dad bought a 3 bed bungalow, off plan in 1969 for £4000, The brick garage was an extra £100. We used to go watch the progress on the house as it was being built.
 
securespark said:
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IHNI how that happened!!

When I was in the food industry I met a top knob who used to run Van den Burgh and Jurgens factory in Purfleet and he told me SB stood for Special Blend.
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I think that they used to advertise it as Special Blend in the 70s.... Awful stuff it was. Can you still buy it?
 
Yes, Stork brand margarine is still around but I doubt it's the same recipe.
Unilever who own it want to off-load Stork as many folk these days are buying butter instead.
 
EFLImpudence said:
70 :(
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Good God Carruthers!

I thought (because you recently moved) that you had moved due to retirement and that you were, at the most, 10 years older than I, ie 61.
Oh well, you're as young as you feel.
How old, or should I say young, do you feel?
 
I sympathise. If you ever need an off-forum chat, or cheering up, I'm around most days.

If you're 70, does that make your year of birth the same as the Ring Final Circuit? (1947).
If so, I understand why you are a fan!!
 
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People going back to butter? Were the health scares false? But at least you can spread Utterly Butterly etc straight from the fridge.
 
We used to buy marge until we watched a programme about how, chemically, it is very close to plastic.

Now the nearest thing we get to it is Lurpak spreadable.
 
Food might have gone up, but many items in the first Argos catalogue are actually a similar price (or not that much cheaper) to what they are now:
https://issuu.com/retromash/docs/argos-no01-1973-74
Record player: £124.75
Kodak Instamatic: £23.25
Radios: Between about £4 & £23
44pc cutlery set: £44

Globalisation, automation etc. has enabled greater value, and often (but not always) better quality.
 
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