What things cost in 1941
- Embassy cigarettes, 10 for 9d (4p) (0.06USD)
- Wisdom toothbrushes, 2/5d (12p) (0.17USD) each
- Eve toilet soap 3d (1.5p) (0.02USD) per bar
- Palmolive toilet soap 4d (2p) (0.03USD) per bar
- Vim 6d (2.5p) (0.04USD) per canister
- De Reszke Minor cigarettes, 10 for 61/2d (2.5p) (0.04USD)
- Hartley’s headlamp masks 10/6 (52.5p) to 12/6d (62.5p) each
- Gibbs Dentifrice 71/2d (3.5p) (0.05USD) per tin
- Cremola Pudding 3d (1.5p) and 6d (2.5p) per pkt
- Rowntrees cocoa 5d (2p) per 1/4lb and 91/2d (3.5p) per 1/2lb
- Cadbury’s Ration Chocolate sold at 21/2d (1p) per bar, the supply was very limited – and the weight of the bar was not mentioned.
- Gamages shirt (with a spare collar) at 6/11d (35p) (0.52USD)
- a pair of flannel trousers at 15/9d (78p) (1.16USD)
- a pair of shoes, all leather at 13/9d (68p) (1.01USD)
- mans self lined raincoat for 1 guinea = £1/1/- (£1.05) (1.56USD)
Source
http://www.gatesheadgrid.org/westallswar/archives/cat_1941_snapshot.htm – which gives typical process of some goods in 1941.
