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What things cost in 1983

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

ItemIn 1983Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg70p£3.44
Bacon, gammon / kg£3.37£16.54
Bananas / kg82p£4.03
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg£6.32£31.03
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g38p£1.87
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g44p£2.16
Carrots / kg64p£3.14
Cheddar cheese / kg£2.53£12.42
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£1.63£8.00
Coffee, instant / 100g£1.05£5.15
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre37p£1.82
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg41p£2.01
Ham / 113g49p£2.41
Milk, pasteurised / pint21p£1.03
Mushrooms / kg£2.29£11.24
Onions / kg35p£1.72
Sausages, pork / kg£1.63£8.00
Sugar, granulated / kg46p£2.26
Tomatoes / kg£1.06£5.20
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£2.31£11.34
Oranges / each12.3p60.2p
Petrol, unleaded / litre26.8p£1.32
Potatoes, old white / kg19.2p94.3p
Tea bags / 250g85.2p£4.18

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