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What things cost in 1982

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

ItemIn 1982Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg88p£4.48
Bacon, gammon / kg£3.35£17.05
Bananas / kg73p£3.71
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg£6.01£30.58
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g37p£1.88
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g42p£2.14
Carrots / kg48p£2.44
Cheddar cheese / kg£2.49£12.67
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£1.61£8.19
Coffee, instant / 100g98p£4.99
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre36p£1.83
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg42p£2.14
Ham / 113g47p£2.39
Milk, pasteurised / pint20p£1.02
Mushrooms / kg£2.20£11.19
Onions / kg40p£2.04
Sausages, pork / kg£1.56£7.94
Sugar, granulated / kg43p£2.19
Tomatoes / kg97p£4.94
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£2.23£11.34
Oranges / each11.8p60.3p
Petrol, unleaded / litre25.9p£1.32
Potatoes, old white / kg18.5p94.3p
Tea bags / 250g82.2p£4.18

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