beer prices through the 1900s were remarkably cheap up until we joined the eu (no idea why) but they noticeably soared in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, and with more regulation, the "duty escalator", ridiculous business rates and the smoking ban, effectively killed off one of the great british institutions.
I have taken guinness as the litmus test because it is a universal brand across the uk, although arguably a tad expensive compared to "local brews"......prices per pint......
1900 - 3 pennies (1.25p)
1914 - 4 pennies (1.66p)
1918 - 10 pennies (4p-ish).......there were numerous reports of "profiteering" and deliberate beer shortages, hop shortages and general unrest of the prices, read here
https://www.europeanbeerguide.net/beer1917.htm#shilling
dec 1951 - 1 shilling (5p) ie
only a 2 penny rise in 33 years, the "glory years" for beer drinking
1964 - 2 shillings (10p)......being in nottingham which was usually cheaper than the national average, serious could comfortably buy 5 pints of home bitter, a bag of chips plus entry to "grab-a-granny" night for under 10 bob!!
1969 - 3shillings (15p)
1974 - 4 shillings (20p)
1978 - 10 shillings (50p).....beer prices more than doubled in 4 years!!
1981 - 15 shillings (75p)....50% rise in 3 years
1982 to 1983 - 1 pound a pint...the year i joined scottish and newcastle and home brewery later that decade.....some high volume outlets like calverton wmc held out at 1 pound a pint for several more years.
1990 - 1 pound 50p per pint
remember these are national averages of a premium product, so people will probably still remember their local boozer holding out at 1 pound a pint up to 1990, but the striking comparison here is those that grew up in the 60s in their ****s getting 10 pints for a squid in ´64, versus those getting 1 pint per pound 1982.....i´m off to fire up my tardis.