Wednesday 18 April 2012

Petrol at 6p a litre.

For petrol at £0.0164 a litre visit Tenbury Online

11 comments:

Ian said...

errrr . . . petrol at 6p/litre would be £0.06p/litre, not £0.0164 (or anything like that!) . . . and I can't see anything relevant in the link. Where am I supposed to be looking?

@WR15 said...

Um, yes. I'm probably being over obscure. Petrol in 1939 when one of these photo's was taken was 1s 7d a gallon which I calculate to be the equivalent of £0.0164 a litre.

Rugby fan 72 said...

it was cheaper at ye olde Tuffins on that day as well.....

Rugby fan 72 said...

It was cheaper at ye olde tuffins that week.....

Ian said...

Assuming 2% inflation since 1939 I think that equates to something like £0.93 a litre in today's money.w

FlipC said...

But Tenbury Online says that photo was taken around 1965?

Using the BoE calculator for 1939 than £1 = £53.63 today (okay 2011); so 1s = £4.47; 1d = £0.22 so 6d = £1.34. Assume that's per gallon and it makes £0.29/litre

For 1965 using the same calculations it comes out at £0.09/litre in 2011

FlipC said...

Oops sorry that should have been 1939 1s=£2.68 1d=£0.22 6d=£1.34 same answer wrong division order.

@WR15 said...

I think fuel tax was
1939 44.2%
1965 53.22%
2012 57.95% (+20% VAT)

Ian said...

Yes, I think FlipC is correct . . . don't know how I got my earlier figure wrong. 30p/l is about right. Just been forced to fill up locally - painful!

Anonymous said...

Keep it local Ian ,well done .

Ian said...

You must be joking! I try to avoid the Texaco rip-off whenever I can.