Prices from times gone by

yenoah · 30-11-2011 04:13AM

20 Gold Bond (fags) 50p (very early 80's)
Bag of Tayto's 3p (early 70's)

I aint kiddin but am giving my age away

Navanmom · 03-12-2011 07:47PM

1972 My Mam and Dad paid 100 pounds for their wedding reception, 33 years later we paid 4 grand

Navanmom · 03-12-2011 07:48PM

10 penny bags which contained 10 1p sweets

uch · 05-12-2011 05:59PM

I remember this bag, he he

yenoah · 05-12-2011 05:59PM

uch wrote: »

I remember this bag, he he

yenoah wrote: »

20 Gold Bond (fags) 50p (very early 80's)
Bag of Tayto's 3p (early 70's)

I aint kiddin but am giving my age away

Thank you!!

ryaner777 · 05-12-2011 06:13PM

Remember walking down henry street in dublin town and hearing the dealers roar 6 bars for a pound ! These were the likes of snickers , mars , kit kats. Then it went to five for a pound, then four and then I think they just gave up.

I thought it was hilarious when the garda would be spotted and someone would shout to let them know and all of a sudden 40 women with big old style prams full of sweets and chocolate would be flying towards jervis street.

deisemum · 05-12-2011 08:36PM

uch wrote: »

I remember this bag, he he

I remember that as well

admiralofthefleet · 05-12-2011 11:11PM

when i was working as a lounge boy in 1996/7 i always got a fresh cod and chips on the way home that cost me [only] £3

Dotrel · 05-12-2011 11:46PM

Thanks Darth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGBR0ybCNRg

Probably 1983?

I remember actually saving 1p's and 2p's (and 1/2p's come to think of it) that I'd find down the back of the couch or that I could beg borrow or steal in and putting them in and old tin can, all in order to get up to that magical £6.99 for the speeder bike. I'm glad I hadn't set my target for the £113 Atari.

Ozzie · 13-01-2012 02:32AM

£5 bought us 3 pints and 3 packets of King when we started drinking back in '90 /'91. I drank Smithwicks. Have no idea how I did!

Years before a Tangle Twister, as they were called then, cost 25p. I remember eating 8 of them whilst watching an episode of MacGyver!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 13-01-2012 12:46PM

Any one remember the ha'penney sweets (2 for a penny) ?

I remember when Captain crisps were 5p and a Mr freeze was 2p.

I remember my dad buying a Telefunken VHS video recorder back around 79/80 for £750stg...yes 750quid!!!

deisemum · 13-01-2012 01:27PM

I can remember this

Ozzie · 15-01-2012 03:19PM

Ok guys, this is the ultimate "ALL THINGS RETRO" for your......

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3593028702/in/set-72157619206330728/

(The 1985 Argos catologue in it's entirity!)

Enjoy

yuppies · 23-01-2012 07:24PM

http://www.anthonykelly.com/inflation.html

Been plugging in figures from this thread into this calculator out of curiosity.. note it converts to 2010 €'s, which I'd imagine are nearly the same as jan 2012 €'s...

eg.
- tayto for 3p circa 1972 would be about 41c in 2010, which seems quite cheap.
- £113 atari circa 1984 would be €316.87
- £3 cod and chips circa 1996/97 would be about €5.50
- £59,000 house in D12 in 1995 would be about €111,129 .. wow!
- tayto 7p and mars bar 10p in 1978 would be 44c and 63c
- maximum bus fare 36p in 1980/81 is about €1.71, taking the average figure..

triple-M · 23-01-2012 11:20PM

has anything actually gone down in price over the years?(excluding house prices in the last 2 years)

nlgbbbblth · 23-01-2012 11:23PM

triple-M wrote: »

has anything actually gone down in price over the years?(excluding house prices in the last 2 years)

Electronic items

I remember VCRs costing £600 in 1980, blank tapes were around £12 each. DIFFERENT TIMES.

Brian Lighthouse · 25-01-2012 12:23AM

Here`s my tupence ha`penny worth.

1970`s
Chipsticks 6p
(I`m nearly convinced they sold them in cheese and onion flavour also)
1980`s
"Penny Drink`s"
(Mr. Freeze that weren`t frozen)
Large Chocolate mice 1p
(The one`s with toffee in the middle)
No. 6 cigarettes (10) 86p
circa 1989
3 pint`s of Smitwicks and a bag of chips < £5
4 cans of steiger and ten fags < £5
Flagon of Linden Village and two cans of harp < £5
10 fags, a can of coke and a naggin of vodka < £5

I remember picking up the phone and the operator asked what number.

The Bob Geldof campaign "Phone Wreckers are idiots"

1985
Being refused, on a payphone, an ambulance by 999 because I was a child and no adults were around to confirm the fact that my friend`s brain was exposed and he was convulsing on the ground after he was knocked down by a car that continued driving.
Hanging up and requesting the guards, who hung up on me when the guard on the other end asked me where I was.
I tried the ambulance again and the operator told me that I was wasting time as children were ringing in too many hoax calls.
I ran at full speed to the pub 5 mins away to ask the barman to ring.

2002
Being asked if I went to mass regularly by a clerk in the in the Birth Certificate office, when I asked for a birth cert??????? WTF????

Semi Rant over.

jiltloop · 28-01-2012 03:03AM

I remember when dvds first came out they were €60 each or there abouts, I also remember going into the electronics section in brown thomas about 10/11 years ago and they had a 50" plasma screen for 20 grand!!! And thats no lie!
But prices today that are ridiculous include a pcket of McCoy's crisps in the Centra near my work for €1.27!
I remember when I started my first job at the age of 12/13 back in 1993 and starting on £1.28 an hour!

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