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perose | 10:39 Thu 24th Apr 2008 | Food & Drink
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Can anyone tell me what was the cost of a pint of milk and a loaf of bread in 1938. Plus anything else which might be useful to me. Many thanks in advance.
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http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid =16953027&method=full&siteid=62484&headline=th is-is-how-you-hold-er-ma-am--name_page.htmlROY ALS AND BRITAIN.. THROUGH THE DECADES

1930s

QUEEN Mother and King George VI, then Duke and Duchess of York, with Elizabeth and Margaret.

COST OF LIVING: Loaf of bread 2p, pint of milk 2p. The average house cost �600 to buy.

1940s

ELIZABETH, aged 21, waves at the launch of the Caronia Ship from a Clydebank shipyard in 1947. It was her last pre-marriage engagement.

COST OF LIVING: Loaf 4p, pint of milk 4.5p. The average house cost �1,000.

1950s

PICTURED with Prince Philip, this is Queen Elizabeth on the day of her Coronation on June 2, 1953. Twenty-seven million people tuned in to watch on TV.

COST OF LIVING: Loaf 6p, pint of milk 5p. The average house cost �2,000.

1960s

PRINCE Charles on his Investiture at Caernarfon Castle in Wales with the Queen in 1969

COST OF LIVING: Loaf 10p, pint of milk 6p. The average house cost �3,000.

1970s

QUEEN Elizabeth poses with her first grandchild, Peter Phillips, who was born on November 15, 1977. His mother, Princess Anne, is seated holding her young son.

COST OF LIVING: Loaf 23.5p, pint of milk 12.5p. The average house cost �10,000.

1980s

QUEEN Elizabeth met Pope John Paul II after his first Papal mass in Britain since 1534.

COST OF LIVING: Loaf 40p, pint of milk 25p. The average house cost �30,000

1990s

THE Queen Mother with the Queen on the 50th anniversary of
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Thank you cancross, I knew there must be a site somewhere!!!! Just what I was looking for, thanks.
could you email me the site that you used for this please?? thanks xx
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sorry tinkerbell23 but as you can see from the date this was over a year ago and I have no idea what site I used now !!!!

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