How much was that in the 90s????

nobodythere

I remember frosties were 8p and there were 8 in the packet, then they disappeared for a while, and when they came back they were 10p but there were only 7 in the pack.

And nobody even believes me!!!!

thelurch

I had a part time job as a loungeboy in 1979, my float was a fiver and a pint of guinness was 41p

shayser

Random remembrances... early seventies.

Tayto 3p, Sam Spudz 2p from the ice cream van. Used to give us empty cones if we had no money.
Box of matches 1/2p.
Think a bale of briqs were 50p.
Loaf bread 4p.
Cinema 30p/20p depending where you went.

zilog_jones

grasshopa wrote: »

I remember frosties were 8p and there were 8 in the packet, then they disappeared for a while, and when they came back they were 10p but there were only 7 in the pack.

And nobody even believes me!!!!

Don't remember them being 8p but used to get them all the time when they were 10p, and there were the slightly larger 15p Fizzy Frosties for a while too. Then after they were 10p they changed the wrapping and they became tiny! :mad:

Anyone notice these days that the Mint Crisp and Macaroon Bars (the old style paper wrapped ones) only fill like 3/4 of the packet?

I used to live in England in the '90s but went to Kilkee every summer from 1994-8 (I moved here in '98). In '94 there was one shop in Kilkee that still sold Coke cans for 40p and everywhere else were 50p. By '99 or 2000 they had gone up to 60p. I remember when Taytos had just gone foil wrapped ('94 or '95?) they were 20p. The cheaper crisps like Meanies, Wheelies, Burger Bites were all 10p. Fruit Gums and Fruit Pastilles went from around 23p to 28p. Chewing gum was around 15-18p - and you'd only get 7 sticks or 5 in sugar free ones - they're one of the few things that have actually got larger!

Remember Wrigley's PK Chewing Gum? It was in small pieces like Extra but had sugar - I think there was an aniseed flavour too!

I remember supercans but was never allowed to buy them - where there no 500ml plastic bottles back then? Never really bought them either.

I used to collect wrappers all the time when I was younger - I really should get them out some time and scan them...

zilog_jones

NotMe wrote: »

What about those sherbet things. They were in a yellow cardboard tube and they had a licquorice straw sticking out the top. I think they were 12p. Always fun to try and eat without choking on the sherbet. I think they were called licquorice fountains?

Sherbet Fountains - you can still buy them. Probably 60c or more now!

deleriumtremens

Hmmm. This whole thread is painfully nostalgic!!

Lillylilly

I used to spend my pocket money in the early 90's on a 27p bar of Galaxy and Manhatten popcorn was 25p.....
The local chipper van up at the Ballymun flats would give you a potatoe slice for 50p and if you got the nice woman, she'd throw in a few chips too... you'd be set up for the night then!
Our local shop in Coultry, in Santry were converted caravans (The 'van- either Jones' or Jonners', depending on what you needed) and in Jonners you could get a club milk type bar (with no wrapper, of course!) for 10p.... Think they "fell outta the back of Cadbury's or something!!

Those were the days! You'd get 10p off someone for running around to the shop and you were so excited about what to spend it on. Now if you saw 10c lying on the road, you'd leave it there!

Pigman II

I seem to remember DVDs being in the £25-30 range when they first came out (1998-1999). These would often be quite rubbish (ie non-anamorphic, no special features and something even requiring you take the thing out at halfway and flip it over like an LP).

Good thing prices sometimes go down as well as up!

BalletFreq

I remember getting 50p of my aunt or mum to buy "goodies" in the shop and you could get stuff that lasted you hours, 10p jellies, refreshers, meanies for 10p, oh i remember! and then after football, my dad always gave me and my brother two punds and we'd get so much stuff, it was amazing!

CSC

Reading this thread I have realised that while I can remember the price of all my favourite things from when I was a kid I don't have a clue what price they are now. I don't know about anyone else but I very rarely check the prices when I'm doing a weekly shop.

