Beer at 13p a can, and British Sherry from 45p in 1974

This is no way a nostalgic trip down a lane where everything was better, cheaper and in the case of washing machines lasted longer.

On the other hand looking at comparing adverts from the recent past can be a real lesson in how things have changed, even given of course that wages reflected and matched the prices here being advertised in the Winerama.

I tried the telephone, it didn’t exist.

Picture; from the collection of Graham Gill