Comparative prices for bread and sugar from 1930 to the present
Sugar (1lb)
1931 1p
1941 1.5p
1951 1p
1961 3p
1971 8p
1981 (1kg) 37.2p
1990 59p
Bread
1931 (4lb loaf) 4p
1941 4p
1951 10.5p
1961 16p
1971 (1.75 lb loaf) 9.5p
1980 (800g) 34p
1990 50p
acnowledgement-Central library Edinburgh
