Cost of beer in pubs

[Brandane]

Prices on the Merchant ships I sailed on from 1978 to 1981 were 5 pence for a measure of spirits (one fifth gill), or 95 pence for the bottle. Cigarettes were bought by the carton (200 cigs) for £2.20.
A can of coke/lemonade was 15 pence; 3 times the cost of the spirit! Hence why many merchant seamen drank concoctions like rum and blackcurrant cordial (cordial was 2 pence per shot).
Beer was relatively expensive at 18 pence per can and the brands available were dictated by the ships routing, e.g. on far east runs it was Tiger beer, or Asahi/Sapporo from Japan.
Bar prices were obviously completely tax free as the ship was out of UK waters (and prices didn't change even when we WERE in UK waters), and the company weren't making much profit out of it either.
The bar was run on an honesty book basis; you just wrote in the book however many drinks you bought and got a bill at the end of the month.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

About one pound and a few pennies, something like 1.10 if I remember rightly. 1989, and the drink of choice was Lowenbrau or, if at a concert venue, a bottle of Newkie Broon.

 

[stephec]

I just about remember when I could get change from £10

I never had you down as being 110 years old?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I am always amazed people can remember the cost of stuff, or how much their first wage was. All seems a bit odd to me.

 

[stephec]

Boddington's was 71p in the vault, and 73p in the lounge.

Then a Joseph Holt's pub opened about 200 yards from our house, a month before my 18th birthday, I was the first one to be served in there at 51p a pint, happy days.

 

[ozboz]

Boddington's was 71p in the vault, and 73p in the lounge.

Then a Joseph Holt's pub opened about 200 yards from our house, a month before my 18th birthday, I was the first one to be served in there at 51p a pint, happy days.

Which Holt's was that ?
, I lived in Prestwich and Higher Broughton for a few years , 2006 -2010 ,
My first pint was in the Forresters , Failsworth , 1/7d for bitter in the room , average in Manchester Clubs was 2/6d , the Old Fellah used to go mad at us , but it was 8 pints for a £1 !

 

[MontyVeda]

I think it was about 90p.
Its a bit vague though

Same here. I recall it being about 93p for a bottle of Dog. About 97p for Guinness and about 80p for John Smiths...
and about 15p for anything in my dad's WMC.

Still don't quite understand the massive price difference between pub and club.

 

[raleighnut]

Around 35p a pint in 1977, mind I was only 15 at the time.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Around 35p a pint in 1977, mind I was only 15 at the time.

And i was paying 38p 2 yr later..inflation in the 70's.

 

[stephec]

Which Holt's was that ?
, I lived in Prestwich and Higher Broughton for a few years , 2006 -2010 ,
My first pint was in the Forresters , Failsworth , 1/7d for bitter in the room , average in Manchester Clubs was 2/6d , the Old Fellah used to go mad at us , but it was 8 pints for a £1 !

The Dukesgate in Little Hulton, October 1985.

One of the earlier landladies was quite formidable, six foot tall and was quite capable of keeping the pub in order. For some reason she took a shine to me and used to run her fingers through my hair and say, 'ohh he's got lovely eyes,' terrified me when I was 19.

 

[ozboz]

The Dukesgate in Little Hulton, October 1985.

One of the earlier landladies was quite formidable, six foot tall and was quite capable of keeping the pub in order. For some reason she took a shine to me and used to run her fingers through my hair and say, 'ohh he's got lovely eyes,' terrified me when I was 19.

I never went that way for a drink ,
Sounds like you had a real life Bet Lynch on your hands there for a while !!

 

[PaulB]

£2 for enough beer to get moderately drunk, buses both ways, 10 cigarettes and a bag of chips!

Well the prices in Hebden Bridge never cease to amaze me as well!

 

[ozboz]

Well the prices in Hebden Bridge never cease to amaze me as well!

My mate used to live in Hebden Bridge , on Saturday night in his local I reluctantly bought a bingo ticket, I won a tenner , that tenner lasted the whole weekend !
About 1975 it would be

 

[Dave 123]

As a teen in the late 80's a big Saturday night in Liverpool would cost no more than £30.

Bus from and to E Port (maybe a taxi home)
Club entrance
A minimum of 10 pints
Fish & chips.

I think I may have p1ssed a lot of money up the wall!

 

[Levo-Lon]

My mate used to live in Hebden Bridge , on Saturday night in his local I reluctantly bought a bingo ticket, I won a tenner , that tenner lasted the whole weekend !
About 1975 it would be

My Auntie had a pub in Ewood Bridge..it used to fill up around 10 pm and empty around 4am