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Historical prices
What houses, pints, petrol and tickets cost across the decades.
- An average UK house about £4,000
- A pint of beer about 10p
- A gallon of petrol about 33p (roughly 7p a litre)
- An average UK house about £33,000
- A pint of beer about 75p
- A litre of petrol about 42p
- A cinema ticket about £2
- An average UK house about £70,000
- A pint of beer about £1.80
- A litre of petrol about 66p
- An average UK house about £170,000
- A pint of beer about £2.80
- A litre of petrol about £1.20
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