Shan75

I remember when I started school the bus fare was 5p and sometimes the conductor would miss you.That 5p you got to spend on sweets instead was very sweet indeed.Minty Nibblers 4p yummmmmm.The first time I bought 10 fags--JP Red-they were 92p with 6p for the matches.

Ann22

I remember my brother and I finding 10 and splitting it to buy two packets of polo mints, what a boring choice of sweets.:o I was about 10 at the time.
I was only born in '69 but can still remember early seventies quite well, like when Ricki Rasper ice pops were 3p and the much mentioned Tayto being 5p. Remember Captain Quencher ice pops too?
The more recent Freaky Feet I remember too, wasn't pushed on them 'cos I don't really like pink ice cream, (though I do remember slurping a pink cone while watching 'The Six Million Dollar Man' - a pleasant memory). In the mid eighties there was a 'Thataway' ice pop, anyone remember that? It was a refreshing red strawberry water ice in a pointing hand shape...or late eighties when 'Tangle Twisters' were different, orange and lemon striped water ice around a cola centre? Nobody else remembers that.:(

Ann22

I just had a flashback, I remember one roasting hot Summer day, late seventies...I'd 10p to spend. I ran around to the shop van and as i usually did, dithered about what to buy. Felt pressure 'cos of waiting people so quickly bought myself a packet of extra strong mints, a white packet with red x's on it. Later on my brothers and sister went off and came back with ice creams of some kind:mad:, there I was lying on a blanket in the front garden with my extra strongs while everyone else slurped away. It was awful.
Another time I'd 10p to spend I brainlessly bought myself a Bic pen.(not bad for 10p) Again my siblings came back with chocolate or whatever:(. Happily my mother took pity on me and gave me half a packet of Refreshers she had in her handbag.:o

The Don

zilog_jones wrote: »

I used to live in England in the '90s but went to Kilkee every summer from 1994-8 (I moved here in '98). In '94 there was one shop in Kilkee that still sold Coke cans for 40p and everywhere else were 50p.

It wasn't Rosaries on the corner near the roundabout by any chance. They only opened for the summer and would close when school started again and have everything on sale

CSC wrote: »

Reading this thread I have realised that while I can remember the price of all my favourite things from when I was a kid I don't have a clue what price they are now. I don't know about anyone else but I very rarely check the prices when I'm doing a weekly shop.

I rarely but sweets now and haven't a clue what price they are. I doubt you'll get much change out of €2 now for a bar and a packet of crisps.

mixer101

CSC wrote: »

Reading this thread I have realised that while I can remember the price of all my favourite things from when I was a kid I don't have a clue what price they are now. I don't know about anyone else but I very rarely check the prices when I'm doing a weekly shop.

If you're anything like the rest of us, CSC, you'll be changing that particular habit pretty soonish...!

zilog_jones

The Don wrote: »

It wasn't Rosaries on the corner near the roundabout by any chance. They only opened for the summer and would close when school started again and have everything on sale

No it was the Irish House. Remember when Rosaries didn't have everything behind the counter? I guess too many kids were stealing stuff...

1huge1

£1000 for out first windows computer in 1997 which turned out to be a terrible piece of crap (the old days when we bought computers of random computer dealers).

I do remember going into the year 2000 when can's of fanta lemon or orange in a can machine were 50p. Now im paying €1 in my local spar.

towel401

Wrigleys chewing gum for 18p. These were the old school discontinued ones with 5 sticks in them

The Don

zilog_jones wrote: »

No it was the Irish House.

Ah yes.

zilog_jones wrote: »

Remember when Rosaries didn't have everything behind the counter? I guess too many kids were stealing stuff...

No, but I haven't been in there in about 12 years.

lintdrummer

Remember the amusement arcade in Kilkee with the boat swings outside? That was class. Everything was 20p or 50p a go. I used to get my penny sweets in Moody's in Kilrush, he'd always let ya go behind the counter and fill the bag yourself!
Last time I was down there he still had a pup of our dog's in the shop and I think our dog died in 93 or there abouts. Memories!

MrsMcSteamy

HB Sky Ice Cream it used to be 50p, yummy :D