£7.50p a pint. That’s it I’m out

[paulguitar]

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

[Leithen]

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

[sutoka]

Theres a bar in my neck of the woods selling pints of Harp Irish Lager for £9 and Tennents for £8.

What is even worse is some people pay it.

[Pit Pony]

W11PEL said:

Ok I live in Zone 1/2 London so understand the overheads are a lot more punchy they say arse end of nowhere.

But today a line has been crossed. £7.50p for a pint at the bar from the pump.

I’ve noticed pubs round my way remain a lot less busy. Well I cannot justify these new exorbitant prices.

Wetherspoons it is if I want a few beers!!!

If you don't fancy weatherspoons try the Greek Restaurant on Gordon Street in Southport. £3 a pint, and a midweek early bird mezede for £14.

Yes it's not London... But it's not WS either.

[IanA2]

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence. I was a skinny 15 year old just learning how to play darts. Now a pint costs me almost 5 quid and i’m no better at darts, wasted.

I remember 1/10d for a light and bitter.

[crankedup5]

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

[crankedup5]

IanA2 said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence. I was a skinny 15 year old just learning how to play darts. Now a pint costs me almost 5 quid and i’m no better at darts, wasted.

I remember 1/10d for a light and bitter.

Happy days, and the pubs would be packed with customers in most times.

[TheJimi]

sutoka said:

Theres a bar in my neck of the woods selling pints of Harp Irish Lager for £9 and Tennents for £8.

What is even worse is some people pay it.

Can't comment on Harp, as I've no idea about it, but who the hell pays £8 for a pint of Tennents?!

Where's your neck of the woods, roughly?

[dcb]

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence. I was a skinny 15 year old just learning how to play darts. Now a pint costs me almost 5 quid and i’m no better at darts, wasted.

I think the first pint I ever bought was 44p, back in the 1970s.

You could have a grand nite out for a fiver. Dole money was about £20 a week, IIRC,
so if you wanted to do something as trivial as eating that week, you had to limit yourself
to three nites out a week. I *somehow* managed, although it was a bit touch'n'go at times.

Readers should investigate the great Ken Loach film "Kes" for the lifestyle. With extra violence,
in real life, of course ;->

These days, a car full of the nearest'n'dearest for lunch in the nearest Wetherspoons and £30
can disappear easily in a couple of hours.

[bodhi]

Up to £4.65 for a pint of Amstel at my local now. If this continues I'm going to have to make alternative arrangements.


I'll need to take £11 with me for a couple of pints rather than £10

[snuffy]

dcb said:

I think the first pint I ever bought was 44p, back in the 1970s.

True. But a 3 bed semi was 50p or 55p for a detached one.

[eldar]

snuffy said:

dcb said:

I think the first pint I ever bought was 44p, back in the 1970s.

True. But a 3 bed semi was 50p or 55p for a detached one.

London always was expensive.

[Promised Land]

crankedup5 said:

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

Pre decimal fascinates me a bit, 2 1/2 old pennies to a new pence wasn’t it? (Then 240 to the pound but that’s not important.)

So one shilling 5p plus 3.6, as already posted 9p today. If I’m correct it was written 1s/9d.

[Stan the Bat]

Promised Land said:

crankedup5 said:

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

Pre decimal fascinates me a bit, 2 1/2 old pennies to a new pence wasn’t it? (Then 240 to the pound but that’s not important.)

So one shilling 5p plus 3.6, as already posted 9p today. If I’m correct it was written 1s/9d.

And pronounced " one and nine."

[crankedup5]

Stan the Bat said:

Promised Land said:

crankedup5 said:

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

Pre decimal fascinates me a bit, 2 1/2 old pennies to a new pence wasn’t it? (Then 240 to the pound but that’s not important.)

So one shilling 5p plus 3.6, as already posted 9p today. If I’m correct it was written 1s/9d.

And pronounced " one and nine."

I can even remember farthings being legal currency

[bigothunter]

crankedup5 said:

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

I remember 1/9d a pint from my schoolboy days. That's £1-23 in today's money - cheap Wetherspoons prices. BoE inflation calculator shows 14:1 since 1968.

House prices are more sobering. Our first semi cost £10,300 in 1978. That's £51,500 in today's money but they sell for around £300,000. No wonder we can't afford beer...

[bloomen]

bigothunter said:

House prices are more sobering. Our first semi cost £10,300 in 1978. That's £51,500 in today's money but they sell for around £300,000. No wonder we can't afford beer...

You're not supposed to say things like that.

Blame 'avocado toast' and if you're aiming lower 'flat screen TVs'.

[Condi]

TheJimi said:

Can't comment on Harp, as I've no idea about it, but who the hell pays £8 for a pint of Tennents?!

Where's your neck of the woods, roughly?

Someone must be having a laugh, no Scottish person would pay £8 for a pint of Tennents, so it must be an English landlord charging top money for a "foreign" beer.

I wouldn't drink it if you paid me £8 a pint mind.

[phumy]

bigothunter said:

crankedup5 said:

Leithen said:

paulguitar said:

crankedup5 said:

My first proper pint in a pub cost me one shilling nine pence.

I'm no spring chicken, but I have no idea what this means.

Decimal equivalent cost = £0.09. Hazarding a guess, mid ‘60s.

1967/68.
A pint of brown and mild. I must confess when I posted the price of my pint back in the day it did make me feel ancient

I remember 1/9d a pint from my schoolboy days. That's £1-23 in today's money - cheap Wetherspoons prices. BoE inflation calculator shows 14:1 since 1968.

House prices are more sobering. Our first semi cost £10,300 in 1978. That's £51,500 in today's money but they sell for around £300,000. No wonder we can't afford beer...

No, 1/9d is one shilling and 9 old pence, so thats 21 old pence, which is around 8p now. 2 old shillings was changed at decimalisation to 10 new pence (10p) so 24 old pennies=10 new pence. Hope that makes sense

[sutoka]

TheJimi said:

sutoka said:

Theres a bar in my neck of the woods selling pints of Harp Irish Lager for £9 and Tennents for £8.

What is even worse is some people pay it.

Can't comment on Harp, as I've no idea about it, but who the hell pays £8 for a pint of Tennents?!

Where's your neck of the woods, roughly?

Observatory Bar, Grand Central in the Costa del Belfast, you can look out all over the city for your trouble

I remember when I first started going out about 16 in the mid 2000's , you could get a 4 pint pitcher of Harp for £4 and a bottle of Tennents for a £1

I can remember my very first pint of Guinness one evening in a country pub called Bob Stewarts beside a park I used to hang about. It served food but never allowed children even in the afternoon. Somehow at the age of 12 or 13 I was able to walk up to the bar order a pint and sit and enjoy it. To this day I still don't know how but I remember it tasting like burnt toast. I think it was about £2.50.

I can also remember the first time I got served in an offy I was 14, rainy Friday evening. We went around the corner from my mates house I put on his dads tweed jacket and walked in with about £15 in pound coins. Strutted out with two blue bags full of Ye Old English cider. I took one swig and decided I had more sophisticated taste. Mate downed the whole thing and collapsed into a hedge. The other mixed his with a quarter bottle of vodka he'd swiped from his parents drinks cabinet. I think the night ended with us force feeding him a loaf of bread to sober him up. It was very much like The Inbetweeners.

Edited by sutoka on Wednesday 22 March 03:55