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What things cost in 1920

24 items · 5 observed in the public record · 19 inflation-estimated

ItemIn 1920Today's money
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g2.2p£1.43
Cheddar cheese / kg19p£12.34
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg4.3p£2.79
Milk, pasteurised / pint1.9p£1.23
Sugar, granulated / kg10.6p£6.88
Apples, dessert / kg7p£4.52
Bacon, gammon / kg27p£17.55
Bananas / kg6.6p£4.25
Beef mince, home-killed / kg17.5p£11.34
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg43.3p£28.10
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g3.2p£2.07
Carrots / kg3.2p£2.07
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg16p£10.37
Coffee, instant / 100g9.8p£6.38
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre2.5p£1.62
Ham / 113g58.1p£37.75
Mushrooms / kg20.3p£13.18
Onions / kg3.3p£2.13
Oranges / each0.9p60.4p
Petrol, unleaded / litre2p£1.32
Potatoes, old white / kg1.5p94.2p
Sausages, pork / kg15.2p£9.84
Tea bags / 250g6.4p£4.18
Tomatoes / kg11.2p£7.25

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