The full list of how much a pint of beer
costs around the UK:
- £2.37 West Midlands
- £2.41 Staffordshire
- £2.41 Nottinghamshire
- £2.48 Worcestershire
- £2.50 Cheshire
- £2.51 Lancashire
- £2.53 Cumbria
- £2.54 Derbyshire
- £2.54 Shropshire
- £2.58 Cornwall
- £2.58 Herefordshire
- £2.58 Yorkshire
- £2.59 Warwickshire
- £2.61 Northumbria
- £2.61 Somerset
- £2.63 Gloucestershire
- £2.63 Devon
- £2.65 Wales
- £2.66 Dorset
- £2.66 Northamptonshire
- £2.68 Wiltshire
- £2.68 Lincolnshire
- £2.69 Leicestershire and Rutland
- £2.69 Cambridgeshire
- £2.71 Oxfordshire
- £2.73 Essex
- £2.74 Norfolk
- £2.76 Hampshire
- £2.77 Bedfordshire
- £2.77 Warwickshire
- £2.78 Suffolk
- £2.78 Isle of Wight
- £2.80 Scotland
- £2.80 Kent
- £2.81 Hertfordshire
- £2.83 Sussex
- £2.84 Buckinghamshire
- £2.86 Berkshire
- £2.89 London
- £3.01 Surrey
If I gave your £9.87 to spend how many pints could you buy [a] in the West Midlands, and [b] in deepest darkest upmarket Surrey?
The answer is [a] 4 = £9.48 with 39p change and [b] 3 = £9.03 with 84p change.
Now, in 1954 what could you have purchased for that same amount, or to be accurate, for £9.87½p ?
Click on the glass of beer to find out